Common Errors Practice Question and Answer
8 Q:Directions: Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error if any will be in one part of the sentence, the number of that part will be the answer. If there is no error, mark (5) as the answer. (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any.)
To be a king and (1) / wear a crown are (2) / more glamorous to (3) / see than to bear. (4) / No error (5).
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5e3d06cee3fe3476411d872f- 11false
- 22true
- 33false
- 44false
- 55false
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Answer : 2. "2"
Q: Workers inside the building may soon (1)/ able to imagine testing his weightlifting prowess or other muscle (2)/ building regimens against the mythical feats of King Kong (3)/, who once scaled this building’s facade (4)/ No error (5)
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5eb25cf23695df46ae686250- 1Workers inside the building may soonfalse
- 2able to imagine testing his weightlifting prowess or other muscletrue
- 3building regimens against the mythical feats of King Kongfalse
- 4who once scaled this building’s facadefalse
- 5No errorfalse
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Answer : 2. "able to imagine testing his weightlifting prowess or other muscle "
Q:Identify the segment in the sentence which contains the grammatical error.
Please go out and check if it is yet raining.
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5f1fbc8e1b4d8003eeb5d5e6- 1Please go outfalse
- 2and checkfalse
- 3if it isfalse
- 4yet raining.true
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Answer : 4. "yet raining."
Q:Identify the segment in the sentence which contains the grammatical error.
He wouldn't let anyone to drive his new car.
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604712310cd999184cdc434b- 1his new carfalse
- 2anyone to drivetrue
- 3No errorfalse
- 4He wouldn't letfalse
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Answer : 2. "anyone to drive"
Q:In these questions read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. If there is no error, the answer is (D).
Fifty years has passed (A)/ since man first ventured (B)/ into outer space. (C)/ No error (D)
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611b81b36d0fd147810ff575- 1Atrue
- 2Bfalse
- 3Cfalse
- 4Dfalse
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Answer : 1. "A"
Q: Investors sentiment towards (1)/ India has soured in recent years(2)/as economic growth slowed(3)/ to less by 5% in current fiscal year to 8% in 2007 (4)/ No error (5).
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5eb25c993695df46ae68614a- 1Investors sentiment towardsfalse
- 2India has soured in recent yearsfalse
- 3as economic growth slowedfalse
- 4to less by 5% in current fiscal year to 8% in 2007true
- 5No errorfalse
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Answer : 4. "to less by 5% in current fiscal year to 8% in 2007 "
Q:In these questions read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. If there is no error, the answer is (D).
Scarcely had (A)/the function started (B)/ than it began to rain.(C)/No error(D).
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5f166e208cf3201b63267e1e- 1Afalse
- 2Bfalse
- 3Ctrue
- 4Dfalse
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Answer : 3. "C"
Q:In these questions read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. If there is no error, the answer is (D).
My best friend left the country.(a)/ hope to hearing (b)/ from her again soon. (c)/ No error (d).
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602b471f7df798448f464e8d- 1(a)false
- 2(b)true
- 3(c)false
- 4(d)false
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Answer : 2. "(b)"
Explanation :
Hope to hear is right

