Common Errors Practice Question and Answer

Q:

The following sentence has been split into segments. One of them may contain an error. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error. If you don’t find any error, mark ‘No error’ as your answer.

No one were / present when I / entered the hall.

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    present when I
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 2
    entered the hall
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    No one were
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    No error
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 3. "No one were"
Explanation :

The correct form should be "No one was present when I entered the hall." The verb "were" should be replaced with "was."

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Answer : 4. "her brother would have been in the house that day "

Q:

The following sentence has been divided into parts. One of them may contain an error. Select the part that contains the error from the given options. If you don’t find any error, mark ‘No error’ as your answer.

Did you baked / the chocolate cake / yourself this time?

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    Did you baked
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 2
    No error
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    yourself this time
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    the chocolate cake
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 1. "Did you baked"
Explanation :

The correct past tense form should be "Did you bake the chocolate cake yourself this time?" The verb "bake" does not need "did" before it.


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).

India and China have agreed (A)/ to cooperate over sourcing (B)/ energy from international markets.(C)/ No error (D)

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    India and China have agreed
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 2
    to cooperate over sourcing
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    energy from international markets
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    No error
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 2. "to cooperate over sourcing"

Q:

Identify the segment in the sentence which contains the grammatical error.

She said that it was 4 o’clock on her watch when she entered.

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    when she entered
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 2
    She said that
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    it was 4 o’clock
    Correct
    Wrong
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    on her watch
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 4. "on her watch"

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