Common Errors Practice Question and Answer
8 Q: In the sentence identify the segment which contains the grammatical error.
With food granaries overflowing, the Government is looking to liquidate his grain stock to prevent damage.
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60c1dd63590e633a7d3c6bc0- 1With food granaries overflowingfalse
- 2the Government is lookingfalse
- 3to liquidate his grain stocktrue
- 4to prevent damagefalse
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Answer : 3. "to liquidate his grain stock"
Q: The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.
When we got / to the train station, / the Rajdhani Express / had already been leaving.
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6458e0b656b58a4236a96e61- 1the Rajdhani Expressfalse
- 2When we gotfalse
- 3had already been leavingtrue
- 4to the train stationfalse
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Answer : 3. "had already been leaving"
Q:Directions : In each of the following questions, some part of the sentence may have errors. Find out which part of the sentence has an error. If a sentence is free from error, select No error
Due to his negligence,(1)/ he failed (2)/ in the examination.(3)/ No error (4)
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Answer : 4. "4"
Q:In the following question, some part of the sentence may have errors. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If a sentence is free from error, select No Error.
Credit when used responsibly, can achieve a great number (1)/ of positive things in our lives, such as (2)/ financing and paying of our dream hybrid or college tuition fees. (3)/ No error (4)
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6018020665f04759037e91ec- 11false
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Answer : 3. "3"
Q: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)
The number of flu cases (1) / is decreasing slowly, (2) / thanks to the (3) / timely governmental efforts. (4) No error (5)
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618a45c3e3b7b740926168a2- 11false
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Answer : 5. "5"
Q: Parts of the following sentence are given as options. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.
My grandmother is quite concerned to my progress at school.
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64b65c0188d5e4f52dd617b7- 1My grandmotherfalse
- 2to my progresstrue
- 3is quite concernedfalse
- 4at schoolfalse
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Answer : 2. "to my progress"
Explanation :
The correct form is "My grandmother is quite concerned about my progress at school" instead of "to my progress."
Q:Directions : In the following questions, a sentence is divided into five parts with one of the parts of each sentence is highlighted in bold suggesting the grammatically correct part of the sentence. Out of the four other parts, choose the part of the sentence which contains grammatical or contextual error in it. If the given sentence is both grammatically correct and contextually meaningful, choose option (E) i.e., “No error” as your answer.
He would have asked(1)/Mohan to leave his room (2)/that very minute if (3)/her brother would have been in the house that day. (4)/ No error (5)
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5e9fd9c7ef7e02504898895b- 1He would have askedfalse
- 2Mohan to leave his roomfalse
- 3that very minute iffalse
- 4her brother would have been in the house that daytrue
- 5No errorfalse
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Answer : 4. "her brother would have been in the house that day "
Q:Identify the segment in the sentence which contains the grammatical error.
They have been living in Boston from ten years.
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5f1a65878ae6514e222bec67- 1in Bostonfalse
- 2been livingfalse
- 3They havefalse
- 4from ten yearstrue
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