Common Errors Practice Question and Answer

Q:

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

We have been staying at the hotel since the last ten days.

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    since the
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    we have been
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    Wrong
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    last ten days
    Correct
    Wrong
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    staying at the hotel
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    Wrong
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Answer : 1. "since the"

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.
Sometimes I act / like a fool, and she has / to step into save me.

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    Sometimes I act
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    like a fool and she has
    Correct
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    No error
    Correct
    Wrong
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    to step into save me
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Answer : 4. "to step into save me"

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Answer : 4. "D"

Q:

The following sentence has been divided into parts. One of them contains an error. Select the part that contains the error from the given options.

Lalitha will go / to sister’s house / in Mumbai / this summer.

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    to sister’s house
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    this summer
    Correct
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    in Mumbai
    Correct
    Wrong
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    Lalitha will go
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Answer : 1. "to sister’s house"
Explanation :

The correct possessive form is "Lalitha will go to her sister’s house."

Q:

Identify the segment in the sentence which contains the grammatical error. If there is no error, then select option 'No error'.

The J&K Administration / has withdrew the advisory /asking tourists to cut short/ their visit to Kashmir.

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    their visit to Kashmir
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    has withdrew the advisory
    Correct
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    asking tourists to cut short
    Correct
    Wrong
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    No error
    Correct
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Answer : 2. "has withdrew the advisory"

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Answer : 1. "1"
Explanation :

the will be used before poor because – the (Def. Art.) is used with Adjectives to refer to a thing or a group of people described by the Adj. Look at the examples given below :

The poor always suffer

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Def. Art. Adj. (refers to a group of people who are poor) He is collecting money for the blind.

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                                                                                                                                                Def. Art.

blind refers to a group of people who are blind.

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Answer : 2. "B"

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Answer : 4. "4"

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