Common Errors Practice Question and Answer
8 Q:Directions: The following question has four different sentences. Select the most preferable sentence with respect to grammar, meaning, and usage. If all four sentences are correct or all of them are incorrect, mark option 5" as your answer.
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64d0da372a08385b43d86253- 1My bike that has a broken seat is in the garage.false
- 2Older people who are unfamiliar with computer technology often have an aversion to it.false
- 3Pierre turned away with repugnance, and closing his eyes quickly fell back on the carriage seat.false
- 4I like that sweater; however, it only comes in one colour.false
- 5All are correct.true
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Answer : 5. "All are correct."
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
I visited my (1)/ grandpa and grandma’s house (2)/ and found their missing. (3)/ No error (4)
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634004291bfb042f96a137e0- 11false
- 22false
- 33true
- 44false
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Answer : 3. "3"
Q: Parts of the following sentence have been given as options. One of them contains an error. Select the part that contains the error from the given options.
Seeds of mustard plants give us oil, and the leave are used as a vegetable.
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64198db65bff3d098df6219eSeeds of mustard plants give us oil, and the leave are used as a vegetable.
- 1Seeds offalse
- 2as a vegetablefalse
- 3leave are usedtrue
- 4give us oilfalse
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Answer : 3. "leave are used "
Q: The given sentence contains a grammatical error. Identify the segment that contains the error.
Last Saturday evening we go to a party.
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643d411801d99786d0edae43- 1Last Saturdayfalse
- 2a partyfalse
- 3evening wefalse
- 4go totrue
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Answer : 4. "go to"
Q:Directions: In the following questions, some parts of the sentences have errors and some are correct. Find out which part of a sentence has an error. The number of that part is the answer. If a sentence is free from error, your answer is No error.
The actress (1)/was shocked (2)/by the news of her dog’s death (3). /No error (4)
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6527b9c39c44d229e7075ae5- 11false
- 22false
- 33true
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Answer : 3. "3"
Explanation :
at will replace by because – Shocked always agrees with at (Prep.) at is used with Adjectives for showing the cause of something. Look at the examples given below : They were impatient at the delay. She was delighted at the result. Here, shocked is the Adj. and it is indicating the Cause (reason) of the actress’s shock. Hence, at the news of her dog’s death is the right usage
Q: Identify the segment in the sentence which contains a grammatical error.
I want you to complete this work by two days.
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64cba74c047511ce007bf9b8- 1this workfalse
- 2I want youfalse
- 3to completefalse
- 4by two daystrue
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Answer : 4. "by two days"
Q: Parts of the following sentence are given as options. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.
A confluence is a place when two or more rivers meet.
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64c8e495a919c8488e22e7bf- 1rivers meetfalse
- 2A confluencefalse
- 3when two or moretrue
- 4is a placefalse
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Answer : 3. "when two or more"
Q: Read the following sentence and determine whether there is an error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. If the sentence is error-free, then select ‘No Error’ as your answer.
Psychiatrists feel that having a knowledge of (A)/ the physical and mental changes that occurs in one's body (B)/ and the reasons behind them (C)/ have become essential for all teenagers. (D)
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64d4c505e0ce5574968b2225- 1Afalse
- 2Bfalse
- 3Cfalse
- 4Dtrue
- 5No errorfalse
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