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English Language Error Spotting Questions And Answers With Solutions (English)
Direction (Q.1 to Q.5):Read each sentence carefully to find grammatical error in it. If there is any error, it will be only in one part of
the sentence. There are four parts of all sentences denoted by four alternatives A, B, C & D choose the
alternative which has error. If there is no error choose the alternative E. (Disregard punctuation error, if any)
1. I shall / ring him /tomorrow / in the afternoon/ No Error.
(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

(E)

2. I never have / visited / or intend to visit / foreign countries / No Error.

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

(E)

3. Modern film techniques / are for superior / than that / employed in the past / No Error.
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
4. Johns salary / is much / larger than / tom / No Error.
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
5. A larger number / of house / are coming up / in our town/ No Error.
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
Direction (Q.6 to Q.10):Read each sentence carefully to find grammatical error in it. If there is any error, it will be only in one part of
the sentence. There are four parts of all sentences denoted by four alternatives A, B, C & D choose the
alternative which has error. If there is no error choose the alternative E. (Disregard punctuation error, if any)
6. No Decision can be made / unless / firm data is available / to the committee / No Error.
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
7. Sushma persuaded / her sister / to go with her / on the trip / No Error.
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
8. Sarita was popular / with her classmates that / she always had same or / the other coming to her house/
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
No Error.
(E)
9. Prakash was leading / a happy and leisurely life / after his retirement / form service / No Error.
(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

(E)

10. The number of people / applying was so large / that the college had to / stop issuing application form /
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
No Error.
(E)

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Direction (Q.11 to Q.15):Read each sentence carefully to find grammatical error in it. If there is any error, it will be only in one part of
the sentence. There are four parts of all sentences denoted by four alternatives A, B, C & D choose the
alternative which has error. If there is no error choose the alternative E. (Disregard punctuation error, if any)
11. If you will / follow my instructions / you will get / a suitable reward for that / No Error.
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
12. Hari was unhappy / that he would / not attend the marriage / of his friend yesterday / No Error.
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
13. My brother in laws / who line in Mumbai / have come / to stay with us / No Error.
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
14. The teacher / together with his / wife and daughter / were drowned / No Error.
(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

(E)

15. The father as well / as the sons were / mysteriously missing / from the house / No Error.
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
Direction (Q.16 to Q.20):Read each sentence carefully to find grammatical error in it. If there is any error, it will be only in one part of
the sentence. There are four parts of all sentences denoted by four alternatives A, B, C & D choose the
alternative which has error. If there is no error choose the alternative E. (Disregard punctuation error, if any)
16. I am very thirsty / give me / little water / to drink / No Error.
(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

(E)

17. Nehru was / a great politician / and / a great statesman / No Error.

(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
18. The price / of his care is / higher / than your car / No Error.
(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

(E)

19. I am hardly pressed / for time, / I cannot /accompany you / No Error.

(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
20. It was difficult / to persuade subas to agree / to read the book / to the blind man / No Error.
(A)

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English Language Error Spotting Questions And Answers With Solutions (English)

Answers

1. [B]

2. [C]

3. [C]

4. [D]

5. [E]

6. [C]

7. [C]

8. [A]

9. [A]

10. [B]

11. [A]

12. [B]

13. [A]

14. [D]

15. [B]

16. [C]

17. [D]

18. [D]

19. [A]

20. [B]

Solutions
1. Ring him up in place of ring him.
2. Nor in place of or. Nor is used after neither / never.
3. To those in place of than that. superior is followed by to. Techniques is a plural subject
and thus the pronoun for it must be plural. Thus those in place of that.
4. That of Tom in place of Tom.
5. No Error.
6. Full data in place of Firm data.
7. To come in place of to go.
8. Sarita was so popular in place of Sarita was popular that is preceded by so.
9. Was leaving in place of was leading.
10. Was in place of were, in case the number of the verb I singular.
11. If you in place of if you will. When two parts of a sentence are in the future tense, the
reporting verb will be in the present indefinite.
12. Could in place of would.
13. Brothers in law in place of Brother in low.
14. Was in place of were.
15. Was in place of were.
16. A little water in place of little water.
17. Great statesman in place of a great statesman.
18. Than that of in place of than.
19. Hard in place of hardly.
20. To agree is redundant; To persuade and To agree man the same thing.

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