Spotting Errors - English Questions and Answers

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(Q1) English » Spotting Errors

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 letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is 'E'. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).

  1. Developmental activities of
  2. the government come
  3. to a standstill due
  4. to paucity of funds.
  5. No error.
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the government have come

(Q2) English » Spotting Errors

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 letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is 'E'. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).

  1. Of the two
  2. sisters
  3. Meena is
  4. the elder.
  5. No error.
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elder

(Q3) English » Spotting Errors

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 letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is 'E'. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).

  1. I was to about
  2. go out of my house
  3. when it suddenly
  4. started raining.
  5. No error.
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I was about to

(Q4) English » Spotting Errors

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 letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is 'E'. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).

  1. I am pleased to sanction
  2. one special increment
  3. to all the employees
  4. with this month.
  5. No error.
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from this month

(Q5) English » Spotting Errors

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 letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is 'E'. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).

  1. While Mahendra was away
  2. on a long official tour
  3. his office receive an important letter
  4. which was marked 'Urgent'.
  5. No error.
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his office received an important letter

(Q6) English » Spotting Errors

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 letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is 'E'. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).

  1. No country can long endure
  2. if its foundations
  3. were not laid deep
  4. in the material prosperity.
  5. No error.
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are not laid deep

(Q7) English » Spotting Errors

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 letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is 'E'. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).

  1. Rajesh was expecting
  2. a telegram from his uncle
  3. which would inform
  4. him whether he went or not.
  5. No error.
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informing

(Q8) English » Spotting Errors

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 letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is 'E'. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).

  1. I see you
  2. in Kanpur
  3. during my next visit
  4. in the month of May.
  5. No error
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I will see you' or 'I may see you

(Q9) English » Spotting Errors

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 letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is 'E'. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).

  1. He ought
  2. not have
  3. done such a
  4. filthy thing.
  5. No error.
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not to have

(Q10) English » Spotting Errors

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 letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is 'E'. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).

  1. We have keep
  2. our promise and
  3. you can expect
  4. a lot from us in future.
  5. No error.
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We have kept

(Q11) English » Spotting Errors

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 letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is 'E'. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).

  1. I would have lost
  2. my luggage and other belongings
  3. if I would have left the compartment
  4. and gone out to fetch drinking water.
  5. No error.
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if I had left the compartment

(Q12) English » Spotting Errors

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 letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is 'E'. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).

  1. The last year proved
  2. quite bad
  3. as major industries
  4. witness lot of problems.
  5. No error.
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'witnessed lots of problems' or 'witnessed a lot of problem'

(Q13) English » Spotting Errors

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 letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is 'E'. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).

  1. In spite of toiling
  2. very hardly he
  3. realised that he had
  4. not earned anything substantial.
  5. No error.
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very hard he

(Q14) English » Spotting Errors

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 letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is 'E'. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).

  1. Of all the men
  2. known to me none is
  3. less inclined than he is
  4. to think ill to others.
  5. No error.
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to think ill of others

(Q15) English » Spotting Errors

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 letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is 'E'. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).

  1. I believe that
  2. next time when you
  3. will be coming to Mumbai
  4. you will bring my book.
  5. No error.
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are coming to Mumbai

(Q16) English » Spotting Errors

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 letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is 'E'. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).

  1. We have to take
  2. him to the hospital yesterday
  3. because he was
  4. suffering from fever.
  5. No error.
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We had to take

(Q17) English » Spotting Errors

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 letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is 'E'. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).

  1. He
  2. has seen
  3. the picture
  4. yesterday.
  5. No error.
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saw

(Q18) English » Spotting Errors

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 letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is 'E'. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).

  1. But for your
  2. kind help, this
  3. task could not
  4. have been completed.
  5. No error.
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(Q19) English » Spotting Errors

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 letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is 'E'. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).

  1. Not one of the children
  2. has ever sang
  3. on any occasion
  4. in public before.
  5. No error.
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has ever sung

(Q20) English » Spotting Errors

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 letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is 'E'. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).

  1. Somewhere along the
  2. line I lost
  3. track of what Ashish
  4. says about heart ailments
  5. No error.
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was saying about heart ailments