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. After listening to
  2. his advice, I
  3. decided to not to
  4. go abroad for studies.
  5. No error.
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decided not to

(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. As the ticket was
  2. firm affixed
  3. on the envelope, he
  4. could not remove it.
  5. No error.
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firmly affixed

(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. He had to
  2. seek legal help in
  3. order for settling
  4. the dispute.
  5. No error.
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order to settle

(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 asked him
  2. whom he thought
  3. would be able to
  4. get the first prize.
  5. No error.
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who he thought

(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. Mahatma Gandhi did not solve
  2. all the problems of the future
  3. but he did solve
  4. problems of his own age.
  5. No error.
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the problems of the future

(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. We never thought
  2. that Mahesh is
  3. oldest than the other
  4. players in the team.
  5. No error.
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older than the other

(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. One of the party
  2. members were dismissed
  3. for speaking against
  4. the leader.
  5. No error.
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members was dismissed

(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. No sooner the plane landed
  2. at the airport than
  3. a group of armed
  4. commandos surrounded it.
  5. No error.
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No sooner did the plane land

(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. The job is much worse than I expected
  2. If I would have realised
  3. how awful it was going to be
  4. I would not have accepted it.
  5. No error.
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If I had realised

(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 done everything
  2. that could be done
  3. to avert the storm
  4. which is now coming on.
  5. No error.
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We did everything

(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. Well, I spend six or seven years
  2. after high school
  3. trying to find a job for me
  4. but could not succeed in it.
  5. No error.
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Well, I spent six or seven years

(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. All renew licences
  2. may be collected from
  3. the cashier's counter after
  4. paying the fees.
  5. No error.
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All renewed licences

(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. All his relatives
  2. except his daughter
  3. have gone on
  4. a month's vacation tour.
  5. No error.
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to have gone on

(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. No sooner did he
  2. got up from bed
  3. than he was sent
  4. to the dairy.
  5. No error.
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get up from bed

(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. In spite of the difficulties
  2. on the way
  3. they enjoyed their
  4. trip to Gangothri.
  5. No error.
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(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. There is just not enough
  2. timing in my job to sit around
  3. talking about how we feel
  4. about each other.
  5. No error.
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time in my job to sit around

(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. Hardly had the
  2. sad news reached her
  3. ears when she
  4. broke into tears.
  5. No errors.
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(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. We can not handle
  2. this complicated case today
  3. unless full details are not given
  4. to us by now.
  5. No error.
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unless full details are given

(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. The customer scarcely had
  2. enough money to pay
  3. to the cashier
  4. at the cash counter.
  5. No error.
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The customer had scarcely

(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. We don't deny
  2. your right to know
  3. whatever happened while
  4. you were not in the office.
  5. No error.
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