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 'D'. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).

  1. It is time
  2. we should accept all our people as equals
  3. and as partners in the task of building a strong and united nation.
  4. No error.
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we should accept all our people as equal

(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 'D'. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).

  1. Twice twelve
  2. makes
  3. twenty-four
  4. No error.
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make

(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 'D'. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).

  1. Regretfully, profits earned by your company
  2. fell by 20 per cent last year
  3. despite higher sales.
  4. No error.
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Regrettably, profits earned by your company

(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 'D'. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).

  1. In a report issued by Indian Statistical Institute,
  2. the Iron and Steel Industry is investing more than any other
  3. Indian industry in fighting pollution.
  4. No error.
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Indian industry on fighting pollution

(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 'D'. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).

  1. He is going everyday
  2. for a morning walk
  3. with his friends and neighbours
  4. No error.
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He goes everyday

(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 'D'. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).

  1. My father goes
  2. to the office
  3. five day week.
  4. No error.
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five days a week

(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 'D'. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).

  1. If she will be promoted
  2. she will get
  3. a higher salary.
  4. No error.
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If she is promoted

(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 'D'. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).

  1. If I were him,
  2. I would have taught
  3. those cheats a lesson.
  4. No error.
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If I were he, I would have taught those cheats a lesson.

(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 'D'. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).

  1. Looking back, I find that among the many impressions ofthe people of India,
  2. absorbed while I lived among them,
  3. are their reverence for great men and women.
  4. No error.
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I find that among the many impressions I got of the people of India

(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 'D'. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).

  1. If you work hard,
  2. you will get good grades
  3. in examinations.
  4. No error
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in the examination

(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 'D'. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).

  1. He managed to make sense of the book
  2. even though it was the first time
  3. he read anything on the subject.
  4. No error.
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when he read anything on the subject

(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 'D'. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).

  1. She reluctantly said that
  2. if nobody else was doing it
  3. she will do it.
  4. No error.
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she would do it

(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 'D'. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).

  1. I fail to understand
  2. why he replied in negative
  3. when the proposal was in his favour.
  4. No error.
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I failed to understand

(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 'D'. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).

  1. I have
  2. an appointment
  3. on the 9th September on five o'clock
  4. No error.
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on the 9th September at five o'clock

(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 'D'. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).

  1. They
  2. enjoyed thoroughly
  3. at the party.
  4. No error.
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thoroughly enjoyed themselves

(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 'D'. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).

  1. The method suggested in the lecture
  2. enables a student to learn more quickly
  3. and to have remembered for a longer period of time.
  4. No error.
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and to remember for a longer period of time

(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 'D'. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).

  1. My friend asked me
  2. if I can lend him my Parker pen
  3. for a few days.
  4. No error.
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If I could lend him my Parker pen

(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 'D'. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).

  1. The test will not need
  2. more than one and half hour
  3. to finish.
  4. No error
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more than one and a half hour

(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 'D'. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).

  1. The school is
  2. within hundred yards
  3. from the church.
  4. No error.
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within a hundred yards

(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 'D'. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).

  1. His father died of cholera
  2. but his mother also,
  3. though very weak, is out of danger.
  4. No error.
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but his mother