Embibe Experts Solutions for Chapter: Grammar, Exercise 17: Spotting Errors

Read the sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence, the number of the part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (5).

I hardly ever (1)/ see him (2)/ because in my opinion (3)/ he is not a reliable man. (4)/ No error (5)

Read the sentence carefully and find out whether there is any grammatical or idiomatic error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is your answer. If there is no error, the answer is 'E' (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any).
On my telling him (A) / that I was Ramesh (B) / he take me (C) / to Mr. Raghvendra's room (D). No error(E).

Read each sentence to find out whether there is an error in any of the parts. Errors, if any, are only in one of the parts. No sentence has more than one error. When you detect an error, in any of the parts of the sentence, choose the corresponding alphabet.

I tried to persuade him(A)/ to step aside and(B)/ after that I struck a(C)/ blow on his face.(D)

Find which part has the error and select the correct answer:

Only by discussing with (1) / the officer concerned (2) / they found out (3)/ the person behind the fraud. (4)/ No Error (5).

In the sentence given below, a part of it might contain an error. If the sentence has an error, mark the corresponding part out of A, B, C or D. If the sentence has no error, mark option E as the answer.

Among the many theories being advanced (A)/ to explain a shortage of currency in parts of (B)/ India, a rotten-to-the-core banking system (C)/ is the one hypothesis somebody wants to talk about. (D)/ No error (E).

Direction: Read the sentence given below to find out whether there is any error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The alphabet number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, then the answer is D.

When she was in jail, (A)/ she was debarred to send (B)/ a letter even to her son. (C)/ No error (D)

In the question given below, some part of the sentence have errors and some have none. Find out which part of the sentence has an error.

Kabir and Rahim (A) / are great poets, but the former is (B) / greater than latter. (C) / No error (D).

Read the given 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 will be the answer. If there is no error, mark (E) as the answer. (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any.)

Many more would have died (A)/ if they hadn't received (B)/ the timely helping from (C)/ the relief team.(D)/ No Error (E).