Spotting Errors
Spotting Errors: Overview
This topic covers concepts, such as, Spotting Errors in Sentences, Errors in Sentences Based on Subject-Verb Agreement, Errors in Sentences Based on Diction & Errors in Sentences Based on Redundancy etc.
Important Questions on Spotting Errors
Direction: Read each sentence to find out whether there is/are any grammatical errors in it. The error/s, if any, will be in one, two or more parts of the sentence. Select as your answer the appropriate choice indicating the number/s of the part/s with the error/s. If there is no error, mark (E) "No Error" as your answer. (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any).
Its tempting to see in it an allegory (A)/ of our modern world,(B) / in which the interchange of people, ideas and goods (C)/ is occurring rapidly along increasingly borderless and rapid lines. (D)/ No error (E)
Direction: Read each sentence to find out whether there is/are any grammatical errors in it. The error/s, if any, will be in one, two or more parts of the sentence. Select as your answer the appropriate choice indicating the number/s of the part/s with the error/s. If there is no error, mark (E) "No Error" as your answer. (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any).
Imminent posts (A)/ make great (B)/ men greater (C)/ and little men less. (D)/ No error (E)
Direction: Read each sentence to find out whether there is/are any grammatical errors in it. The error/s, if any, will be in one, two or more parts of the sentence. Select as your answer the appropriate choice indicating the number/s of the part/s with the error/s. If there is no error, mark (E) "No Error" as your answer. (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any).
If an argument of globalism is so water-tight and damn-near irreproachable, (A)/ why in the area of literature does one find so many supposedly progressive voices (B)/ constantly bashing the very books (C)/ that come out of the cauldron of heterogeneity?(D)/ No error (E)
Direction: Read each sentence to find out whether there is/are any grammatical errors in it. The error/s, if any, will be in one, two or more parts of the sentence. Select as your answer the appropriate choice indicating the number/s of the part/s with the error/s. If there is no error, mark (E) "No Error" as your answer. (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any).
With major tax reforms (A) / on the anvil, it is (B)/ hoped that the tax system has been capturing the gains from (C)/ economic growth more accurately.(D) / No error (E)
Direction: Read each sentence to find out whether there is/are any grammatical errors in it. The error/s, if any, will be in one, two or more parts of the sentence. Select as your answer the appropriate choice indicating the number/s of the part/s with the error/s. If there is no error, mark (E) "No Error" as your answer. (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any).
That is why, (A)/ entrepreneurs will be better off engaging an investment advisor (B)/ and the entrepreneurs (C)/ should take judicious decision based on their advise.(D)/ No error (E)
Direction: Read each sentence to find out whether there is/are any grammatical errors in it. The error/s, if any, will be in one, two or more parts of the sentence. Select as your answer the appropriate choice indicating the number/s of the part/s with the error/s. If there is no error, mark (E) "No Error" as your answer. (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any).
Designing a metre (A)/ lengthy tower was (B)/ a great challenge that (C)/ was ingeniously resolved by team's effort. (D)/ No error (E)
Direction: Read each sentence to find out whether there is/are any grammatical errors in it. The error/s, if any, will be in one, two or more parts of the sentence. Select as your answer the appropriate choice indicating the number/s of the part/s with the error/s. If there is no error, mark (E) "No Error" as your answer. (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any).
Those rescue programs were widely popular, (A)/ and the polished, poised Sunak become the welcome (B)/ face of the government at daily press conferences (C)/ where the prime minister appear less composed.(D)/ No error.
Direction: Read each sentence to find out whether there is/are any grammatical errors in it. The error/s, if any, will be in one, two or more parts of the sentence. Select as your answer the appropriate choice indicating the number/s of the part/s with the error/s. If there is no error, mark (E) "No Error" as your answer. (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any).
The destination of the path remained a burning mystery, (A)/ but Tammy innocently tossed fuel (B)/ on the flames with a chance comment one day(C)/ while they were watching television. (D)/ No error.
Direction: Read each sentence to find out whether there is/are any grammatical errors in it. The error/s, if any, will be in one, two or more parts of the sentence. Select as your answer the appropriate choice indicating the number/s of the part/s with the error/s. If there is no error, mark (E) "No Error" as your answer. (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any).
With film cameras in earlier period(A)/ not only was the camera (B)/ expensive and unaffordable but so also the (C)/cost of developing the picture (D)./No error (E)
Direction: Read each sentence to find out whether there is/are any grammatical errors in it. The error/s, if any, will be in one, two or more parts of the sentence. Select as your answer the appropriate choice indicating the number/s of the part/s with the error/s. If there is no error, mark (E) "No Error" as your answer. (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any).
The ability to enduring failure (A)/ and to find the strength (B)/ to show way forward (C)/ is the true test of leadership(D)./ No error (E)
Direction: Read each sentence to find out whether there is/are any grammatical errors in it. The error/s, if any, will be in one, two or more parts of the sentence. Select as your answer the appropriate choice indicating the number/s of the part/s with the error/s. If there is no error, mark (E) "No Error" as your answer. (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any).
Repeated official error has and (A) / remains the unintentional (B)/ accomplice of terror (C)/ in most countries.(D)/ No error (E)
Direction: Read each sentence to find out whether there is/are any grammatical errors in it. The error/s, if any, will be in one, two or more parts of the sentence. Select as your answer the appropriate choice indicating the number/s of the part/s with the error/s. If there is no error, mark (E) "No Error" as your answer. (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any).
It is magnificent how the glow-worms trap (A)/ the victims and its prey along only (B)/ thread-like strands they secrete, (C)/ wind them in and eating them(D)./No error (E)
Direction: Read each sentence to find out whether there is/are any grammatical errors in it. The error/s, if any, will be in one, two or more parts of the sentence. Select as your answer the appropriate choice indicating the number/s of the part/s with the error/s. If there is no error, mark (E) "No Error" as your answer. (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any).
The choice is yours, either eat healthy food every day (A)/ if you want to lose weight or just do what (B)/ feels good (eating junk food) at the time as long as (C)/ it doesn’t make you feel bad about yourself latter on in life.(D)/ No error(E)
Direction: Read each sentence to find out whether there is/are any grammatical errors in it. The error/s, if any, will be in one, two or more parts of the sentence. Select as your answer the appropriate choice indicating the number/s of the part/s with the error/s. If there is no error, mark (E) "No Error" as your answer. (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any).
The proposed plan includes (A)/ building 200 prisons (B)/ to add to 1300 that (C) /already exists in the country. (D)/ No error (E)
Direction: Read each sentence to find out whether there is/are any grammatical errors in it. The error/s, if any, will be in one, two or more parts of the sentence. Select as your answer the appropriate choice indicating the number/s of the part/s with the error/s. If there is no error, mark (E) "No Error" as your answer. (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any).
In fact, a good reputation (A)/ is so important to a person (B)/ as life itself should (C) / be defended in the same way. (D)/ No error (E)
Direction: Read each sentence to find out whether there is/are any grammatical errors in it. The error/s, if any, will be in one, two or more parts of the sentence. Select as your answer the appropriate choice indicating the number/s of the part/s with the error/s. If there is no error, mark (E) "No Error" as your answer. (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any).
He tells his story,(A)/ which is the story of an (B)/extremely intelligent man, who is trapped,(C) / as so much in this country are, by poverty. (D)/ No error (E)
Direction: Read each sentence to find out whether there is/are any grammatical errors in it. The error/s, if any, will be in one, two or more parts of the sentence. Select as your answer the appropriate choice indicating the number/s of the part/s with the error/s. If there is no error, mark (E) "No Error" as your answer. (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any).
Sulphur and nitrogen, even (A) / when administered in the (B)/ form of mild acids, (C)/serves as plant nutrients.(D)/ No error (E)
Direction: Read each sentence to find out whether there is/are any grammatical errors in it. The error/s, if any, will be in one, two or more parts of the sentence. Select as your answer the appropriate choice indicating the number/s of the part/s with the error/s. If there is no error, mark (E) "No Error as your answer. (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any).
It may not be the number (A)/ of men and women on the(B) / job alone that matters,(C) / but also its expertise and the quality of the finished job.(D) / No error(E)
Direction: Read each sentence to find out whether there is/are any grammatical errors in it. The error/s, if any, will be in one, two or more parts of the sentence. Select as your answer the appropriate choice indicating the number/s of the part/s with the error/s. If there is no error, mark (E) "No Error" as your answer. (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any).
Men and women can(A) / marry who they (B)/ choose to without having (C) /to explain reasons to anybody(D). No error (E)
Direction: Read each sentence to find out whether there is/are any grammatical errors in it. The error/s, if any, will be in one, two or more parts of the sentence. Select as your answer the appropriate choice indicating the number/s of the part/s with the error/s. If there is no error, mark (E) "No Error" as your answer. (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any).
This step-by-step guide (A)/ which come with the set of books on (B)/ linguistics, discuss the role that linguistics (C) /plays in understanding literature (D). / No error (E)
