English Quiz – Set Twenty Seven (Error Spotting)

1. Spot the Error in the below Sentence
a) I have been
b) informed that
c) Prime Minister Narendra Modi visits Tamil Nadu
d) following month
e) No Error

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Answer d) following month. Place THE before Following.

2. Spot the Error in the below Sentence
a) Radhika claims to be a Researcher
b) but in reality she
c) does not know even
d) ABC of research
e) No Error

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Answer d) ABC of research. Place THE before ABC.

3. Spot the Error in the below Sentence
a) The more
b) I learn Maths
c) the more
d) I get confused
e) No Error

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Answer e) No Error

4. Spot the Error in the below Sentence
a) I came to
b) know that
c) his friend has died
d) two days ago
e) No Error

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Answer c) his friend has died. Replace Has died with Died. We should not use past time adverbs with present perfect.

5. Spot the Error in the below Sentence
a) This is
b) the first time
c) that i read such
d) an interesting novel
e) no error

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Answer c) that i read such. Replace Read by I have read. Present Perfect Tense is used in such constructions.

6. Spot the Error in the below Sentence
a) Swetha switched on
b) the light before
c) she entered
d) the room
e) No Error

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Answer e) No Error

7. Spot the Error in the below Sentence
a) I have been admiring
b) him for the
c) talent with which
d) he is gifted
e) No Error

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Answer a) I have been admiring. It should be I admire. Please note that words like know, admire, trust, believe, hope etc are not used in continuous form.

8. Spot the Error in the below Sentence
a) Before the alarm
b) had stopped ringing
c) Vaishnavi had pulled up
d) the shade
e) No Error

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Answer b) had stopped ringing. Replace Had Stopped by Stopped.

9. Spot the Error in the below Sentence
a) Parineeti Chopra lived here
b) since 1991,
c) so she knows everything
d) about this village
e) No Error

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Answer – Error is in (1). Replace Lived by Has been living.

10. Spot the Error in the below Sentence
a) Sonia acted not
b) as per my advice
c) but
d) somebody else
e) No Error

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Answer d) somebody else. Use Somebody else’s.

11. Spot the Error in the below Sentence
a) I know nothing
b) about Anamika’s
c) whereabout
d) and about her choice
e) No error

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Answer c) whereabout. It should be whereabouts. It means Address.

12. Spot the Error in the below Sentence
a) Avanthika uses a good
b) quality of conditioner
c) so her hairs are
d) very soft
e) No Error

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Answer c) so her hairs are. Write Hair for Hairs.

13. Spot the Error in the below Sentence
a) I don’t appreciate
b) Ashwathy who laugh
c) at others without
d) any reason
e) No error

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Answer b) Ashwathy who laugh. Use Laughs.

14. Spot the Error in the below Sentence
a) The Prime Minister
b) should not let
c) the naxalite activities
d) to grow in our country
e) No error

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Answer d) to grow in our country. Delete To. Do not use infinitive after Let.

15. Spot the Error in the below Sentence
a) I don’t know
b) if any of the students
c) of the class is conspiring
d) against the teacher or not
e) No error

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Answer b) if any of the students. Use Whether instead of If. The sentence structure is based on Whether…. or.