Directions (1-20): Find out the error in each of the following sentences, if there is No error, answer is (e). Ignore the errors of punctuations (if any).
Q1.
(a) The city
(b) was tore
(c)by earthquake
(d) previous year.
(e)No error.
Q2.
(a) The taxi driver
(b) was accused the man
(c) for walking in
(d) the middle of the road.
(e) No error.
Q3.
(a) Some passengers
(b) were flew
(c)to London on
(d) the last trip.
(e) No error.
Q4.
(a) By the time
(b) he arrived,
(c) everybody had been
(d) left for the party.
(e) No error.
Q5.
(a) She was
(b) extremely annoyed
(c) by
(d) the ill behavior of the bank staff.
(e) No error.
Q6.
(a) The Head office was
(b)engulfed by
(c) the fire
(d) that had broken last night
(e) No error.
Q7.
(a) It believed earlier
(b) that the sun
(c) revolved
(d) round the earth.
(e) No error.
Q8.
(a) As he
(b) was wearing,
(c) skimpy clothes
(d) he was stared.
(e) No error.
Q9.
(a) she behaves in
(b) such a weird manner
(c) that everybody disgusted
(d) with her.
(e) No error.
Q10.
(a) I think
(b) more than ten balls
(c) are contained
(d) by this box.
(e) No error.
Q11.
(a) They
(b) said that
(c) they will go
(d) next day.
(e) No error
Q12.
(a) They said
(b) that I
(c) shall work hard
(d) if I want to pass.
(e) no error
Q13.
(a) He asked her
(b) that if
(c)she was going
(d) to attend the meeting.
(e) No error
Q14.
(a) Shweta asked Harish
(b) that what
(c) had not
(d) happened .
(e) No error
Q15.
(a) Seema asked
(b) me
(c) what did I say
(d) about her.
(e) No error
Q16.
(a) The order of
(b) the commander
(c) may put the lives of
(d) many soldiers in a danger.
(e) No error.
Q17.
(a) She Inspired me
(b) to take the heart
(c) in all adverse situations
(d) and deserve to be called a real hero.
(e) No error.
Q18.
(a) The most happy
(b) marriage would be
(c) a union of a deaf
(e) man to a blind woman.
(e) No error.
Q19.
(a) Sam suggested to
(b) his siblings that they should
(c) go to the school regularly
(d) and do their home work sincerely.
(e) No error.
Q20.
(a) Her father
(b) forbade her to go
(c) to circus
(d) late at night.
(e) No error.
Solutions
S1. Ans. (b)
Sol. ‘torn’ should be used in place of ‘tore’. Since, in passive voice, ‘V3’ is used after ‘was/were.
S2. Ans. (b)
Sol. ‘was’ should not be used here. Since the sentence is not in passive voice
S3. Ans. (b)
Sol. ‘flown’ (v3) should be used in place of ‘flew’. Since, the given sentence is in passive voice. Hence, V3 should be used.
S4. Ans. (c)
Sol. ‘been’ should be removed from the given sentence. Since, the given sentence is in active voice, Hence ‘has/have/had + been’ should not be used.
S5. Ans. (c)
Sol. ‘at’ should be used in place of ‘by’. Since, we are ‘annoyed at something’ and ‘annoyed with someone’.
S6. Ans. (b)
Sol. ‘in’ should be used in place of ‘by’. Since the preposition ‘in’ is used after ‘engulfed’.
S7. Ans. (a)
Sol. It ‘was believed’ should be used in place of ‘It believed’.
S8. Ans. (d)
Sol. ‘stared at’ should be used in place of ‘stared’. Since, the preposition that follows/precedes the main verb in active voice should also be used in passive voice.
S9. Ans. (c)
Sol. ‘everybody is disgusted’ should be used in place of ‘everybody disgusted’.
S10. Ans. (d)
Sol. ‘in’ should be used in place of ‘by’. Since, the word ‘Contain’ is followed by ‘in’.
S11. Ans. (c)
Sol. ‘Would’ should be used in place of ‘will’. Since, Repotting verb in past, hence, the reported speech should also be in past.
S12. Ans. (c)
Sol. ‘Should’ and ‘wanted’ should be used in place of ‘shall’ and ‘want’. Since, Repotting verb in past, hence, the reported speech should also be in past.
S13. Ans. (b)
Sol. ‘That’ should not be used here, since when an interrogative sentence is reposted, then, conjunctions ‘if/whether’ is used.
S14. Ans. (b)
Sol. ‘that’ should not be used here, since, when an interrogative sentence starting with ‘wh’ family is reported, then, no conjunction is used.
S15. Ans. (c)
Sol. ‘I said’ should be used in place of ‘did I say’. Because, an interrogative form is not used in reported speech.
S16. Ans. (d)
Sol. ‘in danger’ is correct phrase.
S17. Ans. (b)
Sol. ‘the’ should not be used. Since ‘take heart’, ‘take action’, ‘take care’, etc. are correct phrases.
S18. Ans. (c)
Sol. ‘the union’ should be used in place of ‘a union’ for explanation refer to question – 4.
S19. Ans. (c)
Sol. ‘the’ should not be used before ‘school’ since, here, school is mentioned in relation to its primary motive.
S20. Ans. (c)
Sol. ‘ Go to the circus’ is correct idiomatic usage.
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