Directions (1-17): 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 number of that part will be the answer. If
there is no error, mark (e) as the answer. (Ignore errors of punctuation, if
any.)
Q1. (a) He will not/(b) go to party
tonight/(c) since he has/(d) many works to complete./ (e) No error.
Q2. (a) He wears spectacle/(b) and so he was
/(c) unable to see the burglar /(d) that attacked him last month./(e) No error.
Q3. (a) Most of the furnitures were/(b) sold
for a song/(c) as the seller was in a hurry/(d) to leave the town./(e) No error.
Q4. (a) She left/(b) her luggages/(c) at
home by mistake and / (d)went to the railway station./ (e) No error.
Q5. (a) Sheila Dixit had/(b) been the administratrix
of Delhi/(c) for more/(d) than ten years./(e) No error.
Q6. (a) I think this/(b) is not your car. /(c)
It is/(d) somebody’s else./(e) No error.
Q7. (a) One should not put/(b) one’s signature
/(c) on any paper/(d) that one hasn’t read./(e) No error.
Q8. (a) Fingers bowl is typically served/(b)
before the dessert course/(c) arriving with the dessert plate and with/(d) a
linen doily between plate and bowl./(e) No error
Q9. (a) The water contained / (b) in Lake
Mille Lacs is /(c) as many as / (d) several lakes combined. (e) No error.
Q10. (a) Ten thousand of candidates/ (b)
attended the conference/(c) held in the/(d) Head branch of Career Power./(e) No
error.
Q11. (a) These sort of men/(b) achieve their
goals by hook or by crook/(c) so they do not/(d) deserve any applause. /(e) No
error.
Q12. (a) Can you tell me /(b) how many/(c)
milk/(d) he has brought/(e) No error.
Q13. (a) The life-guard would not / (b) let the
children / (c) to swim at the / (d) deep end of the pool.
/ (e) No
error.
Q14. (a) Walking along the / (b) bank of the
river / (c) the road / (d) began to rise. / (e) No error
Q15. (a) After the teacher had told the boys /
(b) how to pronounce the word / (c) all of them in one voice / (d) repeated the word again. / (e) No
error
Q16. (a) I declined the invitation / (b) not
because I did not / (c) want to go, but because / (d) I have no time. / (e) No
error .
Q17. (a) It being a stormy night, / (b) you must
thought of postponing / (c) all your programmes / (d) till tomorrow morning. / (e) No error
Direction
(18– 20): Fill in the blanks with the right option:
Q18. You _______ brush your teeth after every
meal.
(a) may (b)
should (c) might (d) shall (e) none of these
Q19. The boys ____________train hard.
(a) ought (b)
can (c) shall (d) must (e)
dare not
Q20. If it does not rain tomorrow, we
______________go for a picnic.
(a) could (b)
need to (c) cannot (d) would have (e) will have
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SOLUTIONS:
S1. Ans. (d)
Sol. ‘some
work’ should be used in place of ‘many works’ since work is an uncountable
noun. We can also use either ‘much’ in place of ‘many’ or ‘many pieces of work’
in place of ‘many works’.
S2. Ans. (a)
Sol. ‘Spectacle’ should be changed into
‘spectacles’
S3. Ans. (a)
Sol. ‘Furniture’ should be used in place of
‘furnitures’ since furniture is an uncountable noun.
S4. Ans. (b)
Sol. ‘luggage’ should be used in place of
‘luggages’
S5. Ans. (e)
Sol. No
error
S6. Ans. (d)
Sol.
‘Somebody else’s ‘ should be used in place of ‘somebody’s else ‘.
S7. Ans. (e)
Sol. No error
S8. Ans. (a)
Sol. ‘Finger bowl’ should be used in place of
‘fingers bowl’, Since, here ‘finger’s is used as an adjective and if a noun is
used as an adjective, it should be in singular form.
S9. Ans. (c)
Sol. ‘as much as’ should be used in place of ‘as
many as’.
S10. Ans.(a)
Sol. ‘of’ should not be used here. Since, ‘of’
does not follow a definite numeral adjective.
S11. Ans.(a)
Sol. ‘These sorts of men’ should be used in place
of ‘These sort of men’. Since, words like
‘sort, ‘kind’, etc. are used in plural form, when they are used as an
adjective to qualify a plural noun.
S12. Ans.(b)
Sol. ‘How much’ should be used in place of ‘How
many. Since, milk is an uncountable noun, therefore, ‘much‘ should be used.
S13. Ans.
(c)
Sol. Use V1 after ‘let’. Remove ‘to’.
S14. Ans.
(a)
Sol. Add ‘while I was’ before ‘walking alone’.
S15. Ans.
(a)
Sol. Remove ‘again’. ‘Repeat’ should not be
followed by ‘again’ because this will make the sentence superfluous.
S16. Ans.
(d)
Sol. Change ‘have’ to ‘had’. The sentence is in
past.
S17. Ans.
(b)
Sol. Change ‘thought’ to ‘think’ as ‘must’ is a
modal which is always followed by V1.
S18. Ans.
(b)
Sol. should
; Since, ‘should’ is used to show what is the correct or best thing to do
S19. Ans.
(d)
Sol. must ;
Since, ‘must’ is used to show compulsion .
S20. Ans.
(a)
Sol. could ; Since, ‘could’ is
used to show possibility.
