English grammar error spotting finding correction exercise Practise set 50

English grammar error spotting correction exercises practice set 50

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In the following English grammar error spotting questions, some parts of the sentences have errors and some are correct. Find out which part of a sentence has an error. The number of that part is the answer. If a sentence is free from error, your answer is No error.



Question 1: No sooner did the teacher (1)/ enter the class room (2)/ the students got up. (3) / No error. (4)

Answer : (2) than will be used after the class room because – No sooner ___ than indicates that the second event occurs immediately after the first. no sooner introduces the event that occurs first. Look at the examples given below : No sooner did I come to the office, than the phone rang. No sooner had he gone out, than he came in.



Question 2: His assistants have (1)/ and are still doing (2)/ excellent work for the organisation. (3)/No error (4)

Answer : (1) have done will replace have because – The action has started in the Past and continues in the Present. So, Present Perfect Tense will be used. The Present Perfect is formed from the Present Tense of the Verb and the Past Participle of the Verb.



Question 3: The light bulbs (1)/ on the hall (2)/ need to be changed. (3)/ No error (4)

Answer : (2) There is a Preposition related error. Hence, in the hall is the right usage.



Question 4: Smoking is undoubtedly (1)/ very injurious (2)/ for health.(3)/ No error (4)

Answer : (3) The word injurious agrees with Preposition to. Hence, to health is the right usage



Question 5: The train will not start (1)/ until the guard (2)/ will blow the whistle. (3)/ No error (4)

Answer : (3) blows the whistle will replacewill blow the whistle because – will is not used in a Conditional Clause, Simple Present Tense is used.



Question 6: By noon (1)/ the fog cleared (2)/ completely. (3)/No error (4)

Answer : (2) had cleared will replace cleared because – that action has occurred in Past (a long time ago) as in – I had lived in America. (The sense of time in this sentence refers to a completed action in Past) Past Perfect Tense will be used. Hence, the fog had cleared is the right usage



Question 7: Books fair (1)/ encourage (2)/ reading habit. (3)/ No error (4)/

Answer : (1) Book Fairs will replace Books fair because – Book fairs is the right usage.



Question 8: I saw him (1)/ coming out of the hotel (2)/ on 10 o’clock. (3)/ No error. (4)

Answer : (3) at will replace on because – at (Prep.) is used for pointing out specific time. Hence, at 10 O’clock is the right usage.



Question 9: He has read four plays (1)/ written by Shakespeare (2)/ by the end of his vacation. (3)/ No error (4)

Answer : (1) read will replace has read -because the action took place in the past. Hence, He read four plays is the right usage.



Question 10: The increasing mechanisation of life (1)/ have led us farther away from daily contact with nature and (2) / the crafts of the farm.(3) / No error. (4)

Answer : (2) has will replace have because – The increasing mechanisation of life is a Singular Subject and it agrees with Singular Verb. Hence, has led us farther away from daily contact with nature and is the right usage



Question 11: The passer-by told us (1)/where was the marriage hall (2)/and even led us to it. (3)/ No error/(4).

Answer : (2) where the marriage hall was will replace where was the marriage hall because – It is an indirect question.



Question 12: Bose is (1)/ more popular than (2)/ any student in the class. (3)/ No error (4)

Answer : (3) any other student will replace any student. Look at the sentences given beolw : No other student is so tall as Ravi. (Positive) Ravi is taller than any other student. (Comparative) Ravi is the tallest student. (Superlative) Hence, any other student in the class is the right usage.



Question 13: The Vice-Chancellor (1)/ wants all vacancies (2)/ to be filled up. (3)/ No error (4)

Answer : (3) filled will replace filled up because – fill (something) : to appoint somebody to a job fill up (something) : to become full of something; to make something full of something Look at the examples given below : The ditches were filled up with mud. The vacancy has already been filled. Hence, to be filled is the right usage.



Question 14: It is a (1)/ desert (2)/ place. (3)/ No error. (4)

Answer : (2) deserted will replace desert because – desert (Noun) : a large area of land that has very little water and very few plants growing on it deserted (Adj.) : place with no people on it



Question 15: Africa is the second largest continent (1)/ and it contain about one fifth (2)/ of all the land in the world. (3)/ No error (4).

Answer : (2) Here, subject it (Africa) is singular. Hence, singular Verb i.e., and it contains about one fifth is the right usage



Question 16: No sooner did the rabbit (1)/come out of the bush (2)/ when the hunter killed it. (3)/ No error (4)

Answer : (3) As no sooner introduces the event that occurs first, than will be used with it. No sooner — than is the correct pair of Correlatives Hence, than the hunter killed it is the right usage.



Question 17: I (1)/ am having (2)/ three children. (3)/ No error (4)

Answer : (2) have will replace am having because – have is a stative verb that usually relates to thoughts, emotions, relationships, senses, states of being and measurements. These Verbs are not used in Continuous Tenses. Simple Tenses are used for them. Look at the examples given below : She has a Mercedes. (She owns it.) She is having lunch. (She is eating) Some stative Verbs are : agree, appear, seem, be, feel, see, etc.



Question 18: “The Arabian Nights” (1) / are indeed (2) / an interesting book. (3) / No error (4)

Answer : (2) is will replace are because – The Arabian Nights is the name of a book and a Singular Verb is used with name of nation/organisation/ book/film as in – The United Nations is head-quartered in New York. Hence, is indeed is the right usage



Question 19: People have (1)/ different ideas about (2)/ what makes a good holiday. (3)/ No error (4).

Answer : (4) No error



Question 20: His father (1)/ bought these furnitures (2)/ the day before yesterday. (3)/ No error. (4)

Answer : (2) Here, bought these furniture/these pieces of furniture is the right usage.



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