Home » Verbal Ability » Spotting Errors

English grammar error-spotting (quantity phrases with ‘‘one and a half’’): Read the sentence split into four parts and choose the erroneous one; if none, select ‘‘No error’’: ‘‘The test will not need / more than one and half hour / to finish. / No error’’

Difficulty: Easy

Correct Answer: more than one and half hour

Explanation:


Given data

  • A: ‘‘The test will not need’’
  • B: ‘‘more than one and half hour’’
  • C: ‘‘to finish.’’
  • D: ‘‘No error’’


Concept / Approach
The idiomatic measure phrase is ‘‘one and a half’’ and, despite ‘‘one’’, the head noun is plural in form (‘‘hours’’). Verb choice ‘‘need’’ is acceptable colloquially, though ‘‘take’’ is more natural.


Step-by-step evaluation
Correct form → ‘‘more than one and a half hours’’.Thus, Part B is the error: ‘‘more than one and half hour’’.


Correction
‘‘The test will not need/take more than one and a half hours to finish.’’


Common pitfalls

  • Omitting the article ‘‘a’’ in ‘‘one and a half’’.
  • Keeping the head noun singular after fractional expressions.


Final Answer
more than one and half hour

← Previous Question Next Question→

More Questions from Spotting Errors

Discussion & Comments

No comments yet. Be the first to comment!
Join Discussion