Spotting Errors Questions

• English grammar error-spotting (agreement after ‘‘those who …’’): Identify the error; ensure the verb agrees with the plural antecedent ‘‘those’’: ‘‘It is true / that God helps those / who helps themselves. / No error.’
• English grammar error-spotting (choice of object phrase with ‘‘harmful’’ and welfare wording): Read the sentence segments and locate the error; select ‘‘No error’’ only if everything is correct. Consider precise idiom in object of ‘‘harmful’’: ‘‘Happily, zoos were / unwilling to cooperate / in a scheme that was potentially harmful to animal welfare / No error.’
• English grammar error-spotting (correlative ‘‘neither … nor …’’ and proximity agreement): Read the sentence and choose the erroneous part; if none, pick ‘‘No error’’. Check subject–verb agreement with the nearest subject: ‘‘Neither he / nor his father is interested / in joining the party. / No error.’
• English grammar error-spotting (meaning of ‘‘little’’ vs ‘‘a little’’ with positive prediction): Identify the incorrect segment; pay attention to quantifiers that change meaning: ‘‘With little patience / you will be able to / cross this hurdle / No error.’
• English grammar error-spotting (reported clause after ‘‘thought’’; tense backshift and relative ‘‘whosoever’’): Read the sentence in parts (A–D) and identify the erroneous part; if none, pick ‘‘No error.’’ Ensure correct tense and clause embedding: ‘‘She was told / to give the award to whosoever / she thought has done the most for the downtrodden. / No error.’
• Error spotting (bank/SSC direction): Identify the erroneous segment (A/B/C) in the sentence — mark D if there is no error — 'At the end of the year / every student who had done adequate work / was automatically promoted. / No error.' Carefully evaluate subject–verb agreement, clause tense, and determiners.
• Error spotting (redundancy with 'reason why'): Choose the erroneous part (A/B/C) — mark D if correct — 'The reason why / he was rejected / was because he was too young. / No error.' Identify tautology and supply the idiomatic alternative.
• Error spotting (case after prepositions): Identify the erroneous part (A/B/C) — mark D if there is no error — 'Since we are friends / there should be no secret / between you and I. / No error.' Focus on objective-case pronouns after prepositions.
• Error spotting (tense with 'since'): Identify the erroneous part (A/B/C) — mark D if correct — 'Since the attachment of airconditioned sleeping cars to all important trains, / travelling became very pleasant, / especially during the summer season. / No error.' Check present perfect vs. simple past and hyphenation.
• Error spotting (real conditionals): Choose the erroneous part (A/B/C) — mark D if none — 'If I will have the time / I shall try and make it / to the zoo this afternoon. / No error.' Ensure correct tense in the 'if'-clause.
• Error spotting (quantifier choice): Identify the erroneous part (A/B/C) — mark D if correct — 'We are four brothers and sisters living in this house / but neither of us is / satisfied with it. / No error.' Focus on 'neither' vs. 'none' with plural groups.
• Error spotting (diction with phrasal verbs & fragments): Identify the erroneous part (A/B/C) — mark D if correct — 'A leading textile manufacturer, one of the fastest growing in the industry. / is looking for a marketing manager / to look up the marketing network of the company / No error.' Diagnose the incorrect phrasal verb.
• Error spotting (agreement after 'Not one of …'): Choose the erroneous part (A/B/C) — mark D if correct — 'Not one of the hundreds / of striking workers. / were allowed to go near the factory. / No error.' Check subject–verb agreement with negative quantifiers.
• Error spotting (run-on & apposition): Identify the erroneous part (A/B/C) — mark D if correct — 'The single biggest gainer in this process / was ITC's Gold Flake Kings sales are estimated / to have moved up from 50 million to 200 million sticks per month during 1987 and last year. / No error.' Resolve clause fusion and punctuation.
• Error spotting (count/uncount nouns): Choose the erroneous part (A/B/C) — mark D if correct — 'They left / their luggages / at the railway station. / No error.' Ensure correct uncountable usage.
• English grammar error-spotting (pronoun reference and parallel structure in result clause): Read the sentence split into four labeled parts (A–D) and choose the single part that contains the grammatical or idiomatic error; select ‘‘No error’’ only if the entire sentence is correct. Focus on clear antecedent for pronouns and balanced ‘‘such … that’’ construction: ‘‘Salim and Antony are such good friends / that one won't go to the pictures. / without his coming too. / No error.’
• English grammar error-spotting (comparatives with ‘‘senior/junior/superior/inferior’’ take ‘‘to’’, not ‘‘than’’): Identify the erroneous part among A–D; choose ‘‘No error’’ only if all parts are correct. Mind the comparative preposition and pronoun case: ‘‘She is / five years / senior than me. / No error.’’
• English grammar error-spotting (‘‘hardly … when …’’ correlative and past simple sequencing): Read the sentence split into four parts (A–D) and choose the part that contains an error; select ‘‘No error’’ if the sentence is fully correct: ‘‘The President had hardly spoken / a few words / when the microphone stopped functioning. / No error.’’
• English grammar error-spotting (preposition with ‘‘awake’’—‘‘awake to’’ not ‘‘awake in’’): Find the single erroneous segment among A–D; choose ‘‘No error’’ only if none is wrong. Focus on idiomatic preposition after ‘‘awake’’: ‘‘Locke's treatises on government toleration and education / show a mind fully awake in / the possibilities of social reconstruction. / No error.’’
• English grammar error-spotting (register choice: modal of possibility vs. predictive ‘‘will’’ in conditional advice): Read the sentence split into A–D and mark the erroneous segment per exam convention; pick ‘‘No error’’ if none. ‘‘You will get / all the information / if you read this booklet carefully. / No error.’’