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Spotting Errors Questions
English grammar error-spotting (question tags with ‘‘none’’—formal singular agreement expected): Read the sentence in four parts and choose the erroneous segment; select ‘‘No error’’ only if the whole sentence is correct. ‘‘None of the students attending your class / answered your questions / did they? / No error.’’
English grammar error-spotting (correlative ‘‘as … as …’’—do not pair ‘‘as’’ with ‘‘or’’): Find the erroneous part among A–D; pick ‘‘No error’’ only if none is wrong. ‘‘An animal / can be just as unhappy in a vast area / or in a small one / No error.’’
English grammar error-spotting (time expression ‘‘for the past …’’ requires present perfect progressive): Read the sentence in parts (A–D) and mark the erroneous segment; choose ‘‘No error’’ only if everything is correct. ‘‘He is working in / a bank in New Delhi / for the past several months. / No error.’’
English grammar error-spotting (pronoun/number agreement in a coordinated antecedent): Read the sentence split into four parts (A–D) and locate the error; pick ‘‘No error’’ only if the whole sentence is correct. ‘‘The scientist must follow / his hunches and his data / wherever it may lead. / No error.’’
English grammar error-spotting (singular verb with ‘‘each one of …’’): Read the sentence divided into four parts (A–D) and identify the part containing an error; choose ‘‘No error’’ only if none is wrong. ‘‘Each one of the boys / have paid / the tuition-fee. / No error.’’
Error spotting (exam direction): Identify the erroneous segment (A/B/C) — mark D if there is no error — 'A large scale exchange of nuclear weapons / will produce unprecedented amounts of radiation / that can penetrate into the biological tissue. / No error.' Focus on article use and the verb–preposition pairing with 'penetrate'.
Error spotting (conditionals & perfect aspect): Identify the erroneous segment (A/B/C) — mark D if there is no error — 'Had I / known it earlier / I would contact you. / No error.' Ensure correct third-conditional form after inversion 'Had I…'
Error spotting (embedded questions): Identify the erroneous segment (A/B/C) — mark D if there is no error — 'He asked me / why did I call / him a rogue. / No error.' Check inversion vs. statement order inside indirect speech.
Error spotting (parallel interrogatives): Identify the erroneous segment (A/B/C) — mark D if there is no error — 'Were you / given a choice / or you had to do it? / No error.' Ensure parallel auxiliaries across coordinated questions.
Error spotting (relative pronouns for persons): Identify the erroneous segment (A/B/C) — mark D if there is no error — 'The person which was / recommended for the position / did not fulfil the prescribed qualifications. / No error.'
Error spotting (question word choice): Identify the erroneous segment (A/B/C) — mark D if there is no error — 'What does Professor Dhavan / spend so many hours / in the laboratory? / No error.' Check idiomatic interrogatives.
Error spotting (bank/SSC direction): Identify the erroneous segment (A/B/C) — mark D if there is no error — 'The presumption that the average investor does not understand / or take interest in the affairs of the company / is not correct. / No error.' Review parallelism and idiom.
Error spotting (comparatives with superlative set): Identify the erroneous segment (A/B/C) — mark D if there is no error — 'Shanghai is / bigger than any city / of the world / No error.' Ensure logical comparison using 'any other' and correct preposition.
Error spotting (question tags): Identify the erroneous segment (A/B/C) — mark D if there is no error — 'Sheela has scored a first class / in her final exams, / isn't it? / No error.' Match the auxiliary and subject in the tag.
Error spotting (time clauses & aspect): Identify the erroneous segment (A/B/C) — mark D if there is no error — 'At the moment the house / was burgled the family / attended a night party in the neighbourhood. / No error.' Ensure proper linker and progressive aspect for concurrent past action.
English grammar error-spotting (correlative pair ‘‘scarcely … when …’’ and sequence of tenses): Read the sentence split into four labeled parts (A–D) and choose the single part that contains the grammatical/idiomatic error; select ‘‘No error’’ only if the sentence is fully correct: ‘‘Scarcely had / I arrived than / the train left. / No error.’
English grammar error-spotting (idiom ‘‘have a hand in’’ + article usage): Identify the erroneous segment among A–D; choose ‘‘No error’’ only if the sentence is entirely correct: ‘‘Though he stoutly persisted in denying his involvement in the case, / the facts made it very clear / that he had hand in the cruel murder of his wife. / No error.’
English grammar error-spotting (‘‘one of my …’’ requires plural noun): Read the four parts and pick the erroneous segment; select ‘‘No error’’ only if none is wrong: ‘‘One of my favourite actor / is acting / in this play also. / No error.’
English grammar error-spotting (verb ‘‘ensure’’ pattern—no ‘‘for’’ before the object): Identify the erroneous part; select ‘‘No error’’ only if the sentence is fully correct: ‘‘Emphasis on equality of life ensures / for the health and happiness / of every individual. / No error.’
English grammar error-spotting (correct past participle of ‘‘overflow’’): Read the parts and choose the one with the error; select ‘‘No error’’ only if all parts are correct: ‘‘There was very heavy rain last night, / and the rivers have overflown their banks / causing severe hardship to the people living by them. / No error.’
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