Spotting Errors Test

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Spotting Errors Test - 16

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Question 1
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According to the Bible / it is meek and humble / who shall inherit the earth / No error.

A
According to the Bible

B
It is meek and humble

C
Who shall inherit the earth.

D
No error.

Solution

This statement is wrong: It is meek and humble

Correct Statement will be: It is the meek and the humble.
Question 2
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Do the roses in your garden smell / more sweetly / than those in ours? / No error

A
Do the roses in your garden smell

B
More sweetly

C
Than those in ours?

D
No error.

Solution

This statement is wrong: more sweetly

Correct Statement will be: Sweeter
Question 3
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Block of Residential flats / are coming up / near our houses / No error.

A
Block of Residential flats

B
Are coming up

C
Near our house.

D
No error

Solution

This statement is wrong: Block of Residential flats

Correct Statement will be: Blocks of Residential flats
Question 4
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The stuents were / awating for / the arrival of the cheif guest / No error.

A
The students were

B
Awaiting for

C
The arrival of the chief guest

D
No error.

Solution

The verb await itself means to wait for somebody/something. Therefore, in option B either remove "for "after awaiting or replace "awaiting "with "waiting ".
Question 5
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Sixty miles / are / a good distance / No error.

A
Sixty miles

B
Are

C
A good distance.

D
No error.

Solution

Sixty milesis a good distance.
Question 6
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They have been / very close friends / until they quarrelled / No error.

A
They have been

B
Very close friends

C
Until they quarrelled.

D
No error.

Solution

This statement is wrong: They have been

Correct Statement will be: They had been
Question 7
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When the dentist came in / my thooth was stopped acing / out of fear that I might loose my tooth / No error.

A
When the dentist came in

B
My tooth was stopped aching

C
Out of fear that I might lose my tooth.

D
No error.

Solution

This statement is wrong: My tooth was stopped aching

Correct Statement will be: My tooth stopped aching.
Question 8
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It is the duty of every citizzen to do his utmost / to defend the hardly-won / freedom of the country / No error.

A
It is the duty of every citizen to do his utmost

B
To defend the hardly-won

C
Freedom of the country.

D
No error.

Solution

This statement is wrong: To defend the hardly-won

Correct Statement will be: To defend the hard-won .
Question 9
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No sooner did I open the door / When the rain, heavy and stormy, rushed in / Making us shiver from head to foot / No error

A
No sooner did I open the door

B
When the rain, heavy and stormy, rushed in

C
Making us shiver from head to foot

D
No error.

Solution

This statement is wrong: When the rain, heavy and stormy, rushed in

Correct Statement will be: The rain, heavy and stormy, rushed in.
Question 10
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If a man diligently seeks to come into the contact / with the best that has been thought and said in this world / he will become simple and unselfish / No error.

A
If a man diligently seeks to come into the contact

B
With the best that has been thought and said in this world

C
He will become simple and unselfish.

D
No error.

Solution

This statement is wrong: If a man diligently seeks to come into the contact

Correct Statement will be: If a man diligently seeks to come into contact.

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Spotting Errors Test - 16

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Spotting Errors Test - 16

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Question 1

According to the Bible

It is meek and humble

Who shall inherit the earth.

No error.

Solution

Question 2

Do the roses in your garden smell

More sweetly

Than those in ours?

No error.

Solution

Question 3

Block of Residential flats

Are coming up

Near our house.

No error

Solution

Question 4

The students were

Awaiting for

The arrival of the chief guest

No error.

Solution

Question 5

Sixty miles

Are

A good distance.

No error.

Solution

Question 6

They have been

Very close friends

Until they quarrelled.

No error.

Solution

Question 7

When the dentist came in

My tooth was stopped aching

Out of fear that I might lose my tooth.

No error.

Solution

Question 8

It is the duty of every citizen to do his utmost

To defend the hardly-won

Freedom of the country.

No error.

Solution

Question 9

No sooner did I open the door

When the rain, heavy and stormy, rushed in

Making us shiver from head to foot

No error.

Solution

Question 10

If a man diligently seeks to come into the contact

With the best that has been thought and said in this world

He will become simple and unselfish.

No error.

Solution

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