Spotting Errors
Direction: Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The alphabet number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, then the answer is E.
- 'Under no circumstances (A)/ we can help you (B)/ in this immoral projector' (C)/ , said the Chairman (D)/ No error (E).
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There is an error related to adverbs in the given sentence.
Correct Option: B
Replace 'we can' by 'can we'. This is a question of Inversion.
- Somebody informed (A)/ the contractor that his (B)/ brother had only died (C)/ five days before (D)/ No error (E).
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There is an error related to adverbs in the given sentence.
Correct Option: C
Use 'only' after 'died' to make the meaning logical.
- She is very senior(A)/ to me, so I (B)/cannot defy (C)/ her orders (D)/ No error (E).
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There is an error related to adverbs in the given sentence.
Correct Option: A
Replace 'very senior' by 'much senior'. 'very' is used with positive degree abjectives while 'much' is used with comparative degree abjectives.
- Who can believe (A)/ that she was not (B)/ hardly hit (C)/ by the death of her son (D)/ No error (E).
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There is an error related to adverbs in the given sentence.
Correct Option: C
Replace 'hardly hit' by 'hit hard'.
- Hardly she likes (A)/ to hear my name (B)/ after the dispute which occurred (C)/ between us last year (D)/ No error (E).
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There is an error related to adverbs in the given sentence.
Correct Option: A
Write, 'Hardly does she like'. Inversion will be used here.
