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.
- Nobody believed him (A)/ when he said that (B)/ his son was gone (C)/ out of the country (D)/ No error (E).
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Write 'had' instead of 'was' (see the rules for Reported speech) .
Correct Option: C
Write 'had' instead of 'was' (see the rules for Reported speech) .
- My brother has been (A)/ living in America (B)/ with his family (C)/ for the past ten years (D)/ No error (E).
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No error.
Correct Option: E
No error.
- I did not like (A)/ going to night school (B)/ but I had no alternative (C) as as I have to work in day time (D)/ No error (E).
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There is an error related to tense in the given sentence.
Correct Option: D
Change 'have' to 'had'. The sentience is in past tense.
- The robbers were (A)/ caught just as they (B)/ were about to (C)/ escape from the jail (D) No error (E).
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Delete 'the' before 'jail' noun, 'jail' is used here for the purpose it was meant for.
Correct Option: D
Delete 'the' before 'jail' noun, 'jail' is used here for the purpose it was meant for.
- The chief idea of every common type of traveller (A)/ is to see(B)/ as many objects (C)/ of interest as he possibly could (D)/ No error (E).
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There is an error related to tense in the given sentence.
Correct Option: D
Change 'could' to 'can'. The sentence is in present tense.
