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.
- 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.
- 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) .
- As soon as he (A)/ opened the old (B)/ wooden box, than a rat (C)/ jumped out of it (D) No error (E).
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Delete ' than'. Use of 'than' is superfluous.
Correct Option: C
Delete ' than'. Use of 'than' is superfluous.
- He has not only built (A)/ this big theatre but also (B)/ a few (C)/ bungalows in this city (D)/ No error (E).
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Write, 'He has built not only'. See the rules for conjunctions.
Correct Option: A
Write, 'He has built not only'. See the rules for conjunctions.
- He says that (A)/ he has (B)/ a car (C)/ beside a scooter (D)/ No error (E).
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Say, besides'. Beside means side by while besides means in addition to.
Correct Option: D
Say, besides'. Beside means side by while besides means in addition to.
