ENGLISH GRAMMAR QUESTIONS- SPOT THE ERROR 3

SPOT THE ERROR

In the following exercises each of the sentences is divided into groups A,B,C,D
Find the group in which you find a mistake. If there is no mistake the answer is E

1.       It was   (A) him (B)  who was to blame(C)  for the loss(D)

2.       I  (A)  never accused(B)  you(C) of breaking the glass (D)

3.        The two thieves (A) planned (B) to share the loot (C) among them (D)

4.        He (A)  is(B) only the son (C) of his parents (D)

5.        Jairam (A) is (B) skilful than (C) the other craftsman (D)

6.       He  (A) enquired (B) “when you intend to (C) visit me?” (D)

7.       I (A) ate (B) my food (C) when he called upon me yesterday (D)

8.       This  (A) is (B) the most unique insect (C) in the world (D)

9.        The streets (A) were flooded (B) when the pipe (C) bursted (D)

10.    She (A) will (B) not go (C) without she is invited (D)

11.    I met (A) a friend (B) of your (C) at party (D)

12.    The rich (A) and poor (B) should be (C) treated alike (D)

13.    I do not (A) think he (B) is stronger (C) than me (D)

14.    He went on (A) laughing (B) for (C) hours (D)

15.    The virtue (A) is (B) its own (C) reward (D)

16.    The teacher (A) has warned (B) the class (C) for making a noise (D)

17.    May (A) I loan (B) a coat (C) from you? (D)

18.    If you insist (A) to do so (B) I will not check you (C)

19.   Due to illness  (A) he was (B) unable to go (C) on his holiday (D)

20.    It is you (A) who is responsible (B) for (C) the profit (D)

21.    I have never (A) seen such (B) a worse piece (C) of work (D)

22.   It is  (A) me (B) who has done  (C) this mischief (D)

23.   The iron  (A) is a (B) heavy (C) metal (D)

24.    Though (A) I am poor (B) but (C) I am honest (D)

25.    Iron as well as (A) Mica are (B) found(C) in India (D)

ANSWERS WITH EXPLANATIONS

1.       B     he. The complement of the verb “to be” must always be in the Nominative Case

2.       B,    did not accuse; “Not” cannot be substituted by “never”

3.       D.    between them;  When there are two persons involved, “between is the conjunction that should be used.

4.       C.    the only son. The adjective “only” must be placed before the noun it qualifies

5.       C.    more skilful than; in the comparative we have the use of more than

6.       C     do you intend; The inversion is necessary because the given sentence is in the form of a question in Direct Speech

7.       B     was eating my food. The past continuous denotes that an action was going on at some point in the past

8.       C     Delete most. Unique expresses a superlative meaning

9.       D.    burst;  The past tense and past participle of the verb “to burst” are “burst”, not “bursted”

10.   D.    Use unless in the place of without

11.   C.    of yours, not your

12.   B.    and the poor. Nouns when they are taken separately and not collectively, should each be preceded by definite article “the”

13.   D.    “Stronger than I” is correct. Pronoun must be in that person with which it is compared.

14.   E.    No error

15.   A     “The” before “virtue” is to be deleted; an abstract noun is generally not preceded by an article

16.   D.    against making a noise

17.   B.    borrow, not loan

18.   B.    insist is followed by on with a gerund doing

19.   A     Due to is not generally used in the beginning of a sentence. Use “owing to”

20.   B.    who are; The verb used with a pronoun should agree in number and person with the antecedent

21.   C.    bad, not worse. Worse is comparative degree

22.   B     I, not me

23.   A.    Article is omitted before material nouns that express indefinite mass of matter, such as iron

24.   C.    Though may be followed by “yet” not “but”

25.   B.    Mica is; When two subjects are joined by “as well as” the verb agrees with the first subject in number and person.

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