FORTUNE
Academy for career and competitive exams
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.
Neither Arun nor (A)/ I am
satisfied(B)/ with the terms of argument(C)/ we made(D)
2.
Send it back to whomever (A)/ it
really belongs(B)/ I no longer care(C)/ whose it is(D)
3.
The study concerned itself (A)/ mainly
with the affects(B)/ of anxiety on decision
making(C)/ in high risk situations(D)
4.
Sheela hung
(A)/ up all the clothes that(B)/ had been(C)/
laying around the room(D)
5.
They had sent
(A)/ all their friends except(B)/ for Lata and I,(C)/
a letter of greeting(D)
6.
Reena felt badly
(A)/ about losing the earnings(B)/ which her husband had sent for her(C)/ for their anniversary(D)
7.
You will have to intervene (A)/ in
this fight(B)/ between Rama(C)/ and me(D)
8.
The wear
and tear (A)/ on the body(B)/ is a(C)/ medical
problem(D)
9.
The team
are (A)/ assembling(B)/
behind the main grandstand(C)/ next to the
playing field(D)
10.
A shot
was fired (A)/ in the dark but a(B)/ policeman seen (C)/
where the bullet came from(D)
11.
We were
determined (A)/ to arrive on time,(B)/ irregardless(C)/
of the inclement weather(D)
12.
After the
battle was over (A)/ the soldiers(B)/ will advance (C)/
to the front lines(D)
13.
While one part of the TV programme carried the
football game, (A)/
the other part(B)/ shows the(C)/ training of the teams(D)
14.
The rainy
season had already began (A)/ by the time (B)/ they arrived(C)/
in Burma last year(D)
15.
The boys digged
(A)/ for hidden treasure(B)/ but found(C)/
nothing(D)
16.
If the policeman would have (A)/ arrived earlier,(B)/
he would have(C)/ seen the accident(D)
17.
The tasks of the(A)/
director are(B)/ greater than(C)/ the manager(D)
18.
The boy did not (A)/
want to(B)/ get(C)/
off of fence(D)
19.
The pianist is a person (A)/
with great promise(B)/ and who should(C)/ be encouraged(D)
20.
To comprehend well, (A)/ a
student(B)/ must read(C)/ frequently(D)
21.
When I (A)/ was a small boy,(B)/
my father(C)/ took me to the movies(D)
22.
When I
showed my mother the suit (A)/ I had
selected,(B)/ she objected to me buying it;(C)/ she said it was too expensive(D)
23.
Our
favourite teacher (A)/ and friend(B)/ have(C)/ gone(D)
24.
Economics
is a subject (A)/ which(B)/ many(C)/ students
take(D)
25.
The
foreman and supervisor(A)/inspected(B)/ their plant(C)/
workshop(D)
ANSWERS AND
EXPLANATIONS
1.
E. No
error.
2.
E. No
error.
3.
B. Use
the noun effects.
ie the results of and not affects which is a verb only
4.
D. The
participle lying is required and not laying
5.
C. Me is
required as the object following the preposition phrase “except for”
6.
A. Reena
felt bad.
The adjective is required following the linking verb “felt” and not the adverb badly.
7.
E. No
error
8.
E. Since
both subjects are joined by the word and, they are considered as a single thing
9.
A the
word team is a collective noun and is considered singular when the group is
regarded as a unit. Therefore the singular form is should be used.
10.
C Seen
is the wrong tense. Saw is the correct form
11.
C An
error in diction, or improper word usage. The correct usage is regardless.
12.
C After
the battle was over indicates the past, while the rest of the sentence is in
the future tense. C should read advanced.
13.
C Showed.
The main clause is in the past tense, the subordinate clause should also be in
the same tense.
14.
A. Had begun;
the past participle is required in the past perfect form
15.
A. dug
is the past tense of dig
16.
A. would have
is incorrect. It should not be used in place of had.
17.
D. the tasks of the
manager. You cannot compare tasks of the director with the manager
18.
D. The
proper form is off.
omit of
19.
C. And
is a conjunction connecting two ideas about the pianist. For parallel construction she (or he) not who, is correct.
20.
E. No
error
21.
E. No
error
22.
C. my,
not me;
because the possessive case is used with the gerund; the object of the
preposition is buying
and not me.
23.
C. has.
In this sentence there is only one person or subject, teacher and friend.
24.
E. No error.
Nouns representing an organised field of knowledge usually ending in “ics” (For
example statistics, economics etc. ) take the singular form. If these same
nouns refer to an activity, they are considered plural. An example of the
latter: “The economics of the proposed building site were satisfactory
25.
E. No
error. The antecedents “foreman” and “supervisor” are considered plural because
they are joined by and. Note that they are not preceded by words such as each
or every.
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