PSC/ BANK ENGLISH GRAMMAR QUESTIONS- SPOT THE ERROR 6

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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.       When I(A)/ is five years old(B)/ I was(C)/ sent to school(D)

2.        He (A)/ need not(B)/ to return(C)/ the letter(D)

3.        This realism of fielding (A)/ gives(B)/ a great charm(C)/ to his writings(D)

4.        As coach (A)/ he was(B)/ a great(C)/ success(D)

5.        The (A)/ more he gets(B)/ more(C)/ he wants(D)

6.        She is for ever (A)/ finding fault(B)/ in(C)/ whatever I do(D)

7.        I always regarded (A)/ the document(B)/ to be(C)/ belonging to his uncle(D)

8.        His grandfather (A)/ has been(B)/ died(C)/ and gone these ten years(D)

9.        This house is (A)/ much too small(B)/ for them(C)/ to live(D)

10.    I object (A)/ being(B)/ treated like(C)/ a child(D)

11.     There were not less(A)/ than twenty students(B)/ in a dormitory(C)/ of the school hostel(D)

12.   The younger generation  (A)/ should be profited(B)/ from the experience(C)/ of their elders(D)

13.   After the industrial revolution  (A)/ many peasants migrated to the cities (B)/ with a view to (C)/ earn their living(D)

14.    After spending many years (A)/ as the house wife(B)/ she felt liberated(C)/ when she got a job as a secretary(D)

15.    After working for hours (A)/ in the scorching heat of the sun(B)/ he rested under(C)/ the shade of a tree(D)

16.   Economy does not consist of saving the coal  (A)/ but in using the time(B)/ while(C)/ it burns(D)

17.     Being a rainy day(A)/ we cancelled(B)/ our programme(C)/ to visit the zoo(D)

18.    If a man will kick a fact out of the window, (A)/ when he comes back(B)/ he will find it(C)/ again in the chimney corner(D)

19.   It is generally believed that  (A)/ bread and butter are(B)/ the food(C)/ of the rich(D)

20.    He dissected our handling the situation (A)/ point by point,(B)/ indicating where(C)/ we had made mistakes(D)

21.   The students were  (A)/ forbidden by their teacher not to(B)/ pluck flowers(C)/ from the public park.(D)

22.   The local team was  (A)/ beaten hollow(B)/ by eight goals to one(C)/ on Sunday(D)

23.   The preacher told the congregation  (A)/ that the sinners could do(B)/ nothing else(C)/ than repent(D)

24.   At the emergent Cabinet meeting,  (A)/ the Home Minister sat(B)/ nearest to(C)/ the Prime Minister(D)

25.   He realized the futility of  (A)/ trying to continue(B)/ his journey when the storm(C)/ grew more fiercer(D)

ANSWERS

1.       B.    was is the correct tense

2.       C.    Omit to before return

3.       A.    Fielding’s realism

4.       A.    As a coach

5.       C.    the more

6.       C.    with, not in

7.       C.    as, not “to be”

8.       C.    dead is the correct tense

9.       D.    to live in

10.   B.    to being

11.   A.    no fewer than. “less” refers to the quantity and “fewer” refers to the number

12.   C.    Profited by. Appropriate preposition

13.   D.    earning their living. the expression “with a view to” is followed by verb+ing

14.   B.    as a housewife. The word has not been particularized

15.   C.    in not under the shade of. Appropriate preposition

16.   A.    does not consist in. Appropriate preposition

17.   A.    It being a rainy day. The participle should not be left unrelated

18.   C.    He finds it again. The use of “will” twice in a sentence is to be avoided

19.   B.    bread and butter is. “bread and butter” express a single whole

20.   A.    our handling of the situation. Preposition missing

21.   B.    Double negative is to be avoided

22.   A.    the local team were. Plural noun

23.   D.    but repent. “else” is followed by “but”

24.   C.    next to the Prime Minister

25.   D.    grew more fierce. Correct usage in comparative degree

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