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Directions:
In the following questions, one part of the sentence may have an error. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and choose the option corresponding to it. If the sentence is free from error, choose "No error".
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(a) People are wanting
(b) to see the home team
(c) win the game.
(d) No error
The correct answers to the above question in:
Answer: (a)
Want (not usually used in the progressive tenses) = to have a desire or a wish for something.
Look at the sentence : All I want is the truth.
Hence, Present simple i.e. People want should be used here. The sentence shows a general wish/ desire.
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Question : 1
He was elected / as chairman / of the college.
a) He was elected
b) as chairman
c) of the college.
d) No error
Answer »Answer: (b)
Look at the sentence He was elected (as) MP for Oxford East.
Hence, it is not proper to use ‘as’ here.
Question : 2
Candidates present in the examination hall / should make use / with such opportunities.
a) Candidates present in the examination hall
b) should make use
c) with such opportunities.
d) No error
Answer »Answer: (c)
Make use of somebody/something = to use something/ somebody, especially in order to get an advantage.
Hence, of such opportunities ...... should be used here.
Question : 3
He said that it was the first time / that such a trick / is discovered.
a) He said that it was the first time
b) that such a trick
c) is discovered.
d) No error
Answer »Answer: (c)
The sentence is in indirect speech and reporting verb is in past tense.
Hence, past tense i.e. was discovered ..... should be used here.
Question : 4
Ravi Shankar’s performance was given (1)/ a standing ovation by the (2)/ people who has come to hear him. (3)/ No error (4)
a) Ravi Shankar’s performance was given
b) a standing ovation by the
c) people who has come to hear him.
d) No error
Answer »Answer: (c)
The sentence shows past time. Hence, Past perfect i.e. people who had come to hear him ...... should be used here.
Question : 5
Everyday we hear about (a)/ senior citizens being robbed (b)/ and even kill in cold blood. (c)/ No error (d)
a) Everyday we hear about
b) senior citizens being robbed
c) and even kill in cold blood.
d) No error
Answer »Answer: (c)
Being is followed by past participle i.e. and even killed in cold blood.
Question : 6
The receptionist gave us (a)/ much informations (b)/ which we needed. (c)/ No error (d)
a) The receptionist gave us
b) much informations
c) which we needed.
d) No error
Answer »Answer: (b)
Information (Uncountable Noun) = facts or details about somebody/something. e.g. a piece of information; pieces of information. It is incorrect to use informations as the plural of information.
Hence, much information/ many pieces of information ...... should be used here.
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