Spotting Errors Exercise with Answers
Spotting Error Exercise with Explanation
Unless you stop to make noise at once (a)/ I will have no option but to (b)/ bring the matter to attention of police (c)/ No Error (d)
He couldn’t but help (a)/ shed tears at the plight of villagers (b)/ rendered homeless by a devastating cyclone.(c)/ No Error (d)
Since it was his first election campaign, the candidate was confused (a)/ none could clearly understand (b)/ either the principles he stood for or the benefits he promised (c)/ No Error (d)
It is an established fact that the transcendental American poets and philosophers (a)/ who lived in their latter half of the nineteenth century, (b)/ were more influenced by Indian philosophy, in particular by Upanishadic philosophy. (c)/ No Error (d)
No sooner did I open the door (a)/ when the rain, heavy and rushed in (b)/ making up shivers from head to foot (c)/ No Error (d)
After opening the door (a)/ we entered into room (b)/ next to the kitchen (c)/ No Error (d)
When the dentist came in (a)/ my tooth was stopped aching (b)/ out of the fear that I might lose my tooth (c)/ No Error (d)
Emphasis on enquality of life ensures (a)/ for the health and happiness (b)/ for every individual (c)/ No Error (d)
The students were (a)/ awaiting for (b)/ the arrival of the chief guest (c)/ No Error (d)
You will come (a)/ to join my party tomorrow, (b)/ isn’t you? (c)/ No Error (d)
Having read a number of stories (a)/ about space travel (b)/ his dream now is about to visit the moon (c)/ No Error (d)
Not one of the hundreds (a)/ of striking workers (b)/ were allowed to go near the factory (c)/ No Error (d)
If I had known (a)/ this earlier (b)/ I will have helped him. (c)/ No Error (d)
Mr. Smith was accused for murder (a)/ But the court found him not guilty (b)/ and acquitted him. (c)/ No Error (d)
The meeting adjourned abruptly (a)/ by the chairman after (b)/ about three hours of deliberation (c)/ No Error (d)
1. Correct Answer: a)
Explanation: make a noise is an idiom and it will remain same everywhere.
2. Correct Answer: a)
Explanation: unstructured sentence. The structure should be
He couldn’t help but
3. Correct Answer: c)
Explanation: there are two negative clauses to be joined as the sense is negative whereas either or join two positive clauses.
4. Correct Answer: c)
Explanation: preposition with should be used after influenced.
5. Correct Answer: b)
Explanation: No sooner than not no sooner when.
6. Correct Answer: b)
Explanation: no preposition is required after the word enter. Enter into means to silently.
7. Correct Answer: b)
Explanation: since this sentence is not in passive voice so it should be
My tooth stopped aching.
8. Correct Answer: b)
Explanation: no preposition is required after the word ensure.
9. Correct Answer: b)
Explanation: waiting in place of awaiting. The proposition for may be used after wait whereas no preposition is required after await.
He is waiting for me.
Your result is awaited.
10. Correct Answer: c)
Explanation: won’t you in place of isn’t it.
11. Correct Answer: c)
Explanation: remove about. Its usage will make it superfluous.
12. Correct Answer: c)
Explanation: singular subject requires singular helping verb. Use was in place of were.
13. Correct Answer: c)
Explanation: would have in place of will have. This is a conditional sentence of past category so past follows past.
14. Correct Answer: a)
Explanation: the preposition of should be used after the word accused. It is the case of fixed preposition.
15. Correct Answer: a)
Explanation: the given sentence is in passive voice so it should the meeting was adjourned.
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