Spotting Errors Exercise with Correct Answers and Explanation

14-July 2024

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Spotting Errors Exercise with Correct Answers and Explanation

Spotting Errors Exercise- miscellaneous

(Confidence Booster)

He is good in English (a)/ so he keeps framing (b)/ sentences instantly. (c)/ No Error (d)
Make haste (a)/ lest you should not (b)/ miss the train. (c)/ No Error (d)
Many of us (a)/ do not know (b)/ to swim at all. (c)/ No Error (d)
At last he (a)/ was married (b)/ with a poor girl. (c)/ No Error (d)
Being a fine day, (a)/ we went out (b)/ for picnic in Okhla. (c)/ No Error (d)
Many a man (a)/ have been working (b)/ under me. (c)/ No Error (d)
Your flat is superior (a)/ than that of mine (b)/ in all aspects. (c)/ No Error (d)
People of Dehradoon (a)/ are better than (b)/ Nagaland. (c)/ No Error (d)
I told him the story (a)/ in details to make him (b)/ understand it fully. (c)/ No Error (d)
Cattles were grazing (a)/ in the meadows (b)/ near our farm. (c)/ No Error (d)

Spotting Errors Excercise- Correct Answers with Explanation

Correct Answer: a)

Explanation: use ‘good at English’ in place of ‘good in English.’ The preposition ‘at’ shows specification.

He has some problems in English.

He is bad at economics.

He is at his home.

2. Correct Answer: b)

Explanation: Lest means KAHIN AISA NA HO JAYE. Lest is already negative so we avoid double negation.

With lest there is always the usage of ‘should’.

Lest/ otherwise

Listen to me carefully otherwise you will miss the content. [Result]

Listen to me carefully lest you should miss the content. [Warning]

3. Correct Answer: c)

Explanation: when the following words are used after know.

Know + how to/ when to / where/ what

Use how to swim in place of swim.

4. Correct Answer: c)

Explanation: use ‘to’ in place of ‘with.’

ANANT NE RADHIKA SE SHADI KI.

Anant married Radhika.

RADHIKA NE ANANT SE SHADI KI.

Radhika married Anant.

ANANT KI RADHIKA SE SHADI HUI.

Anant got married to Radhika.

RADHIKA KI ANANT SE SHADI HUI.

Radhika got married with Anant.

5. Correct Answer: a)

Explanation: use ‘it being a fine day’ in place of ‘being a fine day.’

It is Sunday.

Be (is, am, are, was, were)

6. Correct Answer: b)

Explanation:

many a + S.C.N.-> Singular

Use ‘has been’ in place of ‘have been’

7. Correct Answer: b)

Explanation: senior/junior/ superior / inferior / prior / prefer / preferable are followed by the preposition ‘to’ not than.

8. Correct Answer: b)

Explanation: Use those of Nagaland.

9. Correct Answer: b)

Explanation: Idiomatic expressions must remain same for example ‘in detail’, ‘in danger’, ‘in trouble’, ‘in confusion’, ‘in debt’

10. Correct Answer: a)

Explanation: Use ‘the cattle’ in place of ‘cattles’

Use of make (Causative Verb)

I write the sentences.	I get the sentences written. I make Aman write the sentences.
I revise all the chapters daily.	I get all the chapters revised daily. I make Sumit revise all the chapters daily.
My mother washes clothes on Sunday.	My mother gets clothes washed on Sunday. My mother makes Anju wash clothes on Sunday.