Spotting Errors Exercise with Correct Answers and Explanation
Direction: Find out the error if any in the following sentences
Rohit told to me that (a)/ he would avow that (b)/ proposal enthusiastically. (c)/ No Error (d)
Suhani told her mother that (a)/ she will study perseveringly (b)/ from then onwards. (c)/ No Error (d)
Shweta told her friends (a)/ that honesty had (b)/ a great value. (c)/ No Error (d)
Vishesh asked his father that (a)/ which program he had to attend (b)/ that day. (c)/ No Error (d)
Nidhi informed her seniors that (a)/ she completed the assignments (b)/ with her diligence. (c)/ No Error (d)
Kajal says to her friends (a)/ that true love always (b)/ wins the battle. (c)/ No Error (d)
Isha will say to her batch mates (a)/ that she would come (b)/ to the location on time. (c)/ No Error (d)
They ordered us (a)/ to listened to their (b)/ instructions carefully. (c)/ No Error (d)
Rita used to visit (a)/ her friends in the evening, (b)/ did she ?(c)/ No Error (d)
Someone has (a)/ picked his pocket, (b)/ isn’t it? (c)/ No Error (d)
1. Correct Answer: a)
Explanation: preposition ‘to’ is not required after told. The right sentence is
Rohit told me that he would avow that proposal enthusiastically.
2. Correct Answer: b)
Explanation: if reporting verb is in past, the reported speech will also be in past. Use would in place of will.
3. Correct Answer: b)
Explanation: the reported speech shows a universal truth so it should be in present. The right sentence is
Shweta told her friends that honesty has a great value.
4. Correct Answer: a)
Explanation: ‘that’ conjunction is used in simple sentence not in interrogative sentences.
5. Correct Answer: b)
Explanation: there is a combination of past indefinite and past perfect.
Nidhi informed her seniors that she had completed the assignments with her diligence.
Many students had joined this batch before Nitya commenced her program.
The patient had run away before the doctor came.
I had analyzed your question before you asked it.
The thieves had run away before police came.
6. Correct Answer: d)
7. Correct Answer: b)
Explanation: PFP- Past follows past
If the reporting verb is in present or in future, the reported speech is not in past.
8. Correct Answer: b)
Infinitive ‘to’ requires v1.
9. Correct Answer: c)
Explanation: Use ‘dint she’ in place of did she because the given sentence is positive so negative expression should be there in the tag.
10. Correct Answer: c)
Explanation:
If a sentence contains a subject as no one, anyone, someone, everyone, somebody, the question tag will be they
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