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DDB NO: ENG 04
DDB NO: ENG 04
English Language
SPOTTING ERRORS – SET 04
Answers and Explanations
Exercise 91SPOTTING ERRORS – SET 04
Answers and Explanations
1. (A) It should be ‘thinking that he had finally found’. The sentence is intense so to use present perfect is incorrect.
2. (C) It should be ‘teacher by a commercial television channel’. The past of ‘telecast’ is ‘telecast’.
3. (C) It should be ‘that you have made a mistake’ or ‘you have committed a mistake’.
4. (B) It should be ‘if has six houses in Mumbai’. Generally, the verb ‘have’ is not used in continuous form.
5. (B) It should be ‘if I was ill’. If the reporting verb is in past. The tense of the reported speech be also past.
6. (C) It should be ‘he had bought it’. For the action completed first, use past perfect tense.
7. (B) It should be ‘is to reduce matter by an analysis ‘. Use article a/an before countable.
8. (C) It should be ‘it was hardly ten’. Hardly has negative meaning. Avoid using double negative.
9. (C) It should be ‘was deceived’. If two nouns are joined with; like , in addition together with, etc., the verb will be as per the lsi noun.
10. (C) It should be ‘and were seeking a job’. Use past verb before ‘seeking’.
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Exercise 92
1. (A) It should be: ‘as I prefer coffee to tea’. Prefer always takes preposition ‘to’.
2. (D)No error.
3. (B) It should be: ‘…….. to find evidence …..’.
4. (D)No error.
5. (D) No error.
6. (C)Chang ‘than’ to ‘than’. Than is use here in conjunctions.
7. (B)Noun ’furniture’ can’t be pluralized as ‘furnitures ‘. A should be : ……with all the futniture’.
8. (D) No error.
9. (C)Insert definite article ‘the ‘ as ‘the Ganges and the Himalayas’.
10. (B) Chang to ‘is the better ………….’. for the comparison of two, comparative degree.
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Exercise 93
1. (A) Change to ‘after he finished the work’.
2. (C) ) Change ’can’ to ‘could’ as’. ‘Because they thought that they could now remove it with safety’. The sentence is in past tense.
3. (C)Insert ‘the’ before United Nations.
4. (B) Change ‘was’ to ‘were’.
5. (B) Should be ‘he was addicted to reading the jokes in punch aloud’. Gerund from is used in such sentence structure.
6. (A)Use either first or next in the sentence. Should be, ‘why not stop the first man you meet and ask’ or ‘why not stop the man you meet next and ask’.
7. (C)’Unique’ cannot be compared. Should be, ‘a unique development’.
8. (A) ‘Put out’ means ‘to the deck of the ship’.
9. (C) Should be. On the deck of the ship ‘.
10. (A) Always use auxiliary ‘had’ after ‘hardly. Should be, ‘hardly had the rains started.
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Exercise 94
1. (C)Change ‘and not found out ‘ to ‘and not found out’. Use of ‘verb’ is necessary here.
2. (B) Change ‘different’ to ‘differently’. Incorrect use of verb in place of adverb.
3. (C) Change ‘leading the blinds’ to ‘leading the blind;. ‘the blind’ means ‘the blind people’.
4. (A) Change ‘took to drink’ to ‘took to drinking;.
5. (C) Change ‘lot of money’ to ‘a lot of money’ as ‘A lot of is a phrase.
6. (A) Change ‘broadcasted’ to ‘broadcast’. ‘broadcasted is the past of ‘broadcasted’.
7. (A) Change ‘much’ to ‘many’. Much is used for uncountable.
8. (A) Change ‘what, could have provoked him’. To ‘what provoked him’. Incorrect use perfect tense.
9. (A) Change ‘they were rich zamindars in the thirties; to ‘they had been rich zamindars in thirties.
10. (C) Change ‘as well as’. To ‘and ‘. Incorrect use of conjunction ‘as well as’.
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Exercise 95
1. (B) Change ‘broadcasted’ to ‘broadcast’.
2. (B) Change ‘how could she kill’ to ‘how she could kill’. Incorrect use walking slowly in the park’. This is a problem of unrelated participle.
3. (A) Change ‘while walking in the park’. Incorrect use walking slowly in the park’. This is a problem of unrelated participle.
4. (B) Change ‘travelling become very pleasant’. To ‘travelling become very pleasant’. Incorrect use of tense.
5. (C) Change ‘exposes’ to ‘expose’. Incorrect use of singular verb.
6. (C) Change ‘and to have remembered for ‘to’ and to remember for’. Incorrect use of perfect tense.
7. (C) Change ‘we have been looking for ‘to’ we had been looking for’, incorrect use of tense.
8. (C) Change ‘look up the marketing ‘to’ look after the marketing’. Incorrect use of the phrasal verb.
9. (B) Change ‘have overflow’ to ‘have overflow’. Part (B) should be ‘and the rivers have overflow their banks’.
10. (B) Change ‘persist’ to ‘persisted. The sentence structure is in past tense.
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Exercise 96
1. (C) Change ‘was’ to ‘had’. Incorrect use of tense.
2. (A) Change ‘to keep maintaining’ to ‘to marinating’.
3. (A) Change ‘being the second’ to ‘it being second’. It is a problem of unrelated participle.
4. (D)No error.
5. (A )Change ‘ such of those who have not paid the fees’ to who have not paid the fees’.
6. (C)Insert ‘himself’ after ‘avail’. Is used reflexively.
7. (B) Change ‘for’ to ‘of’….. of their health…….’.
8. (Omit ‘about’. Should be: ‘……..anything left to discuss’.
9. (B) Change ‘pronoun ‘you’ to ‘he’. Should be:’………..where he was’.
10. (C)should be: ………..till you finished your work. In such type of sentences , don’t use will after . when , as soon as , till ,after ,as ,etc.
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Exercise 97
1. (A)Replace ‘swam by ‘swum’. Third form of ‘swim’ is swum.
2. (B)Delete ‘more’. Avoid using double comparative in a sentence.
3. (D) )Replace ‘a’ by ‘the’. ‘with the naked eyes is correct expression.
4. (A)Replace ‘advices’ by ‘advices’. Advice is an uncountable noun. We cannot plural ‘advice’ as such (adverb).
5. (B) Delete ‘have’ after ‘they’. This is a conditional sentence with following structure. Had they invited me, I would have attended the function.
6. (B) Replace ‘is’ by ‘was’. Reporting verb is in past so the reported speech will also be in a past.
7. (A)Replace ‘don’t ‘ by ‘does not’.
8. (B)Replace ‘are’ by ‘was’. The sentence structure is in past tense.
9. (A)Replace ‘cattles’ by ‘cattle’ is itself in plural.
10. (B)Replace ‘than’ by ‘to’. Superior, senior, junior, inferior, prior etc., takes preposition ‘to’.
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Exercise 98
1. (C)Delete ‘not’. Avoid double negative.
2. (C)Place ‘how’ before ‘to’.
For examples .
(i) I do not how to swim.
(ii) I don’t how play carrom.
(iii)I don’t know where to go.
3. (B)Delete ‘more’. Double comparatives should be avoided.
4. (D) No error.
5. (D)Replace ‘good’ by ‘well’.
6. (C)Replace ‘as well as’ by ‘and’. The structure of the sentence is both …….and.
7. (B)Delete ‘to’ after ‘resembles’.
8. (A)Replace ‘country’ by ‘countries’. After ‘one3 of’ and most of, use noun in plural form.
9. (C)Replace ‘the tow first’ by ‘the first two’.
10. (C)Replace ‘then’ by ‘when’. Hardly, scarcely’ takes conjunction ‘when’. For example: hardly/ scarcely left the hotel when it began to rain.
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Exercise 99
1. (B)Replace ‘he wrote’ by ‘he had written’.
2. (D) the correct expression is ‘one’s’ living.
3. (A)use of ‘to’ is superfluous.
4. (A)Use of ‘co not’ is wrong. ‘Unless’ is itself negative.
5. (B)place ‘had’ before ‘read’.
For examples:
(i) after he had reached the station, the train arrived.
(ii) the patient had died before the doctor reachedhere.
6. (C)Use of ‘others’ is superfluous.
7. (C)Replace ‘has’ by ‘ have. Subject ‘the issues the issues is plural.
8. (D)Replace ‘its ‘by ‘a’. for a price is correct phrase.
9. (B)Replace ‘snowed’ by ‘snows’. The use of future and past like this is an incorrect combination.
10. (C)Replace ‘between’ by among’. Between is used for two and among’ for more than two.
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Exercise 100
1. (A)Replace ‘swam’ by ‘swum’.
2. (B) Delete ‘more’. Avoid using double comparative in a sentence.
3. (D)Replace ‘their’ by ‘his’. With ‘everyone , everybody, anyone, anybody, always use singular possessive pronoun (his or her).
4. (B)Replace ‘on’ by ‘of’.
5. (C) Replace ‘hung’ by ‘hanged’. Verb ‘hang’ two forms and tow meaning as per the following :
Ist form IInd form IIrd form
(i)Hang hung hung
(ii) hang hanged hanged .
6. (B) Change ‘will to ‘would’.
7. (B)use ;form’ after refrain instead of ‘with’.
8. (C)Place that of after to’.
9. (A) Replace noun’ by ‘neither’.
10. (B) Replace ‘where had I by where I had. In ‘indirect narration’. The sentence changes from interrogative to sentence.
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Exercise 101
1. (B) Replace ‘homes by home. After home is a phrase.
2. (E)No error.
3. (B) Replace ‘a’ by ‘the’.
4. (A) Replace ‘is by ‘was’. The whole sentence reflects action in the past.
5. (A)Place ‘it’ before ‘being. This is the problem of unrelated participle.
6. (B) Replace ‘have’ by has’.
for examples :
(i) many a pen is on the stool.
(ii) many a person comes here daily.
7. (B)Is will be used after ‘a digital computer’. This is an assertive sentence, not an interrogative one.
See the following examples:
(i) I do not know where he lives.
(ii)I know what he says.
8. (C) Replace ‘you’ll pay’ by you pay’.
9. (C) Replace ‘purchase’ by purchased’. This is a conditional sentence with the following structure: Had +sub +v-III………..+would have +v-III.
10. (E)No error.
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Exercise 102
1. (B) Replace ‘will by ‘would’. When the sentence reflects an action in the past. It is incorrect to use ‘will’.
2. (B) ‘From’ is superfluous.
3. (A)Delete ‘to’ before’ help’.
4. (B) Replace ‘has’ by ‘had’.
5. (A) Replace ‘need’ by needs’. Subject ‘out country is singular.
6. (A) Replace ‘instead of by ‘in spite of.
7. (B) Replace ‘for’ by to’.
8. (D) Replace ‘than’ by to’. Remember to use ‘to’ after; senior, junior, prefer, prior’ instead of ‘than’.
9. (B) Replace ‘last’ by ‘latter’. For example: (i) Ramesh and surersh are friends. The latter is an engineer. (ii) Ramesh, suresh and megha are friends. The last is a banker.
10. (B)Place ‘were’ before ‘surprised’. This is a passive structure.
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Exercise 103
1. (C)Place ‘the before ‘eastern’.
2. (B) Replace ‘who do want’ by ‘whom I wanted’. In indirect narration, the sentence is changed to assertive.
3. (C) Replace ‘with’ by ‘to’.
4. (B) Replace ‘will by ‘would ‘. They tense of the reported speech changes accordingly.
5. (B) Replace ‘are; by am’.
6. (C) Replace ‘than’ by ‘to’.
7. (E) No error.
8. (C) Use of ;ten’ is superfluous.
9. (E) No error.
10. (D) Place ‘other’ after’ any’.
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Exercise 104
1. (A) Replace ‘being’ by the ‘. Because , since, or as’. In this question, being is used in place of ‘that or because or since or as’.
2. (B) Replace ‘their by its;,
3. (D) Replace ‘a’ by the’. With the naked eyes is correct expression.
4. (A) Replace ‘advices by advices;. Advices is uncountable. We cannot plural advice as such (advice).
5. (A)Place it before being’. This is the problem of unrelated participle.
6. (B) Replace ‘have by has’. Many a takes singular noun and singular verb.
Foe examples
‘(i) many a pen is on the stool.
(ii) many a person comes here daily.
7. (E) No error.
8. (E) No error.
9. (A)Place had after no sooner’. This is the question of inversion.
10. (A)Use of away after and ‘fled’ is superfluous. This is the question of superfluous expression.
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Exercise 105
1. (E) Replace ‘is having by ‘has’.
2. (C) Replace ‘as by ‘that’. Structure is so…….that. for examples: (i) He is so poor that he cannot buy a pen. (ii) She is so weak that she cannot climb up the staris.
3. (C) Replace ‘governor chamber’ by ‘governor’s chamber’. This is the question of use of apostrophe.
4. (C) Replace ‘has by ‘have’. Subject Congress dissidents and a wide range is plural if the subject is plural, verb is also in plural.
5. (A) Replace ‘’would have ’by ‘had’. This is a conditional sentence with specific structure: If+ subject +had +v-II+ would have+ v-III.
6. (D) Replace ‘were’ by ‘was’. If the subject is singular, verb is singular. If subject is plural, verb is plural.
7. (C) Place ‘other ‘ after ‘No’. while making comparison , the item (being compared) is required to be exclude. As :no other girl of this class is so /as beautiful as Rani.
8. (C) Replace ‘have by ‘had’. Reporting verb is in past tense.
9. (C) Replace ‘have’ by ‘has’. Subject a letter is singular.
10. (B) Replace ‘a’a before ‘kilogram’. Kilogram is a countable noun.
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Exercise 106
1. (A) Replace ‘is ‘ by ‘was’. The sentence reflects an action in the past.
2. (A) Replace ‘his’ by ‘one’s’.
3. (A) Replace ‘’under’ by in. for examples : sit in the shade of a tree. Sit in the under a tree.
4. (c) Replace ‘’was’ by ’is’.
5. (B) Replace ‘for’ by ‘to’.
6. (D) Replace ‘than’ by ‘to ‘. After , senior, junior, prefect, prior etc., always use ‘to’ instead of ‘than’.
7. (A) Replace ‘’cattles’ by cattle’.
8. (B) Replace ‘than’ by ‘to’.
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Exercise 107
1. (A) .
Replace we are yet starting by we are yet to start.
Yet is occasionally used in affirmative sentences, giving the sentences a similar meaning as the use of still. Note that this is more formal and not common. ”Yet to ” is followed by 1st form of verb.
We have yet to hear the big news from Aunt Martha.
We are still waiting to hear the big news from Aunt Martha
2. (C) .Replace its by their Chairmen -living beings.
3. (D). Replace “to have with” the economy by “to have on” the economy. “HAVE ON” uses
4. No error
5. (B).Replace “disputes now a days because of “by “disputes now a days because”. It is superfluous to use preposition of as subordinate clause follows.
6. (B) Replace relative pronoun who by which because non-living thing has been used
7. (A) Replace “Driven by the desire to save trees ” by “Being driven by the desire to save trees”.
8. No error
9. (D). Here never is in negative. So, attended any primary school is correct.
10. (D). Damage takes preposition to. So, replace on the environment by to environment.
11. (C) . Here he (pronoun) is superfluous. So remove he.
12. (B). The word students is a countable noun. So replace “much students” by “many students”.
13. (D) Replace “to boosting ” by ” to boost “.
14. (C) Plural subject takes plural verb. So system and need to should be used.
15. (A) When two actions are being joined, not only and but also are used before the actions
correct:-She not only learns dance but also teaches some children.
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Exercise 108
1. (C) here, the growth that had followed ---- should be used.
2. (C) Use ‘enjoy’ in place of enjoyed’
3.(E) no error
4.(A) Use ‘These’ in place of ‘This’
5.(B) Use ‘forced’ in place of ‘force’
6. (B) Use ‘is’ before alleged
7. (D) Here, made him wait
8. (C) Here, whose attic had been should be used.
9. (B) Look at the structure of the sentence in Passive Voice of Past Simple. Subject + was/were + VC (Past Participle) Hence, awarded to the most ….should be used
10. (B) Here, a time of reawakening …. should be used
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Exercise 109
1. (B) Web designing must be responsive so that visitors who are accessing the website by making use of various operating system will get clear view of your site.
2.(C) Today, numerous companies or organizations prefer mobile applications and websites which are solely designed for mobile devices or smart phones, which reach their target audience directly.
3. (B) Custom Umbrella Stores are known for selling personalized promotional umbrellas with a custom logo or message.
4. (C) twice a week in summers and once a week in winters
5. (A) This town is not very well known
6. (B) not necessary
7. (A) All the furniture has been
8. (A) My brothers in law
19. (C) who his opponents could be
10. (C) nothing else but pride.
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