Class Room - Daily Dose Booklet: DDB NO: ENG 02 Answers and Explanations

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Class Room - Daily Dose Booklet
 DDB NO: ENG 02

English Language
SPOTTING ERRORS – SET 02
Answers and Explanations

Exercise    31

1.    (D) Say besides .’Beside means side by while besides mans in addition to.
2.    (A) Say if I had been you. This is a condition’ structure’ .
3.    (C) Say was for were. ‘The ‘ subject not one is singular .
4.    (B) Write children instead of child .
5.    (C) Write was after ‘he’. (see the rules of reported speech ).
6.    (C) Delete’ he’. Use of is superfluous.
7.    (B) Write quickly instead of quick. ‘quick  ‘is an adjective and can qualify a verb (walked ).
8.    (D) Delete more. ‘Avoid double’ comparatives in a sentence.
9.    (A) Write exercises instead of exercise. With singular number third person subject (Dinesh), add ‘a or es’ with the verb.
10.(E) No error.

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Exercise     32

1.    (E) No error.
2.    (D) Write to instead of ‘than’. Use preposition to after: perfect , preferable , senior junior etc.
3.    (E) No error.
4.    (D) Say playing in.
5.    (A) Delete to. Never use to after ‘told’.
6.    (D) Say are for sale. In such ‘construction ‘, the verb is governed by the noun nearby.
7.    (A) Say Hindi and Marathi.’ Do not’ use definite article before name of language.
8.    (B) Say persisted. ‘The ‘sentence is in past tense.
9.    (C) Delete not. We should not’ use ‘not with until/ unless.
10. (B) Change such higher by ‘so high’ the construction of the sentence is So
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Exercise      33

1.    (D) Write more instead ‘of much’. Much is not a comparative.
2.    (C) Write as far’ as’ inside of so far as.
3.    (D) Write in ‘instead’ of on.
4.    (B) Delete ‘an and’ place the before attention.
5.    (B) Write to go inside of for going. After ‘advise’’ infinitive is used.
6.    (D) Write an inside of a ‘before expensive.
7.    (D) Write waiting of wait. After ‘keep’ , mind usually gerund is used .
8.    (C) Write us instead of ‘we’. After preposition ,pronoun in objective form is used.
9.    (D) Say its foe ‘their’. The subject ruling party is singular , so singular pronoun will be used.
10.  (C) Delete to. Use of ‘to ‘here is unwanted.

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Exercise   34

1.    (C) Write help instead of’ helps’. Subject two people is plural.
2.    (D) Write one’ instead of a’. when numeral adjective seven is used in one part, we should use one.
3.    (C) Say to take.’ Infinitive’ will be used.
4.    (C) Say good or ‘bad or’ change is to are in part (C).
5.    (C) Add as after ‘almost’.
6.    (A) Say it being. ‘This is ‘a question of dangling participle.
7.    (D) Say might have. ‘This is’ a question of conditional sentence.
8.    (C) Say of us.
9.    (D) change ‘what to’ that.
10.  (B) Change a by the. ‘Latter is ‘particularized.
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Exercise    35

1.    (B) Write proclaims instead of ‘proclaim’. When two nouns joined by and, have every each attached with’ them ‘, singular verb should be used.
2.    (C) Write ‘john’s instead of john. The comparison should be logical.
3.    (C) Say a little. Little means almost no, while a little means some.
4.    (C) Say a little. Little ‘means almost no’, while a little means some.
5.    (A) Write ‘john’s instead of john.
6.    (A) Write are instead of is. ‘The subject’ reasons is plural.
7.    (D) Say a right.
8.    (D)Say will he? Learn ‘of’ is the rules of question tag.
9.    (A) Change not only ‘satisfies by ‘satisfies not only. Same part of speech must be used after not only ….. but also.
10.(D) Delete do not. ‘Use of’ do not with until/ unless should usually be avoided.

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Exercise   36

1.    (B) Say brought out.
2.    (B) Say the Greeks.’ Use the before nationality words.
3.    (A) Write whatever ‘may b’e his intention.
4.    (A) Write ‘kinds’ instead of kind.
5.    (C) Delete due to the fact. ‘Its use ‘with reason is superfluous.
6.    (A) Say the ‘person’. Here , the person has become particular.
7.    (B) Say the only.
8.    (B) Say ‘recommend’. The subject is plural.
9.    (E) No error.
10. (C) Say’ do’ not hold water.

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Exercise    37

1.    (D) Place are after you. ‘You is such a pronoun’ the have same from in nominative and objective case. See the following sentence

I like her more than (I like) you.
I like her more than you (like her)
to make the sense clear , it is necessary to place are after you.

2.    (C) Write ‘banks ‘instead of bank.
3.    (A) write ‘whom’ instead of who.
4.    (E) no error.
5.    (B) Write ‘rays ‘instead of till is superfluous.
6.    (C) Delete till.’ The’ use of ray.
7.    (C) write those ‘instead ‘of that .
8.    (E)  No error.
9.    (C) Write takes ‘instead ‘of take.
10.  (A) Say it being. ‘This a’ question of dangling participle.

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Exercise   38
1.    (C) this is a passive sentence. ‘Change’ to lower down by should be lowered down.
2.    (A) Either use only despite or ‘in spite ‘of. We must  not use of after despite.
3.    (B) Remove which.
4.    (B) Delete himself. ‘Use of’ emphatic pronoun himself is unwanted here.
5.    (D) Say their. Subject the’ prime minister’s and the union home ministers is plural so plural pronoun will be used.
6.    (D) Delete he. Use ‘of he is ‘unwanted.
7.    (D) Say him for them. ‘The’ subject teacher is singular.
8.    (B) No error.
9.    (B) Write one’s instead of his. ‘One’s the possessive pronoun of one.
10. (E) no error.
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 Exercise    39

1.    (B) Use fairly instead of ‘rather’. Rather is used ‘in negative ‘or bad sense, while fairly is used in positive sense.
2.    (C) Use had instead of has. ‘The ‘whole sentence is in the past tense.
3.    (C) Say in a bad mood.
4.    (A) Say an almirah.’ Use’ indefinite article before countable. an is used with words pronounced with vowel sound.
5.    (B) Say the ‘meek and ‘the humble.
6.    (E) No error.
7.     (B) Replace decide ‘by ‘decides or decided.
8.    (C) Replace greater ‘by’ greatest.
9.    (A) Say accused ‘of’. Wrong use of preposition.
10. (E) No error.

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Exercise   40
1.    (D) Say few. Few means almost no.
2.    (D) Say a singer and ‘scientist’. When two noun represent one person , use article before the first noun.
3.    (D) Replace has’ by had’. The sentence is in the past tense.
4.    (D) Write apply ‘before’ brake.
5.    (A) Write a ‘before rainy day’. Use article a/ an before countable.
6.    (E) No error.
7.    (B) Say ‘the’ famous.
8.     (D) Say before ‘the’ investigating committee.
9.    (D) Replace until ha dose ‘not by till ‘he tries. Do not use negative (dose not) with until.
10. (B) Replace has by have. ‘The ‘subject those great sons is plural.
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Exercise    41

1.    (A) replace passes ‘by’ pass as subject they is plural.
2.    (B) Say quarrel over. Wrong use of preposition.
3.    (D)Say no sense in going. Gerund’ should be’ used instead of infinitive here.
4.    (D) Delete on after affects.’ The ‘use of on is unwarranted here.
5.    (B) Say with him.’ Wrong use of’ preposition.
6.    (D) Replace ‘played’ by playing.
7.    (B) Write at after’ firing ‘.
8.    (A)Replace ‘telling by tell.’
9.    (D) Replace going ‘by goes’.
10. (C) the part should’ be’ written as he would certainly be.
Exercise   42

1.    (A) Say the teacher’ of’ mathematics.
2.    (B) Replace clear by clearly.’ Clearly is’ an adjective so can’t qualify a verb.
3.    (B) Replace rudely by rude. ‘Rudely is an’ adverb , can’t qualify a noun as such.
4.    (D) Replace hit by hitting. ‘Use’ gerund after preposition (from)
5.    (B) Replace worst by worse. Comparative degree is used for comparing tow things.
6.    (D) Say for the lat four ‘year’s. For is used for period of time.
7.    (B) Say to for in. ‘wrong’ use of preposition.
8.    (A) Say was’ going on’.
9.    (D) Say ‘ill ‘of others.
10. (E) No error.
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 Exercise   43

1.    (A) The part should be written as ’Monisha’ was about to.
2.    (D) Replace are by were. ‘The’ sentence shows action in the past tense.
3.    (E) No error.
4.    (C) Say loudly. Loud is’ an’ adjective so cannot qualify a verb.
5.    (A) Replace ‘fastly ‘by fast.
6.    (C) Replace nice ‘by’ nicely.
7.    (B) Replace best by rescuing. ‘Use’ gerund after preposition (in).
8.    (B) Replace best by’ better’ as comparative degree is used for comparing two things.
9.    (E) No error.
10.  (D) Say the greater. ‘Use ‘the before both the comparative degree in such sentence.

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Exercise 44

1.    (D) Remove ‘most’. ‘unique’ and ‘most’ both have superlative effect, only one should be used.
2.    (C) Delete ‘much’. Use of ‘much’ after ‘too’ is superfluous.
3.    (C) Replace ‘run’ by running.
4.    (B) write ‘as’ before ‘to’. The sentence is based on so …. As construction.
5.    (D) Say ‘more expensive’. Or ‘the less costly’.
6.    (B) Say ‘to accept willingly and cheerfully’.
7.    (A) Add ‘they before soldier’. Use this is  question of dangling participle.
8.    (A) Say ‘first’.
9.    (B) Say ‘the best soldier’. Use ‘the before superlative.
10.  (D) Say from beginning to end. ‘beginning to end ‘ is an idiomatic phrase.

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 Exercise   45

1.    (D) Say ‘very fast’.
2.    (A) Say ‘how carefully’.
3.    (D) say ‘the least arrogant’.
4.    (C) Replace ‘its’ by ‘their’.
5.    (B) Omit ‘due to the fact’. When have used reason in part (A),the use of ‘due to the fact’ become superfluous.
6.    (C) Write ‘had’ before ‘adopted’. The construction of the sentence is conditional.
7.    (A) Say ‘with a little patience’. Little means ‘no’ , have negative effect.
8.    (A) Replace ‘brought in laws’ by ‘brothers in law’. When pluralizing a compound nouns, remember to plural the root word.
Daughter in law ---daughters in law.
Step daughter ---step daughters.
9.      (C)Replace ‘with’ by ‘to’.
10.   (C) Replace ‘too much’ by ‘much too’. “too much +noun’ and ‘much too + adjective ‘ are correct construction. For examples: too much difficully , much too difficult.
Exercise    46

1.    (C) Replace ‘but by ‘than’. Than will be used after ‘other’.
2.    (A) Replace ‘good night’ by ‘good evening ‘. Good night is used  at the time of final departure.
3.    (B) Replace ‘vegetable’ by ‘vegetable’. Vegetable is countable here.
4.    (B) Remove ‘more’. Avoid using double comparatives as such.
5.    (E) No error.
6.    (D) Say ‘more intelligent’. For comparison between two, use comparative degree.
7.    (D) Say ‘had never been’.
8.    (C) Say ‘hard won freedom’. Hardly has a negative effects, means no.
9.    (B) Change ‘heavy’ to ‘heavily’.
10. (B) Say ’very neatly and carefully’. Neat and carefully are adjective so can’t qualify a verb.

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Exercise     47

1.    (A) Say ‘from his attitude’.
2.    (B) say ‘amount of radiation’.
3.    (D) Say ‘a new one’. Here ‘one’ is a pronoun.
4.    (B) Say ‘goes abroad’. ‘goes abroad’ is a phrase.
5.    (D) Say ‘aversion to’. Wrong use of preposition.
6.    (B) Say ‘call in question’. It is a phrase.
7.    (B) Say ‘usher in’. use preposition, where necessary.
8.    (C) say ‘spark off’. Use preposition . where necessary.
9.    (C) Write ‘people’ after ‘good’, and bad people means people who are good as well as d=bad. A red and white shirt means ‘a shirts means which is red and while shirt’. A red shirt and a white shirt – means two shirt –one red and other white.
10.    (B) Replace ‘were’ by ‘was’. After ‘two thirds’, if the noun is singular, verb will also be singular.

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Exercise   48

1.    (B) Replace ‘your will ask’ by ‘you ask’. In such sentence , we should use present indefinite after :if, until, as after as, when etc.
2.    (C) Replace ‘from leaving’ by ‘to lave’. After ‘forbid’. Infinitive should be used. For example :she  forbad me to go there.
3.    (A) the part should be written as ‘you must tell me either’.
4.    (D) No error.
5.    (C) Write ‘one’ before ‘hundred’.
6.    (C) Replace ‘must by ‘should’. In a sentence , use of both ‘necessary’ and ‘[must is wrong.
7.    (C) Replace ‘against’ by ‘to’. After prejudicial , use preposition ‘to’.
8.    (A) replace Information by ‘information’. Information is uncountable , we cann’t plural it by adding.
9.    (A) Replace ‘am hearing’ by ‘hear’.
10.   (B) Replace ‘to do’ by ‘in doing’. Persist takes ‘in preposition.
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 Exercise     49

1.    (B)Replace ‘is costing’ by ‘cost’.
2.    (B) Replace ‘how am I’ by ‘how I am’. The sentence is not interrogative. It is assertive.
3.    (C) Say ‘a perceptible change’.
4.    (E) No error.
5.    ( B) say ‘ go to bad’. We should not us ‘the’ with bed when the purpose is to sleep. See rules of article.
6.    (B) Delete ‘suppose’ or ‘if’. Using ‘if with ‘suppose’ is superfluous.
7.    (D) Say ‘very good’. “too” has negative effect here.
8.    (E) No error.
9.    (B) Say ‘his joining”. To make the meaning of the sentence clear.
10. (C) Use of sanctum is superfluous.

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 Exercise    50

1.    (B) Replace ‘on’ by ‘in’.
2.    (C) Replace ‘catches’ by ‘caught’. The sentence is in past tense.
3.    (B) Write ‘from his uncle a telegram’. The relative pronoun (which) should be placed near antecedent (telegram).
4.    (B) Replace ‘suits’ by ‘suited’. The use of ‘yesterday’ shows that the action took place in past.
5.    (D) Replace ‘more’ by ‘many’ or ‘some more’. Ram lal bought more shares of that company than shyam Lal. It is correct, because her ‘more’ is used for comparison.
6.    (A) Replace ‘simplest solution’ by ‘a simpler solution’.
7.    (D) Add ‘to learn’. Now the meaning of the sentence is clear.
8.    (C) Replace ‘are’ by’  ‘is ‘. Subject “the only good thing’ is singular.
9.    (B) Say ‘material.
10.  (B) Say ‘lamenting for’.

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Exercise    51

1.    (C) Write ‘who’ for ‘whom’.
2.    (B) Say ‘would teach’.
3.    (D) Say ‘enjoyed himself’. Reflexive pronoun will be used here.
4.    (B) Replace ‘with’ by ‘on’ or ‘over’. Wrong use of preposition.
5.    (A) Write ‘has’ before ‘left’.
6.    (D)Replace ‘bad’ by ‘badly’. Bad is an adjective and can’t qualify an adverb(verb).
7.     (A) Replace ‘would have’ by ‘had’. The construction of the sentence is based on = if+ had + v-3………….would have +v-3.
8.    (D) Replace ‘do’ by ‘did’. The sentence is in past tense.
9.    (D) Replace ‘evidences’ by ‘witnesses’.
10. (A) Place ‘not only’ after eminent instead before. Learn the rules of correlative conjunctions.

 Exercise    52

1.    (D) Replace ‘opening’ by ‘ open’.
2.    (B) Replace ‘since’ by ‘for’. For is used for period of time , and ‘since’ fore point of time.
3.    (C) Replace ‘shall’ by ‘would’. The sentence is in past tense.
4.    (B) Say ‘whom’.
5.    (A) Add ‘he’ before ‘destitute’. This is a question of dangling participle.
6.    (E) No error.
7.    (D) Say ‘ they/ these’ for ‘it’.
8.    (A) Say ‘my being’. Possessive pronoun is used in such construction.
9.    (E) no error.
10.   (C) Add ‘themselves’ after ‘adapt’.

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 Exercise     53

1.    (C) Replace ‘but’ by ‘for’.
2.    (A) Remove ‘have’. The sentence is in past tense.
3.    (B) Use ‘information’ in place of ‘information’. Information can’t be pluralized by adding (S).
4.    (Use ‘reason’ in place of ‘reasons’.
5.    (B) Remove ‘to’. Wrong use of preposition.
6.    (A) Say ‘has been running’. When ‘since’ is used, the sentence should be in perfect tense.
7.    (A) Insert ‘will’ before’ have’.
8.    (A) Say ‘gratitude’.
9.    (C) Remove ‘that’. Use of that is unwanted.
10.   (A) Remove ‘off’.

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Exercise   54

1.    (C) Delete ‘of’. Do not use ‘of after ‘comprise’.
2.    (B) Delete ‘among’. Here use of ‘among’ is superfluous.
3.    (C) Use ‘are’ instead of ‘is’. Subject is plural.
4.    (C) Say ‘wondering; for ‘to wonder’.
5.    (A) Say ;had we’. This is a question of inversion.
6.    (B) Say ‘had looked’. With past tense, we cannot us present.
7.    (C) Use ‘would have taken’. This is a question of condition sentence.
8.    (B) Say ‘much’ for very’. ‘Much’ used with past participle.
9.    (C) Say ‘reach;.
10.  (B) Use ‘lay’ for ‘lied’. ‘Lay’ is the past of lie’.

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 Exercise     55

1.    (C) Say ‘and cannot be found out’.
2.    (B) Say ‘differently’.
3.    (C) Say ‘the blind’. The ‘blind’ itself refers blind people.
4.    (A) Say ‘took to drinking ‘.
5.    (C) Say ‘a lot of money’.
6.    (A) Say ‘broadcast’. ‘broadcast’ is the past participle of ‘broadcast’.
7.    (A) Say ‘so many cattle’. We cannot use ‘much’ for countable.
8.    (D) No error.
9.    (D) No error.
10.  (C) Use ‘and’ for ‘as well as’. The construction of the sentence suggests the use of conjunction both……. And.

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 Exercise     56

1.    (A) Use ‘been’ after ‘has’. To make the meaning of the sentence clear.
2.    (B) Say ‘so that’ for ‘so’. So that will be used to make the meaning clear.
3.    (C) Say ‘that the defeat’.
4.    (D) No error.
5.    (D) No error.
6.    (C) Use ‘me’ for ‘I’. Objective form of pronoun will be used.
7.     (C) Say ‘on all  hours’ for ‘in all hours’. Wrong use of idiomatic phrase.
8.    (B) Say ‘far higher’.
9.    (B) Replace ‘for’ in place of ‘since’. For is used for period of time .
10. (B) Say ‘into’ for ‘n’. into is used for movement like jumped into, jumped into. Leapt into etc.

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 Exercise    57

1.    (C) Say ‘the train had left’. This is a sentence of past perfect with actions taking place.
2.    (B) Delete ‘the’. Do not use ‘the’ before name of subject.
3.    (B)Say ‘has’ surrendered’. Singular verb will be used in such construction.
4.    (A) Say ‘had written’. This is a conditional sentence. Use  v-III after if+ noun/pronoun..
5.     (B) Say ’has been’. The subject ‘a debate’ is singular.
6.    (D) No error.
7.    (B) say ‘for revisiting’. Wrong use of preposition.
8.    (C) Delete ‘that’. Use of ‘that is unwanted.
9.    (B) Delete ‘together’. It is superfluous.
10.   (D) No error.
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 Exercise    58

1.    (D) No error.
2.    (D) No error.
3.    (B)Say ‘if one is happy’.
4.    (A) Add ‘done’ after ‘ have’. If different form of verb are need with different auxiliaries, use them.
5.    (A) Say ‘in’ for ‘at’.
6.    (A) Use ‘going’ for ‘go’. Ing  form will be used in such construction.
7.    (A) Proper word is ‘practise’. Practice is a noun while practice is a verb.
8.    (  B) Say ‘was’ for ‘were’.  The subject is ‘whole block of flats’, that is singular.
9.    (B) Add ‘as’ after ‘much’. The correct combination will be us as much as or ……….
10.   (C) Use ‘me’ for ’I’. Objective will be used.

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 Exercise    59

1.    (B) Add ‘to’ after ‘not’.
2.    (A)Use ‘upon’ after ‘operated’. Use of preposition is necessary.
3.    (B) ‘Fewer boys’. Fewer’ is used for countable.
4.    (A) Use ‘to’ for ‘with’. Wrong use of preposition.
5.    (C) Say ‘the falling down of the wall’.
6.    (C) Say ;from doing’. Use preposition ‘from’ after ‘prevent’.
7.    (B) Say ‘than that of Delhi’. Proper comparison must be made.
8.    (C) Say ‘a hand’.
9.    (B) Say ‘have’ for ‘has’.
10.   (A) Say ‘had we left’. This is a question of inversion.
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Exercise   60

1.    (C) Use ‘with’ for ‘by’. Wrong use of preposition.
2.    (D) No error.
3.    (B) Use ‘to’ for ‘at’.
4.    (D) No error.
5.    (B) Use ‘inconsiderate’ for ‘unconsiderate’.
6.    (C) Use ‘until’ for ‘till’.
7.    (C) Say ‘fell off’. Use of ‘from is wrong.
8.    (C) Use ‘under ‘for ‘with’. Wrong use of preposition.
9.    (D)No error.
10.  (B)Say ‘let it suffice to say’.