Directions (Q.1-10) : In the following questions, some of the sentences have errors and some have none. Find out which part of a sentence has an error. The number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, your answer is (d) i.e. No error
1.
(a) I went to his house but
(b) could not see him
(c) because he went out before I arrived.
(d) No Error
2.
(a) When I shall see him,
(b) I will tell him that
(c) what he has done is wrong.
(d) No Error
3.
(a) Literature remains the interest of a minority
(b) and the majority has chosen to ignore those aspects of language
(c) which, at school, they were told to value highly.
(d) No Error
4.
(a) I look
(b) forward to meet you
(c) in future.
(d) No Error
5.
(a) If I was the king,
(b) I would change the face
(c) of my country.
(d) No Error
6.
(a) He admits that
(b) he is not following
(c) the instructions.
(d) No Error
7.
(a) Life on board ship
(b) was not as I had expected
(c) it to be.
(d) No Error
8.
(a) He did not pass the examination
(b) in spite of
(c) his best efforts.
(d) No Error
9.
(a) I tried to read your letter,
(b) but it was so bad written
(c) that I had to leave the attempt.
(d) No Error
10.
(a) I prefer
(b) my job
(c) than yours.
(d) No Error
Answers:
1.
Ans- c
use past tense verb 'had gone'.
2.
Ans- a
Use present tense verb 'see'. The Second part of the sentence will be used in future simple tense.
3.
Ans- b
use 'have' in place of 'has. 'the majority' is plural in this context.
4.
Ans- b
use 'look forward to meeting you'. we use (+ing) form of the verb after preposition 'to'.
5.
Ans- a
use 'were' in place of 'was'. In subjunctive mood, when we express unreal desire or fantasy, 'were' is used irrespective of any tense.
6.
Ans- d
the given sentence is grammatically correct.
7.
Ans- b
use 'such as' in place of 'as'.
8.
Ans- d
the given sentence is grammatically correct.
9.
Ans- b
use 'badly' in place of 'bad'.
10.
Ans- c
we use 'to' with prefer not 'than'.
