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Common Errors Online Test

  • This is an online quiz to test your knowledge of Common Errors in English.
  • This Online Test is useful for academic and competitive exams.
  • Multiple answer choices are given for each question in this test. You have to choose the best option.
  • After completing the test, you can see your result.
  • There are 10 questions in the test.
  • There is no negative marking for wrong answers.
  • There is no specified time to complete this test.

Which part of the following sentence contains a grammatical error?

We have received many (a)/ of the letters from customers (b)/ asking us to extend (c)/ the deadline to repay their loans. (d)

The use of 'of the' in the second part of the sentence is superfluous. It should be deleted.

Which part of the following sentence contains a grammatical error?

The resignation of (a)/ one of our directors (b)/ have caused the price (c)/ of shares to fall. (d)

Replace ‘have’ by ‘has’.

Which part of the following sentence contains a grammatical error?

The book is well-printed (a)/ and attractively bound (b)/ making altogether (c)/ an attractive volume (d).

The complete sentence should be 'making altogether for an attractive volume.'

Which part of the following sentence contains a grammatical error?

Martha missed her dog (a)/ who died of a (b)/ skin infection at a (c)/ very young age. (d)

Relative pronoun used for animals is ‘which’ and not ‘who’.

Which part of the following sentence contains a grammatical error?

Instead of being a clear winner (a)/ he was not given (b)/ the best employee (c)/ of the year award. (d)

It should be ‘inspite’ in place of ‘instead’ in the first part of the sentence.

Which part of the following sentence contains a grammatical error?

In 60’s Beatles, with (a)/ their haircuts, clothes and joking (b)/ drew (c)/ crowds of shrieking teenagers. (d)

It is a series of nouns-haircuts, clothes and ... ‘joking’ is a verb so the noun should be used in its place- Jokes.

Which part of the following sentence contains a grammatical error?

Many psychologists today suggest (a)/ that we interpret dreams by compare (b)/ the dreams with (c)/ the reality of each person’s life. (d)

The sentence is in the current present tense so the verb following by will in the continuous form that is ‘by + verb + ing’. So ‘comparing’ and not 'compare'.

Which part of the following sentence contains a grammatical error?

Gandhiji lived a noble life of fasting (a)/ and poverty (b)/ in order to work for peaceful (c)/ and independence. (d)

In the continuation of sentence ‘peaceful and independence’; both the words should be nouns, but peaceful is an adjective so the right word will be ‘peace’.

Which part of the following sentence contains a grammatical error?

The meteorological depart-ment (a)/ predicted that the (b)/ rains and thunderstorm may (c)/ continue throughout today. (d)

It should be 'has predicted that the' in place of 'predicted that the' because the sentence is in present tense.

Which part of the following sentence contains a grammatical error?

There is just not enough (a)/ time in my unit to sit round (b)/ talking about how we feel (c)/ about each other. (d)

It should be 'and talk about how we feel' in place of 'talking about how we feel' in the third part of the sentence because the preceding verb ‘sit’ is in first form.

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