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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?

The need for alternate (a)/ sources of energy are (b)/ essential to conserve (c)/ the environment. (d)

It should be ‘is’ in place of ‘are’ in the second part of the sentence because the subject ‘need’ is a singular subject.

Which part of the following sentence contains a grammatical error?

The company’s decision to issue (a)/ bonus shares clearly indicates (b)/ the management’s confident (c)/ about the future. (d)

It should be ‘confidence’ in place of ‘confident’ in the third part of the sentence.

Which part of the following sentence contains a grammatical error?

Banks in India (a)/ cannot open ATMs (b)/ except obtaining (c)/ approval from RBI. (d)

Replace ‘without obtaining’.

Which part of the following sentence contains a grammatical error?

The actor loves to think, (a)/ never enjoys stick to one kind of role (b)/ and finds it difficult to (c)/ fulfill everyone’s expectations. (d)

It should be ‘sticking’ in place of ‘stick’ in the second part of the sentence.

Which part of the following sentence contains a grammatical error?

While the handsome actor was busy (a)/ belting out one-liners, his (b)/ graceful co-star was a (c)/ complete imagery of woman power. (d)

It should be ‘image’ in place of ‘imagery’ in the fourth part of the sentence.

Which part of the following sentence contains a grammatical error?

While (a)/ a strong defend (b)/ is important to any country it cannot be more important than the livelihood (c)/ of its citizens. (d)

‘Strong’ is an adjective so the word following it should logically be a noun, ‘defend’ is a verb, the right answer will be ‘defence’.

Which part of the following sentence contains a grammatical error?

River water pollution (a)/ is often indicate (b)/ by algae (c)/ distribution (d).

The sentence is in the passive voice so the form (is + third) form of verb will be used. Therefore it must be indicated and not indicate.

Which part of the following sentence contains a grammatical error?

If the ozone gases of the atmosphere did not filter out (a)/ the ultraviolet rays of the sun, life as (b)/ we know it (c)/ would not have evolved on earth. (d)

The last part of the sentence refers to the work completed in the past. In the format of, if and then, the tenses of two verbs in both parts should be the same so it should have been ‘had not filtered out’.

Which part of the following sentence contains a grammatical error?

Sheela had to travel all the way back (a)/ when she remembered that (b)/ she had forgot to take (c)/ important document with her. (d)

It should be ‘forgotten’ in place of ‘forgot’ in the third part of the sentence because have, has or had is folowed by the past participle form of verb.

Which part of the following sentence contains a grammatical error?

The merchant counted (a)/ the number of pearls (b)/ to make sure that (c)/none of them were missing. (d)

It should be ‘was’ in place of ‘were’ in the fourth part of the sentence because ‘none of’ is followed by singular verb.

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