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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?

Many multinational companies (a)/ have not been as (b)/ successful in India (c)/ than we expected. (d)

Replace ‘than’ by ‘as’.

Which part of the following sentence contains a grammatical error?

As soon as the CEO (a)/ entered the office, the (b)/ union leaders approached him (c)/and report the matter to him. (d)

It should be ‘reported’ in place of ‘report’ in the fourth part of the sentence because the sentence is in past tense.

Which part of the following sentence contains a grammatical error?

It was an evening of (a)/ fun and frolic as the city’s glitterati (b)/ and high-profile businessmen made sure (c)/ that they didn’t miss the show. (d)

No error

Which part of the following sentence contains a grammatical error?

The only bad thing about (a)/ these flowers are the (b)/ pollen which causes (c)/ allergy in many people. (d)

It should be ‘is’ in place of ‘are’ in the second part of the sentence because the subject ‘The only bad thing’ is a singular subject.

Which part of the following sentence contains a grammatical error?

In present the (a)/ prices of food grains (b)/ are high all (c)/ over the world. (d)

Replace ‘In’ with ‘At’.

Which part of the following sentence contains a grammatical error?

Neither the ministers (a)/ nor the intelligence sources (b)/ was aware of the coup (c)/ being planned in the country. (d)

It should be ‘were’ in place of ‘was’ in the third part of the sentence because the subject is plural.

Which part of the following sentence contains a grammatical error?

Results founding that boys not only (a)/ play more than girls, but (b)/ they start earlier, an outcome that (c)/ could be clearly related to a cultural influence. (d)

it should be ‘the’ in place of ‘a’ in the fourth part of the sentence.

Which part of the following sentence contains a grammatical error?

It’s (a)/ imperative that a management student maintains (b)/ a grade point of (c)/ 'B' in his major field. (d)

‘Of’ is unnecessary. The right use is grade point ‘B’.

Which part of the following sentence contains a grammatical error?

District police arrested (a)/ a gang of notorious robbers, (b)/ who were planning to strike at (c)/ a house in the vicinity. (d)

It should be ‘strike out’ in place of ‘strike at’ in the third part of the sentence. Strike at means to hit somebody with a weapon and strike out means to move in a planned or determined way.

Which part of the following sentence contains a grammatical error?

This is the only organization (a)/ which could somehow continue (b)/ to making profits (c)/ in the face of recession. (d)

It should be ‘make’ in place of ‘making’ in the third part of the sentence because infinitive ‘to’ is followed by the first form of verb.

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