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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?

On the basics (a)/ of this data (b)/ it is worthwhile (c)/ to take this risk. (d)

Basis should be used.

Which part of the following sentence contains a grammatical error?

He decided to work for (a)/ an NGO, but most of his (b)/ classmates opted for high-paid (c)/ jobs in multinational companies. (d).

Apply the adverb ‘highly’ before the adjective ‘paid’.

Which part of the following sentence contains a grammatical error?

Many people believe that (a)/ the nationalisation of banks in (b)/ the 1960s have protected India (c)/ from the current financial crisis. (d)

It should be ‘has’ in place of ‘have’ in the third part of the sentence because the subject is nationalisation.

Which part of the following sentence contains a grammatical error?

Veena wanted to (a)/ become a surgeon (b)/ and worked very hardly (c)/ to achieve this. (d)

The word ‘hardly’ means: almost no; almost not; almost none. Therefore, Instead of the phrase ‘and worked very hardly’ we should use ‘and worked very hard (Adverb)’.

Which part of the following sentence contains a grammatical error?

Delhi is definitely (a)/ one of the (b)/ most large (c)/ cities in the world. (d)

The superlative degree for the verb large is ‘largest’ not ‘most large’.

Which part of the following sentence contains a grammatical error?

Selling peanuts (a)/ on the road is (b)/ the only means of earning (c)/ in respect of most of the people. (d)

It should be ‘for most of the people’ in place of ‘in respect of most of the people’ in the fourth part of the sentence.

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?

During the interview (a)/ the panel asked me (b)/ several technical questions (c)/ and I answered all of it. (d)

It should be ‘and I answered all of them’ to properly express cause and effect in the sentence.

Which part of the following sentence contains a grammatical error?

The principle that (a)/ a pen is mightier (b)/ then a sword (c)/ was known to early Greeks. (d)

Replace ‘then’ with ‘than’.

Which part of the following sentence contains a grammatical error?

In the past two decades, (a)/ preventive measures have (b)/ drastically reduced the (c)/ occurrence of polio in children. (d)

It should be ‘had’ in place of ‘have’ in the second part of the sentence because the sentence is in past tense.

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