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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?

Sugar-sweetened drinks does not (a)/ pose any particular health risk, and (b)/are not a unique risk factor (c)/ for obesity or heart disease. (d)

It should be ‘do not’ in place of ‘does not’ in the first part of the sentence because the subject is a plural subject.

Which part of the following sentence contains a grammatical error?

Many more would have died (a)/ if they hadn’t received (b)/ the timely helping from (c)/ the relief team. (d)

It should be ‘help’ in place of ‘helping’ in the third part of the sentence.

Which part of the following sentence contains a grammatical error?

Human babies whose mothers (a)/ have had the flu while pregnant may (b)/ have a greater risk of developing (c)/ schizophrenia lately in life. (d)

The use of ‘had’ in the second part of the sentence is super flows. It should be avoided.

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?

He would (a)/ never have taken the job if he had been knowing (b)/ what great demands (c)/ it would make on his time. (d)

Present perfect continuous tense is employed when the work continue till the present. The given sentence on the other hand suggests that the work should have happened at some time in the past, so the tense used should be Past Perfect, ‘had known’ not ‘had been knowing’.

Which part of the following sentence contains a grammatical error?

The prime minister announced (a)/ that the taxes will be (b)/ increasing from the (c)/ beginning of next year. (d)

It should be ‘increased’ in place of ‘increasing’ in the third part of the sentence because the second part of the sentence is in passive voice.

Which part of the following sentence contains a grammatical error?

Organised (a)/ labour has fight (b)/ for and won protection and benefits (c)/ for its workers. (d)

has is always followed by the third form of verb so ‘has fought’.

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?

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?

The Government officials have been met (a)/ heads of commercial Banks later this week (b)/ to get their views on liquidity (c)/ and growth in deposits. (d)

The first of the sentence should be written as 'The Government officials have to meet'.

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