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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?

An anti-terrorism cell is opened (a)/ by the town police (b)/ three months ago (c)/ as a precautionary measure. (d)

It should be ‘was’ in place of ‘is’ in the first part of the sentence because the sentence is in past tense.

Which part of the following sentence contains a grammatical error?

Injected into the blood, (a)/ tiny bubbles of gas can ease (b)/ the passage of vital stroke drugs into the brain, (c)/ helping in prevent damage to the grey matter. (d)

It should be ‘preventing’ in place of ‘prevent’ in the fourth part of the sentence.

Which part of the following sentence contains a grammatical error?

Gautam did not care (a)/ so many about (b)/ anything else as much (c)/ as he cared for his dog. (d)

Instead of the phrase ‘so many about’ we should use ‘so much about’.

Which part of the following sentence contains a grammatical error?

The pleura that cover (a)/ the exterior (b)/ of the lungs (c)/ and the inner walls of the chest cavity is a thin elastic membrane. (d)

For singular subject the verb in the simple present tense is plural so ‘covers’ not ‘cover’.

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?

Majority of the banks (a)/ today uses technology (b)/ to reach out to those (c)/ living in rural areas. (d)

Replace ‘uses’ with ‘use’.

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?

Mala has the (a)/ ability to handle (b)/ many tasks at (c)/ the same time. (d)

No error

Which part of the following sentence contains a grammatical error?

Drug abuse have (a)/ become one of (b)/ our most (c)/ serious social problems (d).

‘Drug abuse’ is a singular subject so the verb should be the singular ‘has’, not have.

Which part of the following sentence contains a grammatical error?

He is one (a)/ of the shrewdest men (b)/ that is (c)/ in the administration. (d)

‘Shrewdest men’ is the subject for this auxiliary verb, hence it should be the plural ‘are’ not 'is'.

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