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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 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?

The company is negotiating (a)/ new store launches (b)/ at nearby (c)/ half the rent. (d)

It should be ‘nearly’ in place of ‘nearby’ in the third part of the sentence.

Which part of the following sentence contains a grammatical error?

Krishna ran to the (a)/ nearing grocery store to (b)/ buy biscuits as his parents (c)/ were expecting guests. (d)

Instead of the phrase ‘nearing grocery store to’ we should use ‘near by grocery store to’.

Which part of the following sentence contains a grammatical error?

He is the most (a)/ intelligent and also (b)/ the very talented (c)/ student of the college. (d)

It should be ‘most’ in place of ‘very’ in the third part of the sentence because the previous adjective in the sentence is ‘most’

Which part of the following sentence contains a grammatical error?

My elder sister and I am (a)/ interested in painting (b)/ and therefore have joined (c)/ the coaching classes. (d)

It should be ‘are’ in place of ‘am’ in the first part of the sentence because the subject is plural.

Which part of the following sentence contains a grammatical error?

He is one of the first film producers (a)/ to actually take the much needed step (b)/ against stars putting up information about (c)/ under-production films on social networking websites. (d)

It should be 'to have actually taken the much needed step' in place of 'to actually take the much needed step'.

Which part of the following sentence contains a grammatical error?

The rise in prices of food items is (a)/ likely the cause of inflation (b)/ to exceed eight percent (c)/ during the next quarter. (d)

Third part of the sentence should be written as 'to exceed to eight percent'.

Which part of the following sentence contains a grammatical error?

The ways of (a)/ communication has (b)/ changed dramatically (c)/ since the last century. (d)

It should be ‘have’ because the noun in the sentence is plural – ‘ways’ of communication.

Which part of the following sentence contains a grammatical error?

A music and dance show have been (a)/ organised to raise (b)/ funds for the orphanage on the first (c)/ Saturday of next month. (d)

‘show’ is a singular subject so it should be 'has been' not 'have been'.

Which part of the following sentence contains a grammatical error?

Schools in India can be supported (a)/ either by government budgets (b)/ and (c)/ by private foundations. (d)

The use of ‘either’ will be followed by ‘or’ not and.

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