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Common Errors Test 7

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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?

She immediately quit (a)/ the job in which (b)/ neither the skill nor (c)/ knowledge were required. (d)

It should be ‘was’ in place of ‘were’ in the fourth part of the sentence.

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?

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?

Airline management should note (a)/ that the ultimate passenger unfriendliness (b)/ is to have their planes crash (c)/ due to the adopted of unsafe procedures. (d)

It should be ‘adoption’ in place of ‘adopted’ in the fourth part of the sentence.

Which part of the following sentence contains a grammatical error?

Despite the merger, (a)/ the airline has reported (b)/ sizeable losses and is unable (c)/ to pay their employees. (d)

The subject ‘the airline’ is singular so object should also be singular. So it should be ‘its’ in place of ‘their’ in the fourth part of the sentence.

Which part of the following sentence contains a grammatical error?

Our present (a)/ projects are running (b)/ on schedule (c)/ and will be completely on time. (d)

Completed should be used.

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 was a (a)/ well known economist (b)/ who usual wrote (c)/ for international journals. (d)

Replace ‘usual’ with ‘usually’.

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?

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’.

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