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- The test is designed to check your current understanding of the language and whether you are able to use the rules of grammar to identify errors in sentences.
- Directions for individual questionsEach sentence is divided into parts and each part is labeled as an answer option. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and mark that part as the answer. If there is no error, mark that part as your answer
Part Errors (Grammar): Test-14
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Question 1 |
Identify the error in the sentence given below.
The games scheduled to be held in the State | |
have been plunged into crisis just two months prior the | |
opening ceremony by allegations of corruption, | |
shoddy workman- ship and delays in handing over venues. | |
No error |
Question 1 Explanation:
The preposition ‘to’ is missing in the second part of the sentence. Is should be ‘..just two months prior to the..’ and not ‘.. just two months prior the..’.
Question 2 |
Identify the error in the sentence given below.
It is only now | |
sixty years after independence. that | |
lndiais learning how to negotiating | |
the competing demands of power and justice | |
No error |
Question 2 Explanation:
Generally, when a word is preceded by’ to’, we use the infinitive form of a verb. Hence, in the third part of the sentence, the dictionary form (Infinitive form) of the word ‘negotiate’ needs to be used.
Question 3 |
Identify the error in the sentence given below.
District police arrested | |
a gang of notorious robbers | |
who were planning to strike at | |
a house in the vicinity | |
No error |
Question 3 Explanation:
In the given case, part-3 is incorrect. Instead of using the pronoun ‘who’ for gang, we need to use the pronoun ‘which’, since the pronoun is used for the collective noun (gang) and not individual members.
Question 4 |
Identify the error in the sentence given below.
The court has asked the authorities | |
to take appropriate steps to restore natural water re- sources | |
so that the problem of water shortage | |
in the state can be solved. | |
No error |
Question 4 Explanation:
No error.
Question 5 |
Identify the error in the sentence given below.
The poor experience in | |
neighboring countries which have implemented | |
food stamp programmes should serve as | |
a deterrent on our country. | |
No error |
Question 5 Explanation:
The word deterrent agrees with the preposition ‘to’. Therefore, instead of ‘..deterrent on our..’, it should be ‘..deterrent to our..’ in the third part of the sentence.
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