COMMON ERRORS
Direction: In the following questions, some parts of the sentences have errors and some are correct. Find out which part of a sentence has an error and the number of that part is your answer. If a sentence is free from errors, your answer is No error.
- Being a very cold I could not go out for a morning walk.
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ASub. (It) must be used before being to give the correct meaning. Hence, It being very cold is the right usage.
Correct Option: C
ASub. (It) must be used before being to give the correct meaning. Hence, It being very cold is the right usage.
- Despite the speed in which he was driving he couldn’t reach on time.
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It is Preposition related error. Hence, at which he was driving is the right usage.
Correct Option: C
It is Preposition related error. Hence, at which he was driving is the right usage.
- An ancients considered that knowledge had its limits.
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The ancients (N.) : the people who lived in ancient times. the (Def. Art.) is used with Adj., to refer to a whole group of people. Here, The ancients believed/considered is the right usage.
Correct Option: D
The ancients (N.) : the people who lived in ancient times. the (Def. Art.) is used with Adj., to refer to a whole group of people. Here, The ancients believed/considered is the right usage.
- It is not advisable to take heavy luggages while travelling these days.
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Luggage is an Uncountable Noun. Plural of luggage is luggage. Hence, to take heavy luggage is the right usage.
Correct Option: B
Luggage is an Uncountable Noun. Plural of luggage is luggage. Hence, to take heavy luggage is the right usage.
- This is Johns book on the table.
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Here, John’s book (Apostrophe’s) is the right usage.
Correct Option: B
Here, John’s book (Apostrophe’s) is the right usage.
