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. The number of that part is the answer. If a sentence is free from error, your answer is No error.
- We have finished our work three hours ago and have been waiting for you since then.
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Here, Past Perfect i.e.We had finished our work is the right usage. The sentence shows past time.
Correct Option: B
Here, Past Perfect i.e.We had finished our work is the right usage. The sentence shows past time.
- Several guests noticed Mr. Sharma falling back in his chair and gasping for breath.
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No error
Correct Option: D
No error
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. The number of that part is the answer. If a sentence is free from error, your answer is No error.
- A bird in the tree is worth two in the bush.
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a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush (Id.) : It is better to keep something that you already have than to risk losing it by trying to get much more. Hence, A bird in the hand is the right usage.
Correct Option: A
a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush (Id.) : It is better to keep something that you already have than to risk losing it by trying to get much more. Hence, A bird in the hand is the right usage.
- It is not advisable to take heavy luggages while on a journey.
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luggage (N.) : bags, cases etc. with somebody’s clothes and things when they are travelling. Its plural is never luggages. Hence, to take heavy luggage is the right usage.
Correct Option: A
luggage (N.) : bags, cases etc. with somebody’s clothes and things when they are travelling. Its plural is never luggages. Hence, to take heavy luggage is the right usage.
- He can be a basketball player since he is tall like a mule.
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Here, he is as tall as an oak tree/giraffe/steeple is the right usage.
Correct Option: B
Here, he is as tall as an oak tree/giraffe/steeple is the right usage.