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.
- Just outside my house are a playground for school boys and girls.
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Here, subject is playground (singular). Hence, a playground is the right usage.
Correct Option: B
Here, subject is playground (singular). Hence, a playground is the right usage.
- Who do you think I met?
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whom is used instead of who as the object of a verb or preposition. Look at the examples given below : Whom did they invite ? To whom should I write ? Here, whom is the right usage.
Correct Option: A
whom is used instead of who as the object of a verb or preposition. Look at the examples given below : Whom did they invite ? To whom should I write ? Here, whom is the right usage.
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 (4) i.e. No error.
- I watched how the pianoist used her left hand.
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pianist (N.) = a person who plays the piano. The correct spelling is pianist
Correct Option: B
pianist (N.) = a person who plays the piano. The correct spelling is pianist
- The sum and substance of this poem is as follows.
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No error
Correct Option: B
No error
- Bobby learnt the alphabets at the age of two.
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Alphabet = a set of letters or symbols in a fixed order used for wirting a language Hence, alphabet at the is the right usage.
Correct Option: D
Alphabet = a set of letters or symbols in a fixed order used for wirting a language Hence, alphabet at the is the right usage.
