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 your answer. If a sentence is free from error, your answer is No error.

  1. The door should be keep closed.









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    Structure of the sentence in Passive Voice : Subject + should/would + be + v3 Hence, kept closed is the right usage.

    Correct Option: A

    Structure of the sentence in Passive Voice : Subject + should/would + be + v3 Hence, kept closed is the right usage.


  1. Rakesh founds the newspaper very dull.









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    Find ⇒ found (Past) ⇒ found (Past Participle) Found⇒ founded (Past)⇒ founded (Past Participle). Look at the examples given below : I found my pen that I had lost yesterday. Arya Samaj wasfounded by Dayananda Saraswati. Hence, Rakesh found is the right usage.

    Correct Option: B

    Find ⇒ found (Past) ⇒ found (Past Participle) Found⇒ founded (Past)⇒ founded (Past Participle). Look at the examples given below : I found my pen that I had lost yesterday. Arya Samaj wasfounded by Dayananda Saraswati. Hence, Rakesh found is the right usage.



  1. The promise was broken by him.









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    No error

    Correct Option: D

    No error


  1. She made the child to study hard.









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    Causative Verb-made agrees with infinitive without to. Hence, study hard is the right usage.

    Correct Option: A

    Causative Verb-made agrees with infinitive without to. Hence, study hard 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.

  1. Solve the question according to given instruction









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    First clause is in Past Simple. Hence, the evening and began making (Past Simple) .... is the right usage.

    Correct Option: B

    First clause is in Past Simple. Hence, the evening and began making (Past Simple) .... is the right usage.