COMMON ERRORS
Direction: In the following questions, some of the sentences have errors and some have none. Find out which part of a sentence has an error and select answer (1), (2) or (3). If there is No error, your answer is (4).
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can’t make head nor tail of something can also be used.
(1) can’t make head nor/or tail of something (Idiom) : means unable to understand anything.
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We couldn’t make head or tail of the film.
I couldn’t make head or tail of the problem.Correct Option: D
can’t make head nor tail of something can also be used.
(1) can’t make head nor/or tail of something (Idiom) : means unable to understand anything.
Look at the examples given below :
We couldn’t make head or tail of the film.
I couldn’t make head or tail of the problem.
Direction: In the following questions, some of the sentences have errors and some have none. Find out which part of a sentence has an error. The number of that part is your answer. Your answer is (4) i.e., No error.
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were will replace was because –
two or more Singular/ Plural Subjects joined by and act as a Plural Compound Subject and take a Plural Verb (Singular + Singular = Plural)
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Correct Option: C
were will replace was because –
two or more Singular/ Plural Subjects joined by and act as a Plural Compound Subject and take a Plural Verb (Singular + Singular = Plural)
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Neither of/Either of, followed by Plural Nouns, takes Singular/Plural Verb
Look at the examples given below :
(i) Neither of them speaks/speak a foreign language.
(ii) Either of these interpretations is/are correct.Correct Option: D
Neither of/Either of, followed by Plural Nouns, takes Singular/Plural Verb
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(i) Neither of them speaks/speak a foreign language.
(ii) Either of these interpretations is/are correct.
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I passed will replace I have passed because –
Simple Past Tense is used with time expressions referring to the past (yesterday, last year, ago, in 2014, etc.)
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Correct Option: A
I passed will replace I have passed because –
Simple Past Tense is used with time expressions referring to the past (yesterday, last year, ago, in 2014, etc.)
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Direction: In the following questions, some of the sentences have errors and some have none. Find out which part of a sentence has an error. The number of that part is your answer. Your answer is (4) i.e., No error.
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is will replace are because –
The Verb of a sentence always agrees with the Subject of the sentence, not with the object of a preposition.
Here, knowledge is the Subject of the sentence, two languages is the Object of of (Prep.)
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Correct Option: C
is will replace are because –
The Verb of a sentence always agrees with the Subject of the sentence, not with the object of a preposition.
Here, knowledge is the Subject of the sentence, two languages is the Object of of (Prep.)
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