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. The number of that part is your answer. If there is No error, your answer is (4) i.e. No error.

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    has will replace is having because –
    This statement is a fact and Simple Present is used with Facts/General Statements as in –
    (i) Rita is having two daughters. (×)
    (ii) Rita has two daughters. ( )
    (iii) The Earth is revolving round the Sun. (×)
    (iv) The Earth revolves round the Sun. ( )
    Hence, Madhuri Dixit has is the right usage

    Correct Option: A

    has will replace is having because –
    This statement is a fact and Simple Present is used with Facts/General Statements as in –
    (i) Rita is having two daughters. (×)
    (ii) Rita has two daughters. ( )
    (iii) The Earth is revolving round the Sun. (×)
    (iv) The Earth revolves round the Sun. ( )
    Hence, Madhuri Dixit has is the right usage


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    has been working will replace is working because –
    Use of since (Prep.) indicates a period continuously from ----
    Look at the examples given below :
    (i) It has been raining since noon.
    (ii) I’ve been wearing glasses since I was three.
    Hence, has been working here is the right usage

    Correct Option: B

    has been working will replace is working because –
    Use of since (Prep.) indicates a period continuously from ----
    Look at the examples given below :
    (i) It has been raining since noon.
    (ii) I’ve been wearing glasses since I was three.
    Hence, has been working here is the right usage



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    has eaten will replace ate because –
    Since is used with the Present/Past Perfect Tense that indicates a time from the past until a later past time, or until now
    Look at the examples given below :
    I haven’t eaten since breakfast.
    He has been working in a bank since leaving school.
    Hence, He has eaten is the right usage

    Correct Option: A

    has eaten will replace ate because –
    Since is used with the Present/Past Perfect Tense that indicates a time from the past until a later past time, or until now
    Look at the examples given below :
    I haven’t eaten since breakfast.
    He has been working in a bank since leaving school.
    Hence, He has eaten is the right usage


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    that will not be used because –
    Interrogative sentences with wh, or Q.wds. when changed into Indirect speech, no Conj. will be used.
    Look at the examples given below :
    He said, “What are you doing here ?” (D.S.)
    He asked what I was doing there. (I.S.)
    She said, “Where are you going ?” (D.S.)
    She asked where I was going. (I.S.)
    Hence, how long will replace that how long

    Correct Option: B

    that will not be used because –
    Interrogative sentences with wh, or Q.wds. when changed into Indirect speech, no Conj. will be used.
    Look at the examples given below :
    He said, “What are you doing here ?” (D.S.)
    He asked what I was doing there. (I.S.)
    She said, “Where are you going ?” (D.S.)
    She asked where I was going. (I.S.)
    Hence, how long will replace that how long



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 number. If there is No error, your answer is (4) i.e. No error.

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    into will replace out of because –
    take the law into your hands (Idiom) : to do something illegal in order to punish somebody for doing something wrong, instead of letting the police deal with him
    Look at the examples given below :
    Citizens don’t have the right to take the law into their own hands.
    The shopkeeper took the law into his own hands
    when he tried to arrest the thief.
    Hence, into their hands is the right usage.

    Correct Option: C

    into will replace out of because –
    take the law into your hands (Idiom) : to do something illegal in order to punish somebody for doing something wrong, instead of letting the police deal with him
    Look at the examples given below :
    Citizens don’t have the right to take the law into their own hands.
    The shopkeeper took the law into his own hands
    when he tried to arrest the thief.
    Hence, into their hands is the right usage.