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. Your answer is (4) i.e., No error.
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is will replace are because –
when a Plural Noun (desires) is placed with a real Singular Subject (One) with of, the Verb will be Singular.
Look at the examples given below :
One of my teachers is blind. ( )
One of my cousins are in Bangalore. (×)
Hence, is to become is the right usage.Correct Option: B
is will replace are because –
when a Plural Noun (desires) is placed with a real Singular Subject (One) with of, the Verb will be Singular.
Look at the examples given below :
One of my teachers is blind. ( )
One of my cousins are in Bangalore. (×)
Hence, is to become is the right usage.
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Unless : if — not.
Look at the example given below :
You will be sick if you do not stop eating.
You will be sick unless you stop eating.
Hence, If you do not give is the right usageCorrect Option: A
Unless : if — not.
Look at the example given below :
You will be sick if you do not stop eating.
You will be sick unless you stop eating.
Hence, If you do not give is the right usage
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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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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
Look at the examples given below :
(i) Neither of them speaks/speak a foreign language.
(ii) Either of these interpretations is/are correct.
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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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