COMMON ERRORS
Direction: In the following questions some of the sentences have errors and some have none. Find out which part of the sentence has an error. The number of that part is your answer. If there is no eroor, the answer is (4).
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used will replace use because –
used to is the right usage except in negatives and questions
Look at the examples given below :
I used to live in London.
I didn’t use to like him.
Did you use to do that, when you were a kid ?
Hence, I used is the right usageCorrect Option: A
used will replace use because –
used to is the right usage except in negatives and questions
Look at the examples given below :
I used to live in London.
I didn’t use to like him.
Did you use to do that, when you were a kid ?
Hence, I used is the right usage
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with will replace on because –
angry agrees with (Prep.)
Hence, with her is the right usageCorrect Option: C
with will replace on because –
angry agrees with (Prep.)
Hence, with her is the right usage
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 the answer. If there is No error, your answer is (4) i.e. No error.
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No error.
Correct Option: D
No error.
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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scenery will replace sceneries because –
Plural of scenery is scenery.
Hence, The scenery is the right usageCorrect Option: A
scenery will replace sceneries because –
Plural of scenery is scenery.
Hence, The scenery is the right usage
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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had been will replace has been because –
to show that a comparison is unreal, we use Past Tense with a present meaning after as if/as though.
Look at the examples given below :
She looks as if she were rich.
She talks as if she were mad.
Hence, as if it had been is the right usage.Correct Option: B
had been will replace has been because –
to show that a comparison is unreal, we use Past Tense with a present meaning after as if/as though.
Look at the examples given below :
She looks as if she were rich.
She talks as if she were mad.
Hence, as if it had been is the right usage.
