Spotting Errors
Direction: Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The alphabet number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, then the answer is E.
- Harish is (A)/ very much (B)/ willing to (C)/ come with you (D)/ No error (E).
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Delete 'much'; 'much' is used before adjective of past participle :
Correct Option: B
Delete 'much'; 'much' is used before adjective of past participle :
- Journey by car is (A)/ as quick or perhaps quicker (B)/ than by train (C)/ in this particular case (D)/ No error (E).
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Place 'as' after 'quick'.
Correct Option: B
Place 'as' after 'quick'.
- He asked what the weather (A)/ had been like (B)/ during my holidays (C)/ and I replied that it had been awful (D)/No error (E).
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No error.
Correct Option: E
No error.
- You are lucky (A)/ to get (B)/ such a (C)/ well paid job (D)/ No error (E).
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Change 'paid' to 'paying'.
Correct Option: D
Change 'paid' to 'paying'.
- If I would have (A)/ spoken to my father (B)/ as you speak to me, (C)/ he would have beaten me (D)/ No error (E).
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Change 'would have' to 'had'. This is a conditional structure.
Correct Option: A
Change 'would have' to 'had'. This is a conditional structure.
