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Errors + Vocab

DIRECTION :- Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If a sentence is free from error, select 'No Error' i.e. Option (D).

Note:- Solutions are given at the bottom.

1)(A) As I have worked hard,/ (B) I am confident to pass/ (C) with flying colours ./ (D) No error.

 

2)(A) But for his help / (B) the patient would / (C) have died. / (D) No error

 

3)(A) John suggested to/ (B) the children of his village that they should/ (C) go to the school regularly and do their home work sincerely./ (D) No error.

 

4) (A) The father forbade his son / (B) not to make the / (C) same mistake again./ (D) No error.

5)(A) Scarcely had/ (B) I arrived than/ (C) the train left./ (D) No error.

 

6)(A) Amphibians / (B) can live / (C) in water as well as land./ (D) No error.

 

7)(A) It was in 2006/ (B) that we first flew/ (C) to the United States./ (D) No error.

 

8)(A) My sister / (B) has read / (C) pages after pages of the Bible./ (D) No error

9)(A) If your jogging clothes/ (B) were not made of/ (C) permeable fabric you will drown/ (D) in your sweat.

 

10)

(A) The last thing that the fond mother/ (B) gave her only son/ (C) was his blessing./ (D) No error.

11)(A) The beautiful / (B) surrounding of the place / (C) enchanted me./ (D) No error

12)(A)He was debarred to attend/ (B) the monsoon session/ (C)of the Parliament./ (D) No error.

 

13)(A) Last year two Italian prisoners of war/ (B) escapes from a prison camp/ (C) in Kenya during the war./ (D) No error.

14)(A) Her speech was not clearly /(B)but we understood /(C)the underlying meaning/ (D) No error

 

15)(A) Some passengers / (B) were flew/ (C) to Paris on the last trip./(D) No error.

 

16)Directions :- Select the Antonym of the given word

OPTIMISTIC

A)Sombre

B)Pessimistic

C)Gloomy

D)Desolate

17)Directions :- Select the Synonym of the given word

BASH

A)Ignore

B)Strike

C)Falter

D)Diminish

18)Find the wrongly spelt word.

(A) condom 

(B) condemn 

(C) contampt 

(D) content

19)select the alternative which is the best substitute for the phrase

A general pardon of political offenders

A)Monastery

B)Henchman

C)Peculation

D)Amnesty

20)Select the correct option of the idiom/phrase.

At home

A)Under one’s control

B)To be in a very bad situation

C)Most important

D)Comfortable

SOLUTIONS:-

1) (b) Use ‘confident of passing' .

2)(d) Here ‘but for’ means ‘without

3)(c) Here ‘school’ is mentioned in relation to its primary purpose. Hence no article will be used.

4)(b) Remove 'not'. Not' is not used with ‘forbade'.

5)(b) Use ‘when’ in place of ‘than’. 

"When" is used with Scarcely.

6)(c) ‘on’ is used with "Land".

7)(b) Use ‘when’ in place of 'that' because ‘2006’ is time.

8) (c) ‘Page after Page’ is correct.

9)(c) Use 'would' as the sentence is in past tense

10) (c) Use 'her' in place of 'his'

11)B)Use ‘Surroundings'. 

12)(a) ‘debarred from attending’ is the correct form. 

13)(b) Use 'escaped' in place of 'escape’

14)(a) Use adjective ‘clear’ with 'Speech'

15)(b) Sentence is in Passive Voice Use ‘V3' "Flown" after 'were'.

16)B)Optimistic means hopeful and confident about the future.

17)B)Bash means to strike hard and violently

18) C) "contempt" is the correct spelling

19)D)Amnesty (क्षमादान)

20) D)At home ( आराम दायक स्थिति में होना )

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