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English Practice Set - 4

Errors + Vocab + Voice + Narration

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) My teacher said that/ (B) Sun is a/ (C) star/ (D) No error.


 
2)(A) The answer/ (B) to all the sufferings of / (C) human beings lies in the Science./ (D) No error.




3)(A) We are proud to announce/ (B) that every one of us have earned/ (C) a good name./ (D) No error.

 

4) (A) But for his prompt action / (B) many people would/ (C) have lost their savings. / (D) No error


 
5(A) We must supplement/ (B) our diet with vitamins and minerals/ (C) in order to keep/ (D) oneself fit.

 

6)(A) I like to travel/ (B) by the air as/ (C) I am a very busy person./ (D) No error.


 
7)(A) She is either/(B) dumb or deaf,/ (C) if not both/(D) No error.


 
8)(A) Had I realized/ (B) your house was such a long way off, / (C) I would take a taxi./ (D) No error.





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


10) (A) He remembered/ (B) that his visa/ (C) will be expired in a month/ (D) No error.


 
11)You must hit the nail on the head.
 
(a) The nail must hit on the head.
 
(b) The nail must be hit on the head.
 
(c) The nail has to be hit on the head.
 
(d) The nail on the head must be hit.


12) Who knows you?
 
(a) By whom are you known?
 
(b) Whom are you known by?
 
(c) To whom are you known?
 
(d) Who are you known?

13)The teacher said to the student, “Why were you absent yesterday?”
 
(a) The teacher asked the student why had been he absent the previous day.
 
(b) The teacher asked the student why had he been absent the previous day.
 
(c) The teacher informed the student that why he had been absent the next day.
 
(d) The teacher asked the student why he had been absent the previous day.

14) He said to the interviewer, “Could you please repeat the question?”
 
(a) He requested the interviewer if he could please repeat the question.
 
(b) He requested the interviewer to please repeat the question.
 
(c) He requested the interviewer to repeat the question.
 
(d) He requested the interviewer if he could repeat the question.

15) DIRECTION :- Select the correct option of the idiom/phrase.


Sit in judgement

(A)Very slowly

(B)To come against; to assault

(C)To decide whether somebody’s behaviour is right/wrong especially when you have no right to do this

(D)Easy progress over an unobstructed course




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


Ride on someone else’s back

(A)Potable

(B)Repository

(C)Piggyback

(D)Indignant




17)Select the word similar in meaning to the given word:


AMPLE

(A)Sufficient

(B)Vague

(C)Consistency

(D)Doubtful



18) Select the word opposite in meaning to the given word:


ELEVATION

(A)Reduction

(B)Compression

(C)Retardation

(D)Depression



19)DIRECTION :- Select the correct option of the PHRASAL VERB.


Go away

(A)To publish

(B)To remember

(C)To utter

(D)To depart



20) Find the correctly spelt word.

(A) asassin 

(B) assassin 

(C) assasin

(D) assassen



1)(b) Add ‘the’ before ‘sun’.

2)(c) Remove "The" . ‘The’ is not used with the name of any subject. 

3) (b) Use ‘has’ in place of 'have'.

4)(d) here ‘but for’ means ‘without’.


5)(d) Reflexive pronoun doesn't come with ‘keep’. Remove "oneself".

6)(b) ‘By air’ is the correct phrase.


7)(c) Use ‘if neither’ in place of 'if not both'.



8)(c) Change ‘I would take’ into ‘I would have taken’.

9)(b) Use 'escaped' in place of 'escape


10)(c) Change 'will be expired' into ‘would expire'


11)(B)

12)(C)

13)(D)

14)(C)

15)(C) Sit in judgement ( निर्णय लेना )

16)Piggyback ( पीठ पर सवारी )

17)(A)Ample means enough.


18)(D)Elevation means the height to which something rises.


19)(D)Go away ( चले जाना )

20)(B) The correctly spelt word is assassin.

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