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Spot the Error Test - 8 Solution

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⏰Quiz - 8⏰ 

Explanation 

1)(A) Run fast/ (B) lest you/ (C) will miss the train/ (D) No error.

Ans-(c) Use 'should' in place of ‘will'. ‘Lest' is followed by 'should'

2)(A) All the pupils/ (B) stood up respectively/ (C) as the Guru entered the room./ (D) No error.

Ans- (b) Change ‘respectively’ (in the order given) into ‘respectfully’ (marked by respect).

3)(A) Had you / (B) worked hard/ (C) you will have passed./ (D) No error

Ans- (c) Change ‘will’ into ‘would'. The sentence is in past.

4)(A)  This is turned out to be/ (B)  one of our most successful projects/ (C)  and we have made quite/ (D)  a large profit from it./ (e) No error

Ans-(a) Change ‘this is turned out' into ‘this has turned out' as the sentence is of Present Perfect Tense.

5)(A) My father told me / (B) that if I work for the / (C) betterment of mankind, God would certainly do good to me . / (D) No Error

Ans-(b) Change ‘work' to ‘worked’. In indirect speech ‘Simple Present Tense' change into ‘Simple Past  Tense’.

6)(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.

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

7)(A) I and Raju/ (B) left for Delhi/ (C) last summer./ (D) No error.

Ans- (a) According to rule 231, ‘Raju and I’ is the correct order.

8)(A) Having acquired some experience/ (B) she is no longer one of those who believes/ (C) every explanation they are given./ (D) No error 

Ans- (b) ‘Those' is the antecedent of who (relative pronoun). Hence verb will match with ’those'. Use plural verb 'believe'.

9)(A) We must get this letter/ (B) send/ (C) as soon as possible./ (D) No error

 Ans-(b) Change ‘send’ to ‘sent’. ‘V3’ comes after ‘Get’.

10)(A) Here is/ (B) the man whom I think/ (C) committed the crime./ (D) No error.

Ans-(b) The ‘man’ is the subject here that will take relative pronoun ‘who’.

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