English Quiz for All Competitive Exams | Spot the Error Test - 4 Solution

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Spot the Error Test - 4 Solution

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👉Quiz - 4

Explanation - 

1) (A) Good heavens !/ (B) How has she/ (C) grown !/ (D) No error

Ans-(b) Use 'she has' in place of ‘has she' since the sentence is not a question.

2)(A) Vijay could not scarcely conceal/ (B) his happiness /(C) at my resignation./ (D) No error.

Ans-(a) ‘Scarcely’ cannot be used with ‘not’.

3)(A) A gang of robbers were arrested/ (B) by the police / (C) last night near the island./ (D) No error.

Ans- (a) ‘Gang' is a collective noun. Hence it will take singular verb ‘was'

4)(A) She had barely/(B) nothing to wear/(C) when she came to me for help/(D) No error.

Ans-(b) ‘Barely’ will not take ‘nothing’ after it. Change ‘nothing’ into ‘anything’.

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

Ans- (c) Change ‘if not both’ into ‘if neither’.

6) (A) The table’s legs / (B) have been / (C) elaborately carved./ (D) No error

Ans-(a) ‘Table’s leg’ should be changed into ‘legs of table’. ‘s’ is generally not used with non-living things.

7)(A) A man of fifty/ (B) cannot be called/ (C) as young./ (D) No error.

Ans-(c) Remove ‘as’.

8)(A) The lawyer asked me/ (B) if it were worth to take/ (C) the matter to court./ (D) No error.

Ans- (b) ‘V1 + ing’ should follow ‘Worth’. ‘Worth taking’ is correct.

9)(A) Police Officers sent / (B) to the theatre and every nook and corner /(C) was throughly checked. /(D) No error.

Ans-(a) Add ‘were' before 'sent'.

10)(A) I wasn’t/ (B) at the last meeting and/ (C) neither was you/ (D) No error.

Ans-(c) Change 'was' into 'were'. You' takes 'were' and not 'was'

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