English Quiz
Spot the Error Test - 9 Solution
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Explanation
1)(A) We are extremely pleased/(B) for excited as well to invite you/(C) to attend the meeting./(D) No error.
(b) Change ‘for’ into ‘and’.
2)(A) I refused to accompany him/(B) because he was/(C) so boring/(D) No error.
(c) Replace ‘so’ with ‘very’.
3)(A) The river is in spate/ (B) and it has overflown/ (C) its banks./ (D) No error
(b) V3 of 'overflow' is 'overflowed
4)(A) He asked me/ (B) that what / (C) had happened./ (D) No error
(b) Remove ‘that' If an interrogative sentence is of ‘Wh' family, no conjunction is used.
5)(A) The officers/ (B) who were on inspection in this factory / (C) were discovered many discripancies. /(D) No error.
(c) Remove “were” Since the sentence is in Active Voice of Past Indefinite tense.’V2' will be used in place of “were + V3”
6)(A) Harish needs not/ (B) come here/ (C) as it is getting dark./ (D) No error.
(a) Use 'need' in place of 'needs'. 'Need' is a modal here and not a main verb.
7)(A) The company is not doing well./ (B) Isn't it time you/ (C) sell off your shares in it?./ (D) No error.
(c) Change ‘sell’ to ‘sold’. ‘V2’ comes after ‘it is time + subject’.
8)(A) He told to me / (B) that / (C) the Sun is a star./ (D) No error
(a) ‘To' doesn't come with ‘tell/told'
9)(A) Her speech was not clearly /(B)but we understood /(C)the underlying meaning/ (D) No error
(a) ‘Speech’ ( noun ) will be qualified by an adjective ‘clear’.
10)(A) She was in the courtyard/ (B) when the burglars/ (C) entered into her house./ (D) No error.
(c) ‘entered’ is not followed by ‘into’.
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