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Spot the Error Mock Test - 11
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1)(A) He thinks/ (B) himself/ (C) as a great scholar ./ (D) No error.
Ans- (c) Remove ‘as’. ‘Think’ is not followed by ‘as’.
2)(A) It is difficult to say/ (B) who is the better/ (C) of the two players/ (D) No error.
Ans- (b) Change ‘who’ into ‘which’. ‘Who/whom’ cannot come before ‘of’.
3)(A) He is the person,/ (B) whom, everyone thought,/ (C) has stolen the ring./ (D) No error.
Ans- (b) Change ‘Whom’ into ‘who’.
4)(A) I am sure that / (B) all my monthly expenses / (C) would exceed the income if I do not economise. / (D) No error.
Ans- (b) Do not use ‘all’. ‘Monthly expenses’ includes ‘all the expenses’.
5)(A) When he did not find his cook in the kitchen/ (B) he asked his wife/ (C) where had he gone./ (D) No error
Ans- (c) ‘Helping verb' comes before the 'subject' in an interrogative sentence. Since this sentence is not an interrogative sentence, 'had' will come after ‘he'.
6)(A) I have not seen him since twenty years/ (B) and so I cannot say with certainty/ (C) whether he is alive or dead./ (D) No error
Ans- (a) “twenty years” is a period of time. Hence “for” should be used in place of 'since'
7)(A) You should avoid/ (B) to go to school/ (C) as you have severe eye infection./ (D) No error.
Ans- (b) Change ‘to go’ into ‘going’. Gerund comes after ‘avoid’.
8)(A) When the principal entered the classroom/ (B) all boys shook/ (C) in their shoes/ (D) No error.
Ans- (b) Add ‘the’ after ‘all’.
9)(A) He walked as faster/ (B) as he could so that/ (C) he would not miss the train to work./ (D) No error.
Ans- (a) With ‘as .... as’ the adjective / adverb will come in their positive degree. Change ‘faster’ into ‘fast’.
10)(A) Being a rainy day,/ (B) I had to cancel/ (C) all my appointments./ (D) No error.
Ans- (a) Use ‘it’ before ‘being’.
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