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Spot the Error Mock Test - 20
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1)(A) If both of you stood / (B) on the table/ (C) it would have broken/ (D) No error
Ans- (c) Change ‘would have broken’ into ‘would break’. The sentence fits in the formula given below
If +S + V2 , S + would + V1.
2)(A) She found/ (B) herself in a trouble/ (C) when she saw the stalker following her persistently./ (D) No error.
Ans- (b) Remove ‘a’. ‘Trouble’ is an uncountable noun.
3)(A) As soon as the peon rings the bell, then all/ (B) the students come to the assembly room/ (C) for prayer./ (D) No error.
Ans- (a) Then ‘cannot’ come with ‘as soon as’.
4)(A) Neither of them/ (B) are going to attend/ (C) the party on 10th October/ (D) No error
Ans- (b) Change ‘are' into 'is'.
5)(A) Sudha fell in/ (B) the well and nobody / (C) tried to save him./ (D) No error.
Ans- (a) ‘fell into’ is the correct form here.
6)(A) When the thief broke into their house / (B) they raised a hue and cry / (C) and the thief caught immediately by the people. / (D) No error
Ans- (c) Change ‘thief caught' into ‘thief was caught'. Thief caught, means ‘thief is does of the action'
7)(A) Krishna ran to the / (B) nearing grocery store to / (C) buy biscuits as his parents were expecting guests. / (D) No error
Ans- (b) Change ‘nearing’ into ‘nearby’ or ‘nearest’.
8)(A) A large sign near/ (B) the entrance warns the visitors/ (C) to beware about bears./ (D) No error.
Ans- (c) ‘beware’ is followed by ‘of’ and not ‘about’.
9)(A) If she would have worked hard , / (B) she would / (C) have passed. / (D) No error
Ans- (a) Change ‘If she would have worked hard’ into ‘If she had worked hard’. The sentence fits in the formula given below:
If + S + had + V3, S + would + have + V3.
10)(A) He asked me / (B) why had I gone to office / (C) when I knew there would be fewer buses on road that day. / (D) No Error
Ans- (b) Use 'had' after “I”. In indirect speech a sentence is in assertive form and not in interrogative form.
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