Spotting Errors Questions & Answers - Page 58

286.

Read the sentence below to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. Choose the option with that part as your answer. If there is no error, choose 'D' as your answer. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).

He says that his car does eight kilometers in a litre

A.

He says that

B.

his car does

C.

eight kilometers in a litre

D.

No error.

Correct answer is C

'eight kilometres per litre'

287.

Read the sentence below to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. Choose the option with that part as your answer. If there is no error, choose 'D' as your answer. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).

There is still little tea left in the cup.

A.

There is still

B.

little tea

C.

left in the cup.

D.

No error.

Correct answer is B

'a little tea' or 'some tea'

288.

Read the sentence below to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. Choose the option with that part as your answer. If there is no error, choose 'D' as your answer. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).

Another reason for pharmaceutical companies beefing up their OTC (Over the Country) divisions is that prescription drugs with proven safety records which have been reached the end of the their patent protection periodare allowed to be sold without a prescription.

A.

Another reason for pharmaceutical companies beefing up their

B.

OTC (Over the Country) divisions is that prescription drugs with proven safety records which have been reached

C.

the end of the their patent protection periodare

D.

allowed to be sold without a prescription.

E.

No error

Correct answer is B

OTC divisions is that prescription drugs with proven safety records which have reached

289.

Read the sentence below to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. Choose the option with that part as your answer. If there is no error, choose 'D' as your answer. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).

When I get a cold it takes me weeks to shake it off.

A.

When I get a cold

B.

it takes me weeks

C.

to shake it off.

D.

No error.

Correct answer is A

When I catch cold

290.

Read the sentence below to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. Choose the option with that part as your answer. If there is no error, choose 'D' as your answer. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).

A body of volunteers have been organised to spread the message of the saint.

A.

A body of volunteers

B.

have been organised

C.

to spread the message of the saint.

D.

No error.

Correct answer is B

has been organised