Spotting Errors Questions & Answers - Page 67

331.

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).

You will get all the information if you read this booklet carefully.

A.

You will get

B.

all the information

C.

if you read this booklet carefully.

D.

No error.

Correct answer is A

you can get

332.

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).

Locke's treatises on government toleration and education show a mind fully awake in the possibilities of social reconstruction.

A.

Locke's treatises on government toleration and education

B.

show a mind fully awake in

C.

the possibilities of social reconstruction.

D.

No error.

Correct answer is B

show a mind fully alert to

333.

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).

The President had hardly spoken a few words when the microphone stopped functioning.

A.

The President had hardly spoken

B.

a few words

C.

when the microphone stopped functioning.

D.

No error.

Correct answer is D

No explanation has been provided for this answer.

334.

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).

She is five years senior than me.

A.

She is

B.

five years

C.

senior than me.

D.

No error.

Correct answer is C

senior to me

335.

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).

Salim and Antony are such good friends that one won't go to the pictures, without his coming too.

A.

Salim and Antony are such good friends

B.

that one won't go to the pictures.

C.

without his coming too.

D.

No error.

Correct answer is C

without the other's coming too