Spotting Errors Questions & Answers - Page 76

376.

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 is not to blame for what has happened for he is in no way connected with it.

A.

He is not to blame

B.

for what has happened

C.

for he is in no way connected with it.

D.

No error.

Correct answer is A

He is not to be blamed

377.

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).

I wonder how am I to do it

A.

I wonder

B.

how am I

C.

to do it

D.

No error.

Correct answer is B

how I am going

378.

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 come to my party tomorrow, isn't it?

A.

You will come

B.

to my party tomorrow,

C.

isn't it?

D.

No error.

Correct answer is C

won't you

379.

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).

I had hoped to have met him yesterday to discuss the matter with him but he was not in his house, and so I could not meet him.

A.

I had hoped to have met him yesterday

B.

to discuss the matter with him

C.

but he was not in his house, and so I could not meet him.

D.

No error.

Correct answer is A

I had hoped to meet him yesterday

380.

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).

Neeraj said that he would rather fail than copying in the examination.

A.

Neeraj said

B.

that he would rather fail than copying

C.

in the examination.

D.

No error.

Correct answer is B

he would rather fail than copy