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8 Q: Parts of the following sentence are given as options. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.
No sooner had Kavya started her online class that the web connection was lost.
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64b77944568e7ff594b806af- 1was losttrue
- 2that the web connectionfalse
- 3No sooner had Kavyafalse
- 4started her online classfalse
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Answer : 1. "was lost"
Explanation :
The correct form is "No sooner had Kavya started her online class than the web connection was lost." The conjunction "than" is needed.
Q: Parts of the following sentence are given as options. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.
He was not able to give many time to his research.
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64b77a08568e7ff594b807b9- 1He was not ablefalse
- 2many timetrue
- 3to givefalse
- 4to his researchfalse
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Answer : 2. "many time"
Explanation :
The correct form is "much time" instead of "many time."
Q: Parts of the following sentence are given as options. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.
Craze for a thing that are not easily available in our country is a common phenomenon.
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64b77df6568e7ff594b8152f- 1Craze for afalse
- 2thing that are not easilytrue
- 3is a common phenomenonfalse
- 4available in our countryfalse
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Answer : 2. "thing that are not easily"
Explanation :
The correct form is "Craze for things that are not easily" to match the plural subject "things."
Q: Parts of the following sentence are given as options. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.
Each one of the children in a nursery class require individual attention.
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64c103a3c3da05b22152d67a- 1in a nursery classfalse
- 2Each onefalse
- 3of the childrenfalse
- 4require individual attentiontrue
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Answer : 4. "require individual attention"
Explanation :
The correct form is "requires individual attention" to match the singular subject "each one."
Q:The following sentence has been divided into parts. One of them contains an error. Select the part that contains the error from the given options.
No sooner did Priya / get her report card / when she started jumping / with joy.
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649031f6e8d2170cb3c0dad9- 1get her report cardfalse
- 2with joyfalse
- 3No sooner did Priyafalse
- 4when she started jumpingtrue
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Answer : 4. "when she started jumping"
Explanation :
The correct form should be "No sooner did Priya get her report card than she started jumping with joy." The conjunction "when" should be replaced with "than."
Q:The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.
The weather / is much / more warmer / than it was a few days before.
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649167a34e0960e0546ac66c- 1than it was a few days beforefalse
- 2is muchfalse
- 3The weatherfalse
- 4more warmertrue
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Answer : 4. "more warmer"
Explanation :
The correct form should be "is much warmer" or "is much more warm." "More warmer" is redundant, and either "more" or "much" should be used.
Q:The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.
The visitors complained / at the poor accommodation / they were provided / during the tour.
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64916d8513e8bde0322b191e- 1at the poor accommodationfalse
- 2The visitors complainedfalse
- 3during the tourtrue
- 4they were providedfalse
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Answer : 3. "during the tour"
Explanation :
The correct form should be "The visitors complained about the poor accommodation they were provided with during the tour." The preposition "during" is unnecessary.
Q:The following sentence has been divided into parts. One of them may contain an error. Select the part that contains the error from the given options. If you don’t find any error, mark ‘No error’ as your answer.
He lived close to / the train station, / yet travelled by bus.
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64956e97dad6f2e01f5fcbe5- 1yet travelled by busfalse
- 2No errortrue
- 3He lived close tofalse
- 4the train stationfalse
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