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8 Q:The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.
My father give up / smoking when / I was twelve / years old.
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64956f29ab3c5fffc2d1d9fd- 1My father give uptrue
- 2smoking whenfalse
- 3I was twelvefalse
- 4years oldfalse
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Answer : 1. "My father give up"
Explanation :
The correct form should be "My father gave up smoking when I was twelve years old." The verb "give" should be replaced with "gave" to match the past tense.
Q:The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.
The postman / delivers the letters / through hand, / door to door.
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649aaeda3662c8741dfdabab- 1door to doorfalse
- 2delivers the lettersfalse
- 3The postmanfalse
- 4through handtrue
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Answer : 4. "through hand"
Explanation :
The correct form should be "delivers the letters by hand, door to door." The preposition "through" should be replaced with "by."
Q:The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.
She watched / the thief who / steal the purse / in the bus.
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649ab3511a612ce001f67d84- 1the thief whofalse
- 2in the busfalse
- 3steal the pursetrue
- 4She watchedfalse
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Answer : 3. "steal the purse"
Explanation :
The correct form should be "the thief who stole the purse." The verb "steal" should be replaced with "stole" to match the past tense.
Q:The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.
We should sorted out / the problem ourselves / rather than depending / on the third party.
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64a55ab79a74b54cff58b3b3- 1rather than dependingfalse
- 2the problem ourselvesfalse
- 3We should sorted outtrue
- 4on the third partyfalse
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Answer : 3. "We should sorted out "
Explanation :
The correct form should be "We should sort out the problem ourselves rather than depending." The verb "sorted" should be replaced with "sort," and "depending" should be followed by "on."
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.
Dan needed help / to get the / tight coat of him.
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64a6c1ae65d2524cbf112b3d- 1No errorfalse
- 2Dan needed helpfalse
- 3to get thefalse
- 4tight coat of himtrue
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Answer : 4. "tight coat of him"
Explanation :
The correct form should be "to get the tight coat off him." The preposition "of" should be replaced with "off."
Q:The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.
Everybody stared / when me / entered the / drawing room.
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64aa932cb394764d11c2d11b- 1when metrue
- 2Everybody staredfalse
- 3drawing roomfalse
- 4entered thefalse
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Answer : 1. "when me"
Explanation :
The correct form should be "when I entered the drawing room." The objective pronoun "me" should be replaced with the subjective pronoun "I."
Q:The following sentence has been divided into parts. One of them may contain a grammatical 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.
If the economy fails / this year it reflect badly / on the government.
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6482f384bf323e479a9ce141- 1on the governmentfalse
- 2If the economy failsfalse
- 3this year it reflect badlytrue
- 4No errorfalse
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Answer : 3. "this year it reflect badly"
Explanation :
The correct phrasing should be "If the economy fails this year, it reflects badly on the government." The verb "reflect" should be in the third-person singular form.
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.
It was / the very well-directed film / and we enjoyed it.
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6482f641a33e0f47b779a3b0- 1No errorfalse
- 2the very well-directed filmtrue
- 3and we enjoyed itfalse
- 4It wasfalse
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Answer : 2. "the very well-directed film"
Explanation :
The correct phrasing should be "It was a very well-directed film, and we enjoyed it." The article "a" is needed before "very well-directed film."