General English Practice Question and Answer
8 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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Answer : 2. "No error "
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.