Wednesday 18 March 2015

English test error finding in sentences



Find errors in the given sentences:


1.       The third season of (1) / the popular television show will ends (2) / on a grand note with (3) / celebrities dancing and having fun. (4) / No error (5)


2.        The website, which does not (1) / accept advertisements and is funded (2) / entirely by donations, describes itself (3) / as the fifth most popular website on the planet. (4) / No error (5)


3.       As sharing crime statistics for (1) / the year 2011, the Commissioner admitted that (2) / there had been an undue delay in (3) / the setting up of an anti-narcotics cell. (4) / No error (5)

4.       The Moon may be the best place (1) / to look for aliens as their (2) / footprints on their surface would (3) / last far longer than radio signals. (4) / No error (5)

5.       The judge advised the government to (1) / have metered autorickshaws across the state while (2) / recounting his personal experience where an auto- rickshaw driver (3)/ made him to wait and also demanded Rs. 100. (4) / No error (5)

6.       The Company aims (1) / to nearly double (2) / its revenues on the back (3) / of a strongest product pipeline. (4) / No error (5)

7.       The woman that had (1) / kidnapped a child has now (2) / been apprehended and is being (3) / held in the city's jail. (4) / No error (5)

8.        Rose growers in (1) / the city are waking up (2) / to the benefits (3) / of collective action. (4) / No error (5))

9.        The Minister will have (1) / a tough task on his hands (2) / where three different recommendations (3) / for this year's rate reach his desk. (4) / No error (5)

10.   The current economic scenario (1) / could possibly undo (2) / the growth that followed (3) / the economic liberalisation of 1991. (4) / No error (5)



Answers with Explanation:


1.       (2) Here , the popular show will ends/ ended i.e. Past simple/ Future Indefinite ….. should be used.

2.       (5)

3.       (1) Here, Showing/ sharing crime statistics for …… should be used.

4.       (3) Here, footprints on its surface would ….. should be used.

5.       (4) Here, made him wait and …….. should be used.

6.       (4) Here, of a strong product pipeline … should be used.

7.       (3) Here, been apprehended and is ….. should be used.

8.       (1) Here, the rose growers in ….. should b e used as growers (Plural) is followed by a preposition.

9.       (3) Here, when three different …….. should be used


10.   (3) here, the growth that had followed …….. should be used.


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