English Grammar - Spotting Errors: 115 MCQs with Answers
English Grammar- Spotting Errors
Spotting Errors – practice multiple choice questions with detailed explanations, taken from previous year HTET, CTET and other teaching recruitment exam papers.
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0%Q76. Identify the sentence with a double negative error.
Right Answer: I don't have no money.
Explanation:
'Don't have no' is a double negative error; the correct form is 'don't have any' or 'have no'.
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Q77. Choose the sentence with a double negative error.
Right Answer: He didn't say nothing.
Explanation:
'Didn't say nothing' is a double negative; the correct form is 'didn't say anything' or 'said nothing'.
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Q78. Identify the sentence with a double negative error.
Right Answer: I can't hardly hear you.
Explanation:
'Can't hardly' is a double negative since 'hardly' already carries a negative meaning; the correct form is 'can hardly'.
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Q79. Choose the sentence with a double negative error.
Right Answer: There isn't nobody here.
Explanation:
'Isn't nobody' is a double negative; the correct form is 'isn't anybody' or 'is nobody'.
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Q80. Identify the sentence with a double negative error.
Right Answer: She never goes nowhere on weekends.
Explanation:
'Never...nowhere' is a double negative; the correct form is 'never...anywhere' or 'goes nowhere'.
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Q82. Choose the sentence with a redundancy error.
Right Answer: They planned it in advance beforehand.
Explanation:
'In advance beforehand' is redundant since both phrases convey the same meaning.
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Q84. Choose the sentence with a redundancy error.
Right Answer: She repeated the instructions again.
Explanation:
'Repeated again' is redundant since 'repeated' already means doing something again.
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Q85. Identify the sentence with a redundancy error.
Right Answer: The final outcome was surprising.
Explanation:
'Final outcome' is redundant since 'outcome' already refers to the end result.
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Q86. Identify the sentence with wrong word usage.
Right Answer: I need to loose weight.
Explanation:
'Loose' (not tight) is confused with 'lose' (to not win/misplace); the correct word here is 'lose'.
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Q87. Choose the sentence with wrong word usage.
Right Answer: The affect of the medicine was immediate.
Explanation:
'Effect' (noun, meaning result) is needed here, not 'affect' (primarily a verb).
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Q88. Identify the sentence with wrong word usage.
Right Answer: Please except my apology.
Explanation:
'Accept' (to receive/agree to) is confused with 'except' (excluding); 'accept' is correct here.
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Q89. Choose the sentence with wrong word usage.
Right Answer: He gave me a complement on my work.
Explanation:
'Compliment' (praise) is confused with 'complement' (something that completes); 'compliment' is correct here.
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Q90. Identify the sentence with wrong word usage.
Right Answer: I should of gone to the party.
Explanation:
'Should of' is a common misspelling/mishearing of 'should have'; the correct form uses 'have', not 'of'.
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Q91. Identify the sentence with a sentence structure error.
Right Answer: Although he was tired, but he continued working.
Explanation:
Using both 'although' and 'but' is redundant; only one should be used.
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Q92. Choose the sentence with a sentence structure error.
Right Answer: The reason he failed is because he didn't study.
Explanation:
'The reason...is because' is redundant; it should be 'the reason...is that'.
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Q93. Identify the sentence with a sentence structure error.
Right Answer: She not only sings but dances also.
Explanation:
The correlative conjunction 'not only...but also' requires 'also' to immediately follow 'but': 'but also dances'.
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Q94. Choose the sentence with a sentence structure error.
Right Answer: There is many problems with this plan.
Explanation:
'There are' should be used with the plural subject 'many problems', not 'there is'.
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Q95. Identify the sentence with a sentence structure error.
Right Answer: He is one of the student who work hard.
Explanation:
'One of the' requires a plural noun ('students'), and the relative pronoun 'who' refers to that plural antecedent.
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Q96. Identify the sentence with a pronoun reference error.
Right Answer: When John met Peter, he was happy.
Explanation:
The pronoun 'he' is ambiguous, as it's unclear whether it refers to John or Peter.
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Q97. Choose the sentence with a pronoun reference error.
Right Answer: She told her sister that she had won the prize.
Explanation:
The pronoun 'she' in 'that she had won' is ambiguous, unclear if it refers to the speaker or the sister.
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Q98. Identify the sentence with a pronoun reference error.
Right Answer: The book is on the table, but it is torn.
Explanation:
'It' is ambiguous and could refer to either 'the book' or 'the table'.
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Q99. Choose the sentence with a pronoun reference error.
Right Answer: They said that they would help us.
Explanation:
Without a clear antecedent established earlier, 'they' is a vague pronoun reference.
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Q100. Identify the sentence with a pronoun reference error.
Right Answer: In the newspaper, it says that taxes will increase.
Explanation:
The vague use of 'it' without a clear antecedent is a common pronoun reference error; 'the newspaper says' is clearer.
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