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%Q101. Identify the sentence with a number/gender agreement error.
Right Answer: Each student must submit their assignments by Friday.
Explanation:
'Each student' (singular) doesn't agree with the plural noun 'assignments'; it should be the singular 'assignment'.
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Q103. Identify the sentence with a number/gender error.
Right Answer: The lioness protected their cubs.
Explanation:
'Lioness' (singular, feminine) should be matched with 'her', not the plural/neutral 'their'.
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Q104. Choose the sentence with a number/gender error.
Right Answer: Everybody must bring their own lunch box.
Explanation:
'Everybody' is traditionally singular and should agree with 'his or her' in strict formal grammar.
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Q105. Identify the sentence with a number/gender error.
Right Answer: The waitress served their customers.
Explanation:
'Waitress' (singular) should agree with the singular possessive 'her', not 'their'.
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Q106. Identify the sentence with a degree of comparison error.
Right Answer: This is the most unique painting.
Explanation:
'Unique' is an absolute adjective and cannot be modified by 'most' or other degree words.
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Q107. Choose the sentence with a degree of comparison error.
Right Answer: She is more taller than her sister.
Explanation:
'More taller' is a double comparative error; 'taller' alone is correct.
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Q109. Choose the sentence with a degree of comparison error.
Right Answer: He is more older than his cousin.
Explanation:
'More older' is a double comparative error; 'older' alone is correct.
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Q110. Identify the sentence with a degree of comparison error.
Right Answer: She is the most intelligentest student.
Explanation:
'Most intelligentest' combines both 'most' and '-est' incorrectly; only 'most intelligent' should be used.
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Q111. Identify the sentence with a common usage error.
Right Answer: He is talented than his brother.
Explanation:
Multi-syllable adjectives require 'more' to form the comparative; 'talented than' is missing 'more'.
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Q114. Choose the sentence with non-standard/informal usage.
Right Answer: Kindly do the needful.
Explanation:
'Kindly do the needful' is considered old-fashioned/non-standard bureaucratic phrasing in modern standard English.
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Q115. Identify the sentence with a regional/non-standard usage error.
Right Answer: He is out of station.
Explanation:
'Out of station' is a regionalism (common in Indian English) rather than standard English; 'out of town' is the standard expression.
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