Spotting Errors Questions Answers

• 22. Spotting errors in English

  1. Had the function
  2. not been postponed
  3. because of the strike
  4. she may have been able to participate.

  Answer And Explanation

  Answer: Option D

  Explanation:

  Correct : Had the function not been postponed because of the strike she might have been able to participate.
  
  Replace "may" with "might" in option D

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• 23. Spotting errors in English

  1. The reason why
  2. he was late was
  3. because he had been
  4. caught in rain.

  Answer And Explanation

  Answer: Option C

  Explanation:

  Correct : The reason why he was late was that he had been caught in rain.

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• 24. Spotting errors in English

  1. I did not practise
  2. music since
  3. I was twenty four
  4. No error

  Answer And Explanation

  Answer: Option A

  Explanation:

  Correct : I have not practised music since I was twenty four.
  
  Replace "did not practise" with "have not practised" in option A

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• 25. Spotting errors in English

  1. The number of students
  2. appearing at the written examination
  3. increases every year.
  4. No Error

  Answer And Explanation

  Answer: Option D

  Explanation:

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• 26. Spotting errors in English

  1. Being a destitute
  2. I admitted him
  3. to an old
  4. people's home.

  Answer And Explanation

  Answer: Option A

  Explanation:

  Correct : He being a destitute I admitted him to an old people's home.
  
  Add "He" at the beginning in option A.
  
  Destitute meaning needy or Without the basic necessities of life.
  
  

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• 27. Spotting errors in English

  1. He was reading
  2. very hard for
  3. six months
  4. still he failed.

  Answer And Explanation

  Answer: Option A

  Explanation:

  Correct : He had been reading very hard for six months still he failed.
  
  Replace "was" with "had been" in option A.

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• 28. Spotting errors in English

  1. Imagine a place
  2. which lacks not only phased growth
  3. but is burdened with
  4. loots and crimes

  Answer And Explanation

  Answer: Option C

  Explanation:

  Correct : Imagine a place which lacks not only phased growth but also burdened with loots and crimes.
  
  Replace "is" with "also" in option C

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