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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

  • 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.

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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