Common error practice set Group A

Find Common Errors

1.The principal has great power /(a) of making some useful /(b) plans but the professors /(c) have even gratest ability to fail them /(d) No error./(e)

2.I am /(a) better acquainted /(b) with the country /(c) than you /(d) No error. /(e)

3.It is said /(a) by some persons /(b) that one of the bank /(c) could solve economic problem /(d) No error. /(e)

4.The majority of the woman /(a) teachers are persuading /(b) the principal that their demands /(c) should be considered /(d) No error /(e)

5.It is harmful /(a) to take cupsful /(b) of tea /(c) in a day,five times /(d) No error /(e)

6.The electorates’ /(a) in the elections /(b) disinterestedness puzzled /(c) the politicians very much /(d) No error /(e)

7.Our soldiers /(a) were better trained /(b) that of enemies /(c) No error /(d)

8.If it were possible /(a) to get near when /(b) one of the volcanic eruptions take place /(c) we should see a grand sight /(d) No error /(e)

9.One must use /(a) his best efforts /(b) if one /(c) wishes to succeed  /(d) No error /(e)

10.Two Summons /(a) have been issued by the court /(b) but you have not  /(c) turned up yet /(d) No error. /(e)

Answers

1.(d) ‘greater’ should be used.

2.(d) use of ’are’ after ‘you’.

3.(c) Replace bank with banks.

4.(b) teachers (woman teacher→singular, women teachers→plural)

5.(b) cupfuls (after suffix ful→s is used)

6.(a) electorate's (electorate is a plural number)

7.(c) ‘those’ should be used instead of ‘that’. (that is used for singular)

8.(c) ‘took’ in the place of ‘take’ .Because were is in past tense.

9.(b) ‘one’s’ instead of ‘his’.

10.(a) summonses (plural)

Group B

1.In one of our first conversation /(a) she informed me /(b) that her husband was lost   /(c) in a bus accident /(d) No error. /(e)

2. All the girls students /(a) of the college are advised  /(b) to sit in the  /(c) Girls’s common room /(d) No error /(e)

3.The present datas /(a) shows that the illiteracy rate /(b) in India has fallen down but not  /(c) to the level of expectation /(d) No error. /(e)

4.Due to certain inevitable circumstances /(a) the scheduled programme had to be /(b) postponed indefinite /(c) but the members could not be informed /(d) No error. /(e)

5.Reasonable ambition,if supported /(a) at persistent efforts /(b) is likely to yield /(c) the desired result /(d) No error. /(e)

6.Not only the judges acquitted /(a) him of all the charges /(b) leveled against him, but /(c) also commenced all his actions. /(d) No error. /(e)

Answers.

1.(a) conversations

2.(a) girl students. (girl student→singular, girl students→plural)

3.(a) data (data doesn’t carry s/es itself)

4.(c) ‘indefinitely’ is used because here a verb is qualifying.

5.(a) after supported ‘by’ should be used.

6.(a) Not only should be used after ‘judge’