Spotting Errors

Q: Find the error in the sentence: If I would have known / about the impending stock crash, / I would have sold / all my shares immediately.

Correct Answer: Option A (If I would have known). The error is in part A. In a third conditional sentence, the 'if' clause uses the past perfect tense. It should be 'If I had known' instead of 'If I would have known'.

Q: Find the error in the sentence: Despite of the heavy rain, / the construction workers / continued to build / the new bridge.

Correct Answer: Option A (Despite of the heavy rain,). The error is in part A. The preposition 'despite' does not take 'of'. It should be either 'Despite the heavy rain' or 'In spite of the heavy rain'.

Q: Find the error in the sentence: The number of employees / resigning from the firm / have increased dramatically / over the last quarter.

Correct Answer: Option C (have increased dramatically). The error is in part C. The phrase 'The number of' always takes a singular verb. 'have' should be replaced with 'has'.

Q: Find the error in the sentence: He is one of those / rare individuals who / always keeps his word / under any circumstances.

Correct Answer: Option C (always keeps his word). The error is in part C. The relative pronoun 'who' refers to its antecedent 'individuals' (plural). Therefore, the plural verb 'keep' and plural pronoun 'their' should be used: 'always keep their word'.

Q: Find the error in the sentence: No sooner had the bell rung / when the students / rushed out of the class / to play in the field.

Correct Answer: Option B (when the students). The error is in part B. The correct correlative conjunction pair is 'No sooner... than'. So, 'when' should be replaced by 'than'.

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Practice Spotting Errors questions with answers and step-by-step solutions. These problems are curated from recent campus placement test papers (TCS, Infosys, Wipro, Cognizant, Accenture) and competitive government exams (SSC CGL, Bank PO, RRB NTPC, UPSC).

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Directions & CaseletDirections: Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. Choose the part with the error. (Assume there is no punctuation error).

English Section: Finding Mistakes (50 Questions)

Find the error in the sentence:
If I would have known / about the impending stock crash, / I would have sold / all my shares immediately.

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Find the error in the sentence:
Despite of the heavy rain, / the construction workers / continued to build / the new bridge.

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Find the error in the sentence:
The number of employees / resigning from the firm / have increased dramatically / over the last quarter.

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Find the error in the sentence:
He is one of those / rare individuals who / always keeps his word / under any circumstances.

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Find the error in the sentence:
No sooner had the bell rung / when the students / rushed out of the class / to play in the field.

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Spotting Errors

Find the error in the sentence:
If I would have known / about the impending stock crash, / I would have sold / all my shares immediately.

Community Discussion & Shortcut Formulas

Find the error in the sentence:
Despite of the heavy rain, / the construction workers / continued to build / the new bridge.

Community Discussion & Shortcut Formulas

Find the error in the sentence:
The number of employees / resigning from the firm / have increased dramatically / over the last quarter.

Community Discussion & Shortcut Formulas

Find the error in the sentence:
He is one of those / rare individuals who / always keeps his word / under any circumstances.

Community Discussion & Shortcut Formulas

Find the error in the sentence:
No sooner had the bell rung / when the students / rushed out of the class / to play in the field.

Community Discussion & Shortcut Formulas