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Verbal Ability :: Spotting Errors

Directions To Solve

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. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is 'E'. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).

  1. (solve as per the direction given above)

  2. A.

    I see you

    B.

    in Kanpur

    C.

    during my next visit

    D.

    in the month of May.

    E.

    No error


  3. (solve as per the direction given above)

  4. A.

    He ought

    B.

    not have

    C.

    done such a

    D.

    filthy thing.

    E.

    No error


  5. (solve as per the direction given above)

  6. A.

    We have keep

    B.

    our promise and

    C.

    you can expect

    D.

    a lot from us in future.

    E.

    No error.


  7. (solve as per the direction given above)

  8. A.

    I would have lost

    B.

    my luggage and other belongings

    C.

    if I would have left the compartment

    D.

    and gone out to fetch drinking water.

    E.

    No error.


  9. (solve as per the direction given above)

  10. A.

    The last year proved

    B.

    quite bad

    C.

    as major industries

    D.

    witness lot of problems

    E.

    No error.


  11. (solve as per the direction given above)

  12. A.

    In spite of toiling

    B.

    very hardly he

    C.

    realised that he had

    D.

    not earned anything substantial.

    E.

    No error


  13. (solve as per the direction given above)

  14. A.

    Of all the men

    B.

    known to me none is

    C.

    less inclined than he is

    D.

    to think ill to others.

    E.

    No error.


  15. (solve as per the direction given above)

  16. A.

    I believe that

    B.

    next time when you

    C.

    will be coming to Mumbai

    D.

    you will bring my book.

    E.

    No error.


  17. (solve as per the direction given above)

  18. A.

    We have to take

    B.

    him to the hospital yesterday

    C.

    because he was

    D.

    suffering from fever.

    E.

    No error.


  19. (solve as per the direction given above)

  20. A.

    He

    B.

    has seen

    C.

    the picture

    D.

    yesterday.

    E.

    No error.


  21. (solve as per the direction given above)

  22. A.

    But for your

    B.

    kind help, this

    C.

    task could not

    D.

    have been completed.

    E.

    No error.


  23. (solve as per the direction given above)

  24. A.

    Not one of the children

    B.

    has ever sang

    C.

    on any occasion

    D.

    in public before

    E.

    No error.


  25. (solve as per the direction given above)

  26. A.

    Somewhere along the

    B.

    line I lost

    C.

    track of what Ashish

    D.

    says about heart ailments

    E.

    No error.


  27. (solve as per the direction given above)

  28. A.

    An anti-extortion cell is opened

    B.

    by the district police headquarter

    C.

    six months ago

    D.

    as a precautionary measure.

    E.

    No error.


  29. (solve as per the direction given above)

  30. A.

    Hindi and Marathi are

    B.

    different forms of the Sanskrit

    C.

    which were once spoken

    D.

    in almost every part of India.

    E.

    No error.


  31. (solve as per the direction given above)

  32. A.

    Everyone is

    B.

    impress by

    C.

    his zeal

    D.

    and enthusiasm.

    E.

    No error


  33. (solve as per the direction given above)

  34. A.

    His father told me

    B.

    that though his son had

    C.

    worked very hard,

    D.

    but he had failed to make any mark in the examination.

    E.

    No error.