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See all →- The following sentence has been divided into parts. One of them contains an error. Select the part that contains the error.He did not / went to school / yesterday / because of fever. Answer: B. went to school Answer: (B) went to school After the auxiliary “did”, the main verb takes its base form. Correct: “He did not go t... 1
- The following sentence has been divided into parts. One of them contains an error. Select the part that contains the error.He gave me / many advices / before / I left for Delhi. Answer: B. many advices Answer: (B) many advices “Advice” is an uncountable noun: it has no plural and does not take “many”. Correct: “He ga... 1
- The following sentence has been divided into parts. One of them contains an error. Select the part that contains the error.Each of the students / have submitted / the project report / before the deadline. Answer: B. have submitted Answer: (B) have submitted “Each of + plural noun” takes a singular verb. Correct: “Each of the students has submi... 1
- The following sentence has been divided into parts. One of them contains an error. Select the part that contains the error.If I would have known / about the meeting, / I would have / attended it. Answer: A. If I would have known Answer: (A) If I would have known In a past unreal condition the if-clause takes the past perfect, not “wou... 1
- The following sentence has been divided into parts. One of them contains an error. Select the part that contains the error.Unless you do not / work hard, / you will not / pass the exam. Answer: A. Unless you do not Answer: (A) Unless you do not “Unless” already means “if not”, so it must not be followed by another “not”. Cor... 1
- Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error. If there is no error, select 'No error'.(A) One of my friends (B) have gone (C) to Canada for higher studies. Answer: B. have gone Answer: (B) have gone The subject is 'One' (singular), so the verb must be 'has gone', not 'have gone'. 1