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MCQs ON ERROR DETECTION AND CORRECTION
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Direction (Q. 1-5): Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical or idiomatic error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is ‘No error’, the answer is (e). (Ignore error of punctuation, if any.)
1. No sooner did the jeep arrive (a)/ at the station (b)/ than a young police officer (c)/ jumped out of it. (d)/ No error (e)
2. If you hate me, (a)/ then you should (b)/ leave my house. (c)/ No error (d)
3. The managing director well as the Board members (a)/ was in favour of taking strict action (b)/ against the striking workers. (c) / No error(d)
4. We are not sure (a)/ if he is coming (b)/ to the party. (c) / No error(d)
5. Sooner than he had arrived (a)/ his friends arranged a reception (b)/ in his honour in (c)/ the best hotel in town. (d) / No error(e)
6. Mrs. Dinesh went to Dublin (a)/ because she might (b)/ see Mrs. Roy (c)/ No error (d)
7. As much as I admire him for his sterling qualities, (a)/ I cannot excuse him (b)/ for being unfair to his friends. (c) / No error(d)
8. He gave them no money (a)/nor he did help them (b)/ in any way. (c) / No error(d)
9. He took out the spare tyre (a)/ and was very disappointed (b)/ when he was discovered (c)/ that this tyre was also punctured. (d) No error(e)
10. Since it was his first election campaign the candidate was confused; (a)/ none could clearly understand (b)/ either the principles he stood for or the benefits he promised. (c)/ No error (d)
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ANSWERS
1. (e): No error
2. (b): Remove ‘then’
3. (a): Add ‘as’ before ‘well
4. (b): Replace ‘if’ by ‘that’
5. (a): The correct form is ‘As soon as he arrived’
6. (b): Replace ‘because’ by ‘in order that’
7. (a): Replace ‘As much as’ by ‘Howsoever much’
8. (b): The correct form is ‘——- and also he did not help them’
9. (b): Replace ‘and’ by ‘but’
10. (d): No error
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