DIRECTIONS : Q. 1 – 14 :   Read each sentence to find out whether there is any 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.

 The man was / tired, irritable / and needed sleep .

       A                           B                              C

2. A lot of people / say that a lot of sugar / is / wasted / No Error.

                               A                                    B                            C              D              E

3. He abused, / insulted and / I was irritated.

                         A                        B                             C

4. You said you would introduce me / to a friend of yours / who has a car / to sell / No Error.

                                                   A                                                             B                                     C                   D                 E

5. Due to / a breakdown / on the line, he was late / to the office / No Error.

                      A                        B                                      C                                       D                     E

6. The difficulty here is / due to / the oversight / already mentioned / No Error.

                                      A                            B                       C                                      D                        E

7. If you persevere / you may succeed / to go / to the office / No Error .

                                A                                       B                      C                   D                       E

8. Finishing his breakfast, / he started working / on the problem that had been awaiting /  disposal for a long time / No Error.

                                         A                                                 B                                                                    C                                                                        D                         E

9. Being very often ill and frequently absent / he had no opportunity, / to finish his work or infact ,/ do much of it / No Error.

                                                              A                                                                 B                                                            C                                                D                   E

9. Entering the garret,/ we found/ Ramesh hanging/ from the Ceiling / No Error

                                     A                                B                          C                                     D                         E

10. I was excited, being / the first time for a few years at least /that I had travelled by sea /  to a foreign country / No Error.

                                 A                                                           B                                                                       C                                                     D                                  E

11. He behaves / as if / he were / a king / No Error.

                       A                  B               C                D               E

12. He loved her / as though / she had been / his wife / No  Error .

                          A                         B                         C                           D                E

13. The hero together with / his family was / present in / the party / No Error.

                A                      B                    C             D                 E

14. In evaluating your progress, I have taken / into account your / class room performances,  your receptivity and / how you  have improved /    No Error.

                 A                   B              C            D               E

EXPLANATORY ANSWERS

1. D Say ,  “and sleepy” ( To balance the sentence ) .
2. E No error .

‘A lot of ’ takes a singular verb when used for uncountable things while it takes a plural   verb when used for countable things  .

3. C Say , “and irritated me”  .
4. C Say ,  “who had a car to ……………….”.    ( Past tense is required here ) .

5. A Replace ‘Due to’ by ‘owing to’ .   ‘Due to’ should be used after verbs to be, seem or appear, otherwise, use ‘owing to’  .

6. E No error .
7. C Say , “you may succeed in going to …………”  .   The verb go, in this kind of sentences, must be replaced by a ‘Gerund’  .

8. A Say ,  ‘ Having finished his breakfast, he ……..’  .
9. E No Error.
10. A Say, “on entering the …………………” .
11. A Say, “I was excited, it being ………………………..” .
12. E No Error .   If the subordinate clause is introduced by ‘as if ’ or ‘as though’  use  Past  Tense for the ‘Present Time’ and  Past  Perfect for the ‘Past Time’ .

13. E No Error .
14. E No Error.  If two subjects are joined by ‘as well as’,  ‘ together with’ , ‘with’, ‘in addition  to’, ‘no less than’,  ‘in addition to ’ , ‘ and not ’    etc., the verb agrees with the first   subject .