Spot the Error-
SCERT Question Bank
Q.
Spot the error and rewrite the correct sentences.
1)
The number of people do not matter.
Answer:
Error – Use of verb ‘do’. The
subject ‘the number’ is singular so it takes the verb ‘does’ in simple present
tense.
Correct
sentence: The number of people does not matter.
2)
I am liking to see movies at the theatre.
Answer:
Error – Use of verb ‘am
liking’. The verb ‘like’ is a stative verb so it is not used in present
continuous tense.
Correct
sentence:
I like to see movies at
the theatre.
3)
I never forgets the given responsibility.
Answer:
Error – Use of verb ‘forgets’.
The subject ‘I’ takes the base form of the verb in simple present tense.
Correct
sentence:
I never forget the
given responsibility.
4)
He has often ask me to think before I speak.
Answer:
Error – Use of verb ‘ask’. In present
perfect tense the main verb must be in past participle form ‘asked’.
Correct
sentence:
He has often asked me
to think before I speak.
5)
No sooner did I challenged the man than he accepted it.
Answer:
Error – Use of verb ‘challenged’.
After ‘did’ the main verb must be in base form.
Correct
sentence:
No sooner did I challenge the
man than he accepted it.
6)
We are the more strongest community in the world.
Answer:
Error – Use of ‘more’. In superlative
degree no need to use more before the third form of the adjective.
Correct
sentence:
We are the strongest
community in the world.
7)
I entered the room for search the documents.
Answer:
Error – Use of ‘search’. ‘After for’ gerund ‘searching’ should be used.
Correct
sentence:
I entered the room for searching
the documents.
8)
We can plant the trees in order saving the earth.
Answer:
Error – Use of ‘saving’. Here ‘saving’
should be replaced by ‘to save’. ‘In order to’ is a phrase.
Correct
sentence:
We can plant the trees in order
to save the earth.
9)
I usually asks my employees to be punctual in their tasks.
Answer:
Error – Use of the verb ‘asks’. The
subject ‘I’ takes the base form of the verb.
Correct
sentence:
I usually ask my
employees to be punctual in their tasks.
10)
The training came to an end before you left the city.
Answer:
Error – Use of ‘came’. If two past
situations are given the earlier situation must be written in past perfect
tense.
Correct
sentence:
The training had come
to an end before you left the city.
11)
If you challenge me, I had accept it.
Answer:
Error – Use of ‘ had’. In conditional
sentence if present tense (first condition) is given in the ‘if – clause’, the
other clause must be in simple future tense.
Correct
sentence:
If you challenge me, I will
accept it.
12)
The manager was looking into the missing file.
Answer:
Error – Use of ‘into’. Here looking
into should be replaced by ‘looking for’. ‘To look for’ is a phrase.
Correct
sentence:
The manager was looking for
the missing file.
13)
She is more taller than all her brothers in the family.
Answer:
Error – Use of ‘more taller than’. In superlative
degree we have to use ‘the tallest of.
Correct
sentence:
She is the tallest of all her brothers in the family.
Another answer:
Error – Use of ‘more taller ’. In comperative degree the second form of adjective is ‘taller.
Correct sentence:
She is taller than all her brothers in the family.
14)
He said he did not wanted to go to bazaar yesterday.
Answer:
Error – There are three errors:
Use of ‘wanted’. After did the
base form of the verb must be used.
Use of ‘yesterday’. Here yesterday
should be replaced by ‘the previous day’.
No use of ‘that’.
Correct
sentence:
He said that he did not want
to go bazaar the previous day.
15)
Mango is the bestest among all the Indian fruits.
Answer:
Error – Use of ‘bestest’. The third
form of the adjective good is ‘best’ and not ‘bestest’.
Correct
sentence:
Mango is the best among
all the Indian fruits.
