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English – Spotting Errors – Set 21 (Tense Based)
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This free practice set from AndamanJobs has 20 questions to be solved in 10 minutes. Every question is listed below with four options. Open Show answer and explanation under a question to see the correct option and why it is correct. Try the timed test above first, then use this list to revise the questions you got wrong.
- Find the part of the sentence that has an error. If the sentence is correct, choose “No error”.
Contrary to past predictions, / demand for sugarcane had not / increased in recent years.- A. Contrary to past predictions,
- B. demand for sugarcane had not
- C. increased in recent years.
- D. No error
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Answer: B. demand for sugarcane had not
The error is in “demand for sugarcane had not”. Replace “had” with “has”: demand for sugarcane has not.
- Find the part of the sentence that has an error. If the sentence is correct, choose “No error”.
Since his arrival in India, / he is visiting as many villages as he can / to acquire a firsthand knowledge of the rural India.- A. to acquire a firsthand knowledge of the rural India.
- B. No error
- C. he is visiting as many villages as he can
- D. Since his arrival in India,
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Answer: C. he is visiting as many villages as he can
The error is in “he is visiting as many villages as he can”. Replace “is” with “has been”: he has been visiting as many villages as he can.
- Find the part of the sentence that has an error. If the sentence is correct, choose “No error”.
Last year two Italian prisoners of war / escapes from a prison camp / in Kenya during the war.- A. Last year two Italian prisoners of war
- B. in Kenya during the war.
- C. escapes from a prison camp
- D. No error
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Answer: C. escapes from a prison camp
The error is in “escapes from a prison camp”. Replace “escapes” with “escaped”: escaped from a prison camp.
- Find the part of the sentence that has an error. If the sentence is correct, choose “No error”.
I will come / to see you / if I will have time.- A. if I will have time.
- B. to see you
- C. I will come
- D. No error
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Answer: A. if I will have time.
The error is in “if I will have time.”. Remove “will”.
- Find the part of the sentence that has an error. If the sentence is correct, choose “No error”.
Do not / get down the bus / till it will stop.- A. No error
- B. Do not
- C. till it will stop.
- D. get down the bus
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Answer: C. till it will stop.
The error is in “till it will stop.”. Replace “will stop” with “stops”: till it stops..
- Find the part of the sentence that has an error. If the sentence is correct, choose “No error”.
By the next august / he will write / his second book on Thermodynamics.- A. No error
- B. By the next august
- C. he will write
- D. his second book on Thermodynamics.
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Answer: C. he will write
The error is in “he will write”. Replace “will write” with “will have written”: he will have written.
- Find the part of the sentence that has an error. If the sentence is correct, choose “No error”.
Had / you informed me earlier / I would have certainly purchase the laptop from you.- A. Had
- B. you informed me earlier
- C. No error
- D. I would have certainly purchase the laptop from you.
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Answer: D. I would have certainly purchase the laptop from you.
The error is in “I would have certainly purchase the laptop from you.”. Replace “purchase” with “purchased”: I would have certainly purchased the laptop from you..
- Find the part of the sentence that has an error. If the sentence is correct, choose “No error”.
I learnt from my father / that honesty was / the best policy.- A. I learnt from my father
- B. No error
- C. that honesty was
- D. the best policy.
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Answer: C. that honesty was
The error is in “that honesty was”. Replace “was” with “is”: that honesty is.
- Find the part of the sentence that has an error. If the sentence is correct, choose “No error”.
The prisoners walked slowly / for they knew / that as soon as they cross the gate the jailor would ask them to jog.- A. No error
- B. The prisoners walked slowly
- C. for they knew
- D. that as soon as they cross the gate the jailor would ask them to jog.
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Answer: D. that as soon as they cross the gate the jailor would ask them to jog.
The error is in “that as soon as they cross the gate the jailor would ask them to jog.”. Replace “cross” with “crossed”: that as soon as they crossed the gate the jailor would ask them to jog..
- Find the part of the sentence that has an error. If the sentence is correct, choose “No error”.
I found this ring as I dig in the garden, / it looks very old / I wonder whom it belongs to- A. it looks very old
- B. No error
- C. I found this ring as I dig in the garden,
- D. I wonder whom it belongs to
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Answer: C. I found this ring as I dig in the garden,
The error is in “I found this ring as I dig in the garden,”. Replace “dig” with “was digging”: I found this ring as I was digging in the garden,.
- Find the part of the sentence that has an error. If the sentence is correct, choose “No error”.
Ashish washes all his clothes and / cooks food for the family / before he is going to office- A. Ashish washes all his clothes and
- B. No error
- C. cooks food for the family
- D. before he is going to office
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Answer: D. before he is going to office
The error is in “before he is going to office”. Replace “is going” with “goes”: before he goes to office.
- Find the part of the sentence that has an error. If the sentence is correct, choose “No error”.
If you had read the relevant literature / carefully , you would have answered / most of the questions correctly.- A. most of the questions correctly.
- B. No error
- C. If you had read the relevant literature
- D. carefully , you would have answered
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Answer: B. No error
The sentence is correct as it stands, so the answer is No error.
- Find the part of the sentence that has an error. If the sentence is correct, choose “No error”.
Ashish appealed to the managing / committee that he may be allowed / to join the volunteer force- A. Ashish appealed to the managing
- B. committee that he may be allowed
- C. No error
- D. to join the volunteer force
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Answer: B. committee that he may be allowed
The error is in “committee that he may be allowed”. Replace “may” with “might”: committee that he might be allowed.
- Find the part of the sentence that has an error. If the sentence is correct, choose “No error”.
If Ashish had told me last / Tuesday I will have given him the money / but now it is too late- A. No error
- B. If Ashish had told me last
- C. Tuesday I will have given him the money
- D. but now it is too late
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Answer: C. Tuesday I will have given him the money
The error is in “Tuesday I will have given him the money”. Replace “will” with “would”: Tuesday I would have given him the money.
- Find the part of the sentence that has an error. If the sentence is correct, choose “No error”.
No sooner error did the train / arrived at the station / than the passengers rushed towards it- A. No error
- B. No sooner error did the train
- C. arrived at the station
- D. than the passengers rushed towards it
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Answer: C. arrived at the station
The error is in “arrived at the station”. Replace “arrived” with “arrive”: arrive at the station.
- Find the part of the sentence that has an error. If the sentence is correct, choose “No error”.
If I were in / his shoes, / I would die with shame- A. If I were in
- B. I would die with shame
- C. No error
- D. his shoes,
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Answer: C. No error
The sentence is correct as it stands, so the answer is No error.
- Find the part of the sentence that has an error. If the sentence is correct, choose “No error”.
My friend did not see me / for many years / since I met him last week- A. My friend did not see me
- B. for many years
- C. No error
- D. since I met him last week
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Answer: A. My friend did not see me
The error is in “My friend did not see me”. Replace “did not see” with “has not seen”: My friend has not seen me.
- Find the part of the sentence that has an error. If the sentence is correct, choose “No error”.
After Ashish read the magazines / and newspapers, and watched / programme , he decided to go out and meet some old friends- A. After Ashish read the magazines
- B. and newspapers, and watched
- C. No error
- D. programme , he decided to go out and meet some old friends
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Answer: C. No error
The sentence is correct as it stands, so the answer is No error.
- Find the part of the sentence that has an error. If the sentence is correct, choose “No error”.
It had been our custom from / immemorial time to be hospitable to those / who come to our door- A. who come to our door
- B. It had been our custom from
- C. No error
- D. immemorial time to be hospitable to those
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Answer: B. It had been our custom from
The error is in “It had been our custom from”. Replace “had” with “has”: It has been our custom from.
- Find the part of the sentence that has an error. If the sentence is correct, choose “No error”.
Had I realised that it / was such a long way / I would take a taxi- A. was such a long way
- B. No error
- C. Had I realised that it
- D. I would take a taxi
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Answer: D. I would take a taxi
The error is in “I would take a taxi”.