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Spot The Error

The document presents a series of sentences with grammatical errors and provides answers indicating the location of the errors. Each error is accompanied by an explanation of the correct grammatical usage. The document serves as a guide for identifying and correcting common mistakes in English grammar.

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Spot The Error

The document presents a series of sentences with grammatical errors and provides answers indicating the location of the errors. Each error is accompanied by an explanation of the correct grammatical usage. The document serves as a guide for identifying and correcting common mistakes in English grammar.

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Spot the Error

1. (A) She reached /(B) the station after/(C) the train


had started.(D) / No Error

y
ar
ul
Ans ➺ D

ab
oc
hV
2. (A) I wish /(B) she was as good as you /(C) when

lis
it came to managing finances/(D) No Error

ng
fE
Ans ➺ B
kO

Explanation – replace was by were (In hypothetical


oo

sentences was is not used ; were is used.)


kB
ac
Bl

3. (A) The judge had not given /(B) any decision /(C)
@

until he had studied the case. (D) /No Error


➺
m

Ans ➺ A
ra
eg

Explanation – There are two instances of the past so


l
Te

past perfect will be used in the first instance and the


second instance will be in simple past tense. (replace
had not given by did not give)

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4. (A) He lived /(B) here since 1980 /(C) therefore he
knows everything about this place. /(D) No Error

Ans ➺ A

y
ar
ul
ab
Explanation – replace lived by has been living.

oc
(present perfect continuous)

hV
lis
ng
5. (A) I have been /(B) working at Pinnacle for /(C)
fE
the last five years. /(D) No Error
kO
oo

Ans ➺ D
kB
ac

6. (A) I have passed /(B) the examination /(C) two


Bl
@

years ago. /(D) No Error


➺

Ans ➺ A
m
ra
eg

Explanation – use simple past and not present


l

perfect
Te

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7. (A) Since he joined /(B) this post, he did not take
/(C) any bribe. /(D) No Error

Ans ➺ A

y
ar
Explanation – Use present perfect (has not taken)

ul
and not simple past. The Present Perfect is used to

ab
talk about change that has happened over a period of

oc
time

hV
lis
ng
8. (A) Perhaps you know /(B) that I have passed /(C)
fE
the examination in 1990. /(D) No Error
kO
oo

Ans ➺ B
kB
ac

Explanations – remove have (the sentence is in


Bl

simple past as 1990 is clearly mentioned)


@
➺
m
ra

9. (A) My secretary came /(B) to the meeting /(C)


eg

later than I expect. /(D) No Error


l
Te

Ans ➺ C

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Explanation – There are two instances of the past so
past perfect will be used in the first instance and the
second instance will be in simple past tense.
(Replace expect by had expected)

y
ar
ul
10. (A) If I was you /(B) I would have told /(C) the

ab
manager to keep his mouth shut. /(D) No Error

oc
hV
Ans ➺ B

lis
ng
Explanation – replace was by were (In hypothetical
fE
sentences was is not used ; were is used.)
kO
oo
kB
ac
Bl
@
➺
m

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ra
egl
Te

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