Error Identification Questions and Answers

Shia heard the news of mars mission which was initiated by ISRO.

The action stated here is of the past, so we will use simple past tense.

Turn right at the crossroads when you reach it by car.

Whenever we give an exact location, we always use 'at' instead of 'by'.

Ram stopped to see if he could pick up the 10 rupees note.

The statement here is a conditional sentence. The simple past in the first sentence will be followed by simple present in the second sentence along with (could)

Although gajendra jumped aside, yet the stone hit him.

Whenever we use 'although' in a sentence, it is always coupled with 'yet' instead of but.

Work as quickly as you can but as carefully as possible when you take the blood test.

While using as ....... as in a sentence, the main verb s always used in the form of an adverb - quickly.

Gajendra is paddling a cycle to home.

We never use preposition before a noun. It is always followed by an article

Raghu received a watch which he likes to wear always.

here, he is a singular subject, hence we use a singular verb - likes.

I have purchased a Porsche cayenne which is very expensive.

the sentence construction completely correct

Naima saw the deaf man crossing the crowded road without any help.

The action here states that it is continuous tense. Naima watching the man crossing.

Tommy wagged its tail when he saw me approaching.

There is a difference between it's and its. It's means It is and its means belonging to someone.

The loud speaker noise frightened the baby.

Here the noun is singular and any uncountable noun does not take plural form.

After few moments the man opened the car window and looked out curiously.

With the use of 'few' it becomes plural. So we use 'moments' instead of 'moment'.

Plugging the right connector to the socket will save the appliance.

Here it talks about an that should be done. hence, Plugging should be used.

It was raining outside and I did not have a raincoat.

Here the situation is a consequential one where it was raining and the speaker did not have a raincoat. With did we always use a V1 verb (first form of verb). Hence, had is incorrect.

Reading enhances your brains thinking capability.

While we are considering an action over here, this means that the verb is singular so it will take a singular verb (enhances)

I am proud to be an elite para commando and fight for my country.

The statement is a general statement and will be in the indefinite form or simple present tense form. (fight)

When the time is right it will happen.

When we want to relate to a situation in any form of tense, we use 'it' to signify the situation instead of 'that'.

The book store usually closes at night.

Whenever we denote a period of a day, we never any article before it. Here, 'the night' is wrong, instead it will be only 'at night'.

 

 

Today the government is ready to pass the bill.

whenever we try to denote an action that requires a decision, we always use 'to' as the preposition.

The folder created in my computer was deleted a month before.

The action talked about was in the past, hence the primary action will take the past tense form. So create will change to created.

 

My hair was messy so I had a haircut.

When referring to the entire material that hair is, use HAIR, but when referring to individual strands of hair, use hairs. Here we are referring to the hair as a whole, hence we use only HAIR instead of HAIRS.

I had an accident due to which my new car bumped into a tree trunk.

Accident starts with a vowel 'a', so we will take 'an' instead of 'a'.

My daughter had my key which is lost and I can’t find it.

Here, key is the subject which is in singular count, so instead of using 'are' we need to use 'is'.

An aeroplane is flying at great height.

When we mention any kind of height in a statement, we use 'at' instead of 'on'.

My scooter has given a mileage of 46kmpl.

The word mileage starts with a consonant which will take 'a' instead of 'an'.

Stars are the brightest in the night time.

Here the subject 'stars' is in plural count, hence will take a plural verb 'are' instead of 'is.'

Digital marketing has now flooded in the technology market.

Since we are talking about a concept that has taken its place in the market, the act of taking has happened in the near past, hence we use present perfect tense.Sso instead of flood, we will use 'flooded'.

There was no time to shout for calls.

Whenever we use 'time; as the main subject, it is always considered to be singular. Hence 'was' instead of 'were' is appropriate.

Amit’s letter was handwritten not typed.

The state of the subject (letter) is being described over here which will be in the form of adjective and not noun. So we use 'handwritten' instead of 'handwriting'

"handwritten" is an adjective, meaning something written by hand.

A ball pen is filled with ink that is enough to write a lot number of pages.

The sentence construction completely correct,