Tips And Tricks And Shortcuts On Error Identification

September 14, 2023

Error Identification Tips and Tricks and Shortcuts:

The Tips and Tricks and Shortcuts for Error Identification are important to know because it can help you solve a question quicker than with greater accuracy.

There are some tips and tricks given below that will help you to quickly solve such types of questions and save your time for the remaining questions.

Tips and tricks for Error Identification

More Error Identification – Tips and Tricks and Shortcuts

  1. Read the sentence:
    Read the sentence carefully and try to find errors or words that are illogical and contains grammatical errors.
  2. Take a look at the options given:
    Look carefully for all the possible choices and check if the sentence needs change or not, as there are many sentences that do not require change and are given to confuse the reader.
  3. Substantiate your choice with a reason:
    In the above case, if you feel the sentence seems right, then try replacing or putting the words in the place to check if any other option seems correct or fit in the context.
  4. Pick the option that makes most sentence:
    Sometimes replacing different options in the question can help you understand the tone or the context of the sentence. This can help you identify the correct grammar that should be used instead.

The most common errors that can be found in a sentence are from varied grammatical topics. Let’s take a look at some:

  • Verbs
  • Pronoun
  • Preposition
  • Adjectives
  • Gerund (ing form of verb)
  • Noun
  • Relative Pronoun
  • Adverbs
  • Subject and Object
  • Comparative degree words
  • Redundancy
  • Parallelism

Type 1. Identify Error 

Question 1.

No one dares to disobey Ms. Johnson, as she is the strictest between all the teachers.

A.  Dares
B.  Strictest
C.  Between
D.  No error

Correct answer: C

Explanation:

Between is used to denote two people, and the above sentence talks about all the teachers, where “among” should be used.

Question 2

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

Options

A. Hearing
B. Of
C. Which
D. was
E. No error

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

Question: 3

Me and my friends went on a trip to manali last summers.

Options:

A. went

B. trip

C. summers

D. No error

Correct option: C

Explanation:

Me and my friends went on a trip to Manali last summer. Summers is not a valid word, because summer is one season, not many. Therefore, the word ‘summer will be used instead of ‘summers’

Question:4

M.S Dhoni are also called Captain cool.

A. MS Dhoni

B. Are

C. captain cool

D. No error

Correct option: B

Explanation:

M.S Dhoni is also called Captain cool- This should be the correct answer. Since M.S Dhoni singular, ‘is’ should be used instead of ‘are’

Question: 5

Because Rahul and Rohit  were playing cricket, the ball hit a lady that was sitting on the bench.

Options:

A. because

B. were

C. was sitting

D. no errors

Correct option: A

Explanation:

While Rahul and Rohit were playing cricket, the ball hit a lady that was sitting on the bench- This should be the correct answer. 

Because stands for reason, but we use while when we want to show an activity is happening while another is going on. In this case, we will use ‘while’ not ‘because’.

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