Tips And Tricks And Shortcuts On Error Identification

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’.