Hirepro Error Detection Quiz-1

Answer:
Option d
Here, 'been' should be used instead of 'be'.

Ans: Indian farmers has been
Here, Indian farmers is a plural one, thus has cannot be used. And so plural of “has” i.e “have” must be used. So option b

Answer - have participated in the
The tense that we have used here is 'past perfect tense' - ‘Eden had decided to participate’. Let's first understand the structure of past perfect tense:
Subject + had + V3 + Object. So here the use of 'have participated' is incorrect since it takes the present perfect form again (double tense). We cannot use two perfect tenses in the same clause of the same sentence. So we eliminate 'have' and use the simple form of 'participate' to identify the object.
Hence it becomes: Eden had decided to participate

Text Explanation:
Answer: The sentence here has no error because the subject and verb and all other rules of grammar are being followed here

Answer -

This sentence features an error of subject-verb agreement. The subject of this sentence is singular: "the recent discovery," though the following elaboration of remedies for diseases and experiences can be misleading they do not change the grammatical subject of the sentence. Therefore the verb should be "allows."

Answer:
Option c
Explanation:
The organisation aims 'at providing' or 'to provide' something. The use of 'with' is incorrect. It aims 'to provide' something not 'provide with something'.

Ans: No error
The sentence needs no improvement. Thus option d.

Answer - children to take the medicines

When ‘suggest’ is followed by a pronoun, a preposition is not used. Suggest is one of those verbs that cannot be followed by object + infinitive (to) ‘suggested her children to’ is incorrect.
Instead, we use that-clauses and –ing forms or no added forms at all.
‘Suggested that her children take the medicines’, ‘suggested her children take’ ‘suggested taking medicines’.

Text Explanation:
Answer: expressed doubt that
When ever there is only one fact stated, the sentence uses 'that'. "if' is used in more than one facts.

Answer: She will return to

Eliminate the word ‘back’; it is superfluous. We do not use ‘back’ with the return.