#Error Spotting Practice

Questions

1. My apartment / in Delhi / is situated / on second floor.

2. The team played / extremely / good / during the match.

3. She hang up / the clothes / in the closet every day.

4. He is famous / about his research / in the field of astrophysics.

5. Thirty miles / are / a long way to walk.

6. I ate a few brown rice this morning.

7. Despite of technological innovations and powerful analytical tools, nothing is happening.

8. Both men and women consider a variety of concerns while selecting there outfits.

9. You will get a discount on this products, if you buy one more outfit.

10. He lost all his hardly earned money.

Answers

1. on second floor → on the second floor
   Explanation: Use "the" before ordinal numbers (first, second, third).

2. good → well
   Explanation: "Played" is a verb, so we need an adverb → "well".Good is treated as Adjective while well behaves like Adjective and Adverb.

3. she hang up → she hangs up
   Explanation: Subject "she" takes "hangs" in present simple.

   • Hang ------- Hanged -------- Hanged (फासी लगाना)
   • Hang ------- Hung ---------- Hung (वस्तु टांगना)

4. about → for
   Explanation: Correct phrase is "famous for".

5. are → is
   Explanation: "Thirty miles" is treated as a single unit (distance).

6. few → little
   Explanation: "Rice" is uncountable → use "little".

7. Despite of → Despite
   Explanation: Correct forms are "Despite" and "In spite of".

8. there → their
   Explanation: "Their" is possessive; "there" indicates place.

9. this products → this product
   Explanation: "This" is used with singular nouns.

10. hardly → hard
    Explanation: "Hardly" changes the meaning (almost not). Use "hard-earned".