Error Spotting

#Questions

1. The two first chapters of the book / are very interesting , /the remaining ones are boring ./ No Error

2. Every member of the commitee / have been present / at all the meetings . / No Error

3. He is guilty / for killing / an innocent bird .

4. We must have / sympathy for / needy and the poor.

5. I did not receive / any letter from my parents / for the last two months .

6. A lot of money / were spent / on the Commonwealth Games

7. The old man was / overwhelmed for joy at / the success of his only son.

8. His composition / is inferior / than mine.

9. Your name / precedes before mine / in the / admission list.

10. There have been / three breaks-in / in our society / this month.

11. I was angry / on myself / cell for making / such a silly mistake.

12. The people living in coastal areas were evacuated by time.

13. If you are going downhill you can go much fast.

14. Contended people seldom complaint against their fate.

15. Anti-party activities improved my relations with an opposition.

#Answers & Explanations

• two first ==> first two
• Adjective Error
• Reason : Order should be : OCM
  -> O (ordinals)
  -> C (cardinals)

• have ==> has
• Subject - Verb Agreement
• Every + Singular + ...... + verb(singular)

• guilty for ==> guilty of
• Fixed Preposition
• Guilty of / Accused of

• needy ==> The needy
• Noun Error
• Poor ( Adjective ) -> The Poor(Noun) + Plural verb
• Blind (Adjective) -> The Blind(Noun) + Plural verb

• did not receive ==> have not received
• Tense Error
• Note: for --> since (wrong) , Because Since is not followed by the plural Noun.
  since last month (correct)
  since last two months (wrong)

• were ==> was
• subject-verb agreement
• A lot of + countable noun + singular noun
• A lot of + uncountable noun + plural verb
• money is uncountable noun.

• overwhelmed for ==> overwhelmed with
• fixed proposition
• overwhelmed by - in the sense of defeated

• inferior than ==> inferior to
• Fixed prepostion
• (Senior / junior / superior / prior ) + to

• precedes before ==> precedes
• Superfluous
• no need of before , like :
  • Return back : no need of back
  • Approach near : no need of near

• breaks-in ==> break-ins
• like : cupfuls , spoonfuls

• on myself ==> with myself
• Angry + with(for person)
  • at ( for things)

• by time ==> on time / in time

• much fast ==> much faster

• complaint(noun) ==> complains(verb)

• with an opposition ==> with the opposition
• Sentence indicates a special party not all the parties.