Error Spotting Quiz

1. It is our duty (a) / to put off our shoes (b) / before entering the sanctum sanctorum of any temple or mosque. (c) / No error ( d)

2. The only good thing/ about these pens(b) / are their colour and their size.(c)/ No error

3. My brother – in – laws (a) / who live in Mumbai (b) / have come to stay with us. (c)/ No error (d)

4. I advised my son (a) / to engage two coolies instead of one (b) / because the luggage was too much heavy for a single coolie. (c)/ No error

5. Raman was one of those great sons of India(a) / who has earned everlasting fame (b) / for scientific researches. (c)/ NO error

6. No sooner did the thief see the policeman (a)/ that he jumped over the wall (b) / and ran away. (c) / No error (d)

7. On entering the room (a) / she was found hanging (b) / from the ceiling (c)/ No error (d)

8. If I were (a)/ in his shoes (b)/ I would die with shame. (c) / No error (d)

9. I am vexed (a) / at him about what (b) / he has done. (c)/ No error (d)

10. He laid for half an hour unconscious (a) / until he was seen (b) / by a passing vehicle .(c)/ No error (d)

Answers with Explanations: -

1. (b): “Pull Off’ in place of ‘put off’

2. (c): ‘Is’ in place of ‘are’. The subject ‘the only good thing ‘ is singular and thus the verb will be singular.

3. (a): ‘Brother – in – law’ in place of ‘brother – in – laws’ . For the plural ‘s’ is added to the root word.

4. (c): ‘ Too heavy ‘ in place of ‘too much’.

5. (b): ‘who have’ in place of ‘who has ‘ . ‘Who’ has been used here for ‘sons’ and as this is plural, the verb should also be in accordance with that.

6. (b): ‘Than’ in place of ‘that.’

7. (b): ‘Found hanged ‘ in place of ‘found hanging’.

8. (c): ‘I would have died’ in place of ‘I would die’. This is the form of structure. If two parts of a sentence are in the past tense, one part will be in the past indefinite and another in the past perfect.

9. (b): ‘With ‘in place of ‘at’.


10. (a): ‘Lay’ in place of ‘laid’. ‘Lay’ is the past indefinite form of ‘lie’.