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Question for Practice Questions Level 1: Grammar Revision
Try yourself:Directions: The sentence below has been divided into four parts. Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (5).
Sleep is (1) controlled by (2) the brain and (3) associated by characteristic (4) breathing rhythms. (5) No error.
Explanation
`Associated with` is the correct usage.
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Question for Practice Questions Level 1: Grammar Revision
Try yourself:Directions: The sentence below has been divided into four parts. Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (5).
The knee (1) is likely to be more than damaged most (2) other joints in the body because (3) it cannot twist (4) without injury. (5) No error
Explanation
Error of modifier. `Is more likely to be damaged than........` is the correct usage.
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Question for Practice Questions Level 1: Grammar Revision
Try yourself:Directions: The sentence below has been divided into four parts and numbered (1) to (4). Identify the part having an error and mark that as your answer. If no part has an error, mark (5) as your answer.
It makes (1) honest public life impossible, (2) as every politician (3) tries to benefit his family (4) on the expense of the state. (5) No error
Explanation
‘At the expense of’ is the correct usage. Henec, we would not use 'at the expense on'.
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Question for Practice Questions Level 1: Grammar Revision
Try yourself:Directions: The sentence below has been divided into four parts. Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (5).
(1) Municipalities are (2) of two kind: (3) the agricultural municipalities and the (4) commercial-industrial municipalities. (5) No error
Explanation
'Two' means plural. so, `of two kinds`.
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Question for Practice Questions Level 1: Grammar Revision
Try yourself:Directions: The sentence below has been divided into four parts. Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (5).
Fossils of (1) plant that have (2) been extinct for (3) fifty million years have been found in large deposits of amber (4) near the Baltic Sea. (5) No error
Explanation
'Have' is used for plural subject. Therefore, `fossils of plants........`.
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Question for Practice Questions Level 1: Grammar Revision
Try yourself:Directions: The sentence below has been divided into four parts. Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (5).
(1) Beside their wear ability, (2) either as jewelry or as incorporated into articles (3) of attire, beads possess the desirable characteristics of every (4) collectible. (5) No error
Explanation
`Besides` means 'in addition to'; 'beside' means 'to the side of'.
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Question for Practice Questions Level 1: Grammar Revision
Try yourself:Directions: The sentence below has been divided into four parts. Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (5).
In (1) the last part of (2) the nineteenth century (3) a new housing form was (4) quiet being developed. (5) No error
Explanation
Here, we need an adverb to qualify the verb 'developed'. Thus, `quietly being developed`.
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Question for Practice Questions Level 1: Grammar Revision
Try yourself:Directions: Read the sentence carefully to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part will be the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (5).
Last night, (1)/ it was at perigee, (2)/ or its closest point in its orbit, (3)/ and that coincides with the full moon. (4)/ No error
Explanation
'Last night' and 'was' confirm that the sentence is in past tense. So, 'coincides' should be replaced with 'coincided'.
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Question for Practice Questions Level 1: Grammar Revision
Try yourself:Directions: The sentence below has been divided into four parts. Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (5).
(1) It was the first map made after English settlers (2) came to Smith town (3) was a map of Virginia by (4) James Brown, the famous adventurer. No error
Explanation
Error of redundancy. Delete `it was`.
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Question for Practice Questions Level 1: Grammar Revision
Try yourself:Directions: The sentence below has been divided into four parts. Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (5).
(1) Public transportation in many parts of India (2) is inadequate, (3) making it necessary for people (4) to own cars. (5) No error
Question for Practice Questions Level 1: Grammar Revision
Try yourself:Directions: Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (5).
Explanation
`Arresting` would indicate an activity, which cannot be derived here. `To arrest` correctly indicates a purpose.
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Question for Practice Questions Level 1: Grammar Revision
Try yourself:Directions: Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (5).
Explanation
`A majority` as a subject, is plural; 'the majority' is singular. Thus, verb has to be plural. Hence, 'believe'.
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Question for Practice Questions Level 1: Grammar Revision
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Explanation
'One of', `any of' etc takes plural subject. Thus, 'any of the shops`.
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Question for Practice Questions Level 1: Grammar Revision
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Explanation
As per British English, in comparative sentences subjects remain in subjective form of pronoun. Thus, 'as he'.
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Question for Practice Questions Level 1: Grammar Revision
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Explanation
The narration is in the past tense. The adverb 'once' (at some time in the past) also implies that the incidence of meeting the tiger is of past. Hence, `who met` is the correct usage.
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Question for Practice Questions Level 1: Grammar Revision
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Explanation
Article 'the' is used in some special cases, none of which satisfies this sentence. Thus, delete `the`.
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Question for Practice Questions Level 1: Grammar Revision
Try yourself:Directions: Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (5).
Explanation
Incorrect sentence formataion. 'Running' to be replaced by 'has been running/runs/ is running'.
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Question for Practice Questions Level 1: Grammar Revision
Try yourself:Directions: Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (5).
Explanation
Error of missing word. `Not having any at all`.
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Question for Practice Questions Level 1: Grammar Revision
Try yourself:Directions: Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (5).
Explanation
Preposition 'from' is not required after verb 'avoided'.
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Question for Practice Questions Level 1: Grammar Revision
Try yourself:Directions: Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (5).
Explanation
Error of 'adjectival usage'. `The much celebrated` is the correct usage.
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