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Rules

• One of the most important rules is to be well-acquainted with English grammar including adjectives, use of tenses, use of conjunctions, pronouns, subject-verb agreement, forms of verbs, interjections, and more wen you answer error identification questions
• Identifying the role of modifiers is important because if they are placed before the subject, then the sentence becomes grammatically incorrect.
• Redundancy should be avoided at all costs in order to remove the possible errors from the sentence.
• Try not to have any parallelism in your verb forms when writing a sentence
• Consider singular and plural nouns and verb forms with the subject to identify error if there is any
• The subject and verb should agree in a sentence. Know the rule for subject verb agreement as well
• Keep an eye on the punctuation and articles (a/an/the)
• There should be a proper use of question tag. Question tags are used in a sentence to make it from assertive to interrogative
• Relative Pronoun should also be known because it is the most common error that you may find in any error identification question
• Read articles and newspapers or books to enhance your vocabulary and grammar

Q1: Shia hearing the news of mars mission which was initiated by ISRO.
(a) Hearing
(b)  Of
(c) Which
(d) Was
Ans: (a)
Shia heard the news of mars mission which was initiated by ISRO.

Q2: Turn right by the crossroads when you reach it by car.
(a) Turn
(b) By
(c) When
(d) No error
Ans: (b)
Turn right at the crossroads when you reach it by car.
Whenever we give an exact location, we always use 'at' instead of 'by'.

Q3: Ram stopped to see if he could picked up the 10 rupees note.
(a) Stopped
(b) See
(c) Could
(d) Picked
Ans: (d)
Ram stopped to see if he could pick up the 10 rupees note.
The statement here is a conditional sentence. The simple past in the first sentence will be followed by simple present in the second sentence along with (could)

Q4: Although gajendra jumped aside, but the stone hit him.
(a) Jumped
(b) But
(c) The
(d) Hit
Ans: (b)
Although gajendra jumped aside, yet the stone hit him.
Whenever we use 'although' in a sentence, it is always coupled with 'yet' instead of but.

Q5:  Work as quick as you can but as carefully as possible when you take the blood test.
(a) As quick
(b) As carefully
(c) Take
(d) No error
Ans: (a)
Work as quickly as you can but as carefully as possible when you take the blood test.
While using as ....... as in a sentence, the main verb s always used in the form of an adverb - quickly.

Q6: Gajendra is paddling in cycle to home.
(a) is
(b) in
(c) To
(d) No error
Ans: (b)
Gajendra is paddling a cycle to home.
We never use preposition before a noun. It is always followed by an article

Q7: Raghu received a watch which he like to wear always.
(a) Received
(b) Which
(c) Like
(d) Always
Ans: (c)
Raghu received a watch which he likes to wear always.
here, he is a singular subject, hence we use a singular verb - likes.

Q8: I have purchased a Porsche cayenne which is very expensive.
(a) Purchased
(b) Which
(c) Very
(d) No error
Ans: (d)
I have purchased a Porsche cayenne which is very expensive.
the sentence construction completely correct

Q9: Naima saw the deaf man crossed the crowded road without any help.
(a) Saw
(b) Crossed
(c) Without
(d) Any
Ans: (b)
Naima saw the deaf man crossing the crowded road without any help.
The action here states that it is continuous tense. Naima watching the man crossing.

Q10: Tommy wagged it’s tail when he saw me approaching
(a) Wagged
(b) It’s
(c) Saw
(d) No error
Ans: (b)
Tommy wagged its tail when he saw me approaching.
There is a difference between it's and its. It's means It is and its means belonging to someone.

Q11: The loud speaker noises frightened the baby
(a) Speaker
(b) Frightened
(c) Noises
(d) No error
Ans: (c)
The loud speaker noise frightened the baby.
Here the noun is singular and any uncountable noun does not take plural form.

Q12: After few moment the man opened the car window and looked out curiously
(a) Moment
(b) Opened
(c) And
(d) No error
Ans: (a)
After few moments the man opened the car window and looked out curiously.
With the use of 'few' it becomes plural. So we use 'moments' instead of 'moment'.

Q13: Plug the right connector to the socket will save the appliance
(a) Save
(b) The
(c) Socket
(d) Plug
Ans: (d)
Plugging the right connector to the socket will save the appliance.
Here it talks about an that should be done. hence, Plugging should be used.

Q14: It was raining outside and I did not had a raincoat.
(a) Was
(b) Had
(c) And
(d) No error
Ans: (b)
It was raining outside and I did not have a raincoat.
Here the situation is a consequential one where it was raining and the speaker did not have a raincoat. With did we always use a V1 verb (first form of verb). Hence, had is incorrect.

Q15: Reading enhance your brain's thinking capability.
(a) Reading
(b) Enhance
(c) Your
(d) Thinking
Ans: (b)
Reading enhances your brains thinking capability.
While we are considering an action over here, this means that the verb is singular so it will take a singular verb (enhances)