Spot the Error in Sentences

1. If the police had worked in time the riot would not have occurred.

2. It is time you decided on your next course of action.

3. Each of them has a different version of the crime.

4. What made him to it, or who provoked him is still not known.

5. Despite of continuing pain, she worked at her temporary job most of the week.

6. I found the first two chapters of the book particularly interesting.

7. We have known each other since we were children.

8. Kohli is one of the players who have been selected for the tournament.

9. Had you worked hard from the beginning you would have passed.

10. He is a scientist but of his three sons none has any merit.

1. The notice reads: "Beware of this monkey, he has sudden bouts of anger."

2. The police entered into the house and questioned the head of the family about the theft.

3. "Have you seen any good films lately?" "Not for the last few months."

4. The short story should not exceed more than two hundred words.

5. He had tied the knot so loose that it gave way very soon.

6. I wasn't really surprised that we got lost because I knew that our guide was as ignorant of the city lanes as we were.

7. I wondered why they did not order everyone to leave the building till the fire was extinguished.

8. The introduction of job-oriented courses in the self-financing colleges attracts many students.

9. Let you and me do the work together to complete it on time.

10. These poisonous gases will affect our health.

1. The reason for his failure is that he did not work hard

3. India is larger than any other democracy in the world.

5. I have lived in Delhi since 1965.

7. Such books as you read are not worth reading.

8. Tagore was one of the greatest poets that ever lived.

9. You may please apply for an advance of salary to cover the cost of transport.

10. The taxi that would take the family to Haridwar had to be ready at six the next morning.

1. He has spent a lot on the education of his children but none of his three children has performed well.

2. The local team had been practising for over an year and so it was a surprise to see them lose the final match.

3. The driver lost control of the truck and hit a stationary bus which then rolled down the slope and sank into the lake.

4. The principal motive of the company is to keep the wages of workers low so that they do not stay long enough to claim retirement benefits.

5. Ravi and Mukesh started the test together but after an hour Ravi had attempted five fewer problems than Mukesh.

6. Everyone like the items served by the restaurant down the lane but I like its coffee the most.

7. The effects of Government's monetary policy are evident from the fact that more and more people have begun filing tax returns.

8. Just before his retirement John decided to divide his property among his four children and also nominate his eldest son as the Chairman of the company.

9. The lame deer, when chased by the hunter, jumped into the river and being unable to swim drowned in its rapid waters.

10. On the orders of the Supreme Court and having failed to obtain a pardon from the President the criminal was finally hanged in the Central Jail.

1. Employees are expected to adhere to the rules laid down by the management.

2. His grandfather had told him that smoking was a bad habit.

3. I entirely agree with you but I regret I cannot help you.

4. I want to get an M.A. degree from a reputed university located in India.

5. The number of guests invited to the wedding is one thousand.

6. My detailed statement is respectfully submitted for your perusal and necessary action.

7. I have been waiting for my friend since this morning but I think I will go home now.

8. He has been representing my constituency for the last five years.

9. The Government will soon make it mandatory for all private hospitals to notify infectious cases as soon as they are detected.

10. No sooner had he appeared on stage than the people began to cheer loudly.

1. It is identification with the audience that makes one come home from the play so much more satisfied than one ever is after mere passive enjoyment of the show.

2. CV Raman was one of the greatest sons of India who earned everlasting fame for scientific researches.

3. This box is heavier than the other one.

4. A writer does not have the freedom to choose his own themes, society thrusts them on him.

5. No error.

6. How long have you been in this profession.

7. I know that ignorance is not bliss, yet I am ignorant of many things.

8. You are just sixteen years old, aren’t you?.

9. The old widower, living on remittances from his sons, could not make both ends meet.

10. Debate about biotechnology and genetic engineering is under way around the world, and India is fully engrossed in the discussion.

1. I like to listen to the song of the nightingale in the evening.

2. Each student from amongst the hundred students in the class wants to watch this movie.

3. Although there is virtually no production in India, the Encyclopaedia Britannica estimates that India has perhaps the largest accumulated stocks of silver in the world.

4. We have to reach there at ten will you please walk a little faster.

5. It is almost difficult, but in no case impossible, to keep awake late after dinner.

6. No error.

7. She was out of her mind, when she made that plan to go abroad without taking into consideration her present family position.

8. No error.

9. My college is beside the lake.

10. The Department of Fine Arts has been criticised for not having the most required courses scheduled for this semester.

1. If you had thought about the alternatives, you would not have chosen such a difficult topic for the term paper.

2. The duties of the secretary are taking the minutes, mailing the correspondence, and calling the members before meeting.

3. If I were you, I would not go to film in my mother’s absence.

4. Those of us who have a family history of heart disease should make a yearly appointment with our doctors.

5. The old furniture was disposed of and the new ones were placed.

6. If he tells the truth he can escape punishment.

7. For a long time I did not know who was sitting beside me because it was so dark.

8. Don’t depend on Raju for he will always let you down.

9. Each and every person has to do this work.

10. This hard won freedom should not be lost so soon.

1. I am senior to him by two years.

2. When I finished writing the letter, I could not help admiring myself for achieving the impossible.

No error

4. He will be cured of his fever.

5. Though he is a gifted comedian, he prefers to spend his spare time watching horror movies or he prefers spending his

6. The writer of this poem is Wordsworth.

7. The jug is made of china clay.

8. Sita with all her sisters was here.

9. As you know the ignorant are easily duped.

1. One of the assistants was Alfred.

2. Though George is an honourable man his activities arouse suspicion.

3. She told her teacher that she was not be able to attend the class the previous day because of heavy rains.

4. Coleridge, as well as Wordsworth, was of the opinion that the opposite of poetry is not prose but science.

5. He courted arrest in order to protest against corruption among the government servants.

6. No error.

7. No error.

8. No error.

9. For young Donald, peace in Vietnam was almost as terrible as war.

10. That Brutus, who was his trusted friend had attacked him caused heartbreak to Julius Caesar.

1. No error.

2. I do not understand why in spite of my best efforts to please him my boss is so angry with me. (Angry at is used with situations.)

3. It being a rainy day, we did not feel like going out or doing anything except playing chess in our room.

4. It is not difficult to believe that a man who has lived in this city for a long time will never feel at home anywhere else in the world.

5. Although we reached his house on time he had left for the airport.

6. If a thing is worth doing at all it is worth doing well.

7. All the boys returned home well in time for lunch.

8. Tell me the name of a country where every citizen is law-abiding and there is no trouble.

9. Considering these facts the principal has offered him a seat.

10. His friends feel that he will be suspended unless he reports for duty immediately.

1. One of the most interesting features of travel in Himachal Pradesh is the large number of travellers’ lodgesprovided by the State government.

2. No error

3. I prefer this book to that one.

4. The peon has not swept the floor today.

5. No error.

6. I courteously asked him where he was going but he did not reply.

7. No error.

8. Nandita asked me if I was working hard these days.

9. Of the many problems that confront the leaders of the world none are of graver consequence than the problem of saving the normal human race from extinction.

10. Who do you think will be dismissed first?