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Q11. |
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Answer : 3
Explanation :
Explanation :
The subject of the sentence is not tools but ‘advent’ which is singular. The verb has to be singular too. But the part (3) of the sentence shows the plural verb ‘are’ in use.
View AnswerQ12. |
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Answer : 2
Explanation :
Explanation :
There are several nouns that sound plural but are actually singular like 'Information, luggage, business, furniture, mischief etc. ‘News’ is one of them and must always take a singular verb after it. Thus the error is in the second part of the sentence.
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Answer : 2
Explanation :
Explanation :
When two subjects are joined by using ‘with / along with / together with / as well as’ the verb should agree with the first subject.
Eg-The teacher as well as his students is out in the field.
Here the first subject is ‘prime minister’ which is singular so verb has to take singular form. Thus the error is in the second part of the sentence.
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Answer : 3
Explanation : Here, the definite article ‘the’ has been used before both the subjects joined by ‘and’. This means that they are two different people and thus the plural verb ‘are’ must be used. Had the sentence been, ‘The branch manager and area officer’… then the verb would have been singular because in that case it would imply that the subjects joined by ‘and’ refer to the same person. The error is therefore in part 3 of the sentence and the corrected sentence is ‘The branch manager and the area officer are on leave.’
Explanation : Here, the definite article ‘the’ has been used before both the subjects joined by ‘and’. This means that they are two different people and thus the plural verb ‘are’ must be used. Had the sentence been, ‘The branch manager and area officer’… then the verb would have been singular because in that case it would imply that the subjects joined by ‘and’ refer to the same person. The error is therefore in part 3 of the sentence and the corrected sentence is ‘The branch manager and the area officer are on leave.’
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Answer : 4
Explanation : ‘his mastery over several sports’ is the subject so verb in agreement should be the singular ‘makes’. In this sentence ‘and the social graces’ is a deflector to confuse one in identifying the subject. So error is in the fourth part of the sentence.
Explanation : ‘his mastery over several sports’ is the subject so verb in agreement should be the singular ‘makes’. In this sentence ‘and the social graces’ is a deflector to confuse one in identifying the subject. So error is in the fourth part of the sentence.
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Answer : 2
Explanation :
Explanation :
The subject in the sentence is ‘the decline in the fortunes of the royal family’, which is singular. It is to be kept in mind that the subject is not ‘fortunes’. According to the rules of grammar, the verb should agree with the subject. Hence, in the second part of the sentence, the plural ‘are’ should be replaced by the singular ‘is’.
View AnswerQ17. |
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Answer : 2
Explanation :
Explanation :
The subject of the sentence is ‘people’ that is plural. Thus the verb ‘was’ in the second part of the sentence must be replaced with ‘were’ to agree with the plural subject.
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Directions : Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical/idiomatic/spelling mistake/error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. Mark the number of that part with error as your answer. If there is no error, mark (5). |
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Answer : 2
Explanation :
Explanation :
The verb ‘to continuing’ has been wrongly used in the sentence. It need to use the infinitive form of the verb. The infinitive form uses the base verb and the correct verb to be used is ‘to continue’.
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Correct the Errors: Directions : Find the error,if any in the following sentences. The woman that had (1)/ kidnapped a child has now (2)/ been apprehended and is being (3)/ held in the city's jail(4)/ No errors (5) |
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Answer : 1
Explanation : "that had" should be " who had kidnapped".
Explanation : "that had" should be " who had kidnapped".
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Answer : 3
Explanation : "the fraud cases have been" should be "has been" because of third person singular number.
Explanation : "the fraud cases have been" should be "has been" because of third person singular number.
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