Competitive English Sentence Correction and Error Detection 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Identify the error in: 'I had went to the market yesterday.'
- I had
- went (Correct answer)
- to the market yesterday
- No error
Correct answer: went
After 'had', the past participle 'gone' must be used, not the simple past 'went'.
Question 2: Which sentence is CORRECT?
- He is senior than me.
- He is senior to me. (Correct answer)
- He is more senior than me.
- He is the most senior than me.
Correct answer: He is senior to me.
Adjectives like 'senior', 'junior', 'superior', and 'inferior' use 'to' instead of 'than' for comparison.
Question 3: Identify the error in: 'She told me that she will come tomorrow.'
- She told me
- that she will come (Correct answer)
- tomorrow
- No error
Correct answer: that she will come
In reported speech, after a past tense reporting verb, 'will' changes to 'would', giving 'that she would come'.
Question 4: Identify the error in: 'He is working in this company since 2010.'
- He is working (Correct answer)
- in this company
- since 2010
- No error
Correct answer: He is working
'Since' requires the present perfect tense, so it should be 'He has been working in this company since 2010.'
Question 5: Which sentence is grammatically CORRECT?
- Between you and I, this is wrong.
- Between you and me, this is wrong. (Correct answer)
- Between you and myself, this is wrong.
- Between I and you, this is wrong.
Correct answer: Between you and me, this is wrong.
'Between' is a preposition and must be followed by object pronouns, so 'me' is correct, not 'I'.
Question 6: Identify the error in: 'The committee have reached their decision.'
- The committee
- have reached (Correct answer)
- their decision
- No error
Correct answer: have reached
In American English, collective nouns like 'committee' take singular verbs, so 'has reached its decision' is correct.
Competitive English Sentence Correction and Error Detection 2
Identify the error in: 'I had went to the market yesterday.'