Competitive English Sentence Correction and Error Detection 2

Question 1

Identify the error in: 'I had went to the market yesterday.'

Accepted Answer

went

Answer

After 'had', the past participle 'gone' must be used, not the simple past 'went'.

Question 2

Which sentence is CORRECT?

Accepted Answer

He is senior to me.

Answer

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.'

Accepted Answer

that she will come

Answer

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.'

Accepted Answer

He is working

Answer

'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?

Accepted Answer

Between you and me, this is wrong.

Answer

'Between' is a preposition and must be followed by object pronouns, so 'me' is correct, not 'I'.

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