Competitive English Sentence Correction and Error Detection 1 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Identify the error in: 'She is one of the students who has passed the exam.'
- She is
- one of the students
- who has passed (Correct answer)
- No error
Correct answer: who has passed
'Who has' should be 'who have' because the antecedent of 'who' is the plural noun 'students'.
Question 2: Identify the error in: 'Each of the boys have done their homework.'
- Each of
- the boys
- have done their homework (Correct answer)
- No error
Correct answer: have done their homework
'Each' is singular and requires a singular verb, so it should be 'has done his homework'.
Question 3: Which sentence is grammatically CORRECT?
- He don't know the answer.
- He doesn't knows the answer.
- He doesn't know the answer. (Correct answer)
- He do not knows the answer.
Correct answer: He doesn't know the answer.
With third-person singular subjects, 'does not' (doesn't) is used with the base form of the verb.
Question 4: Identify the error in: 'Neither the manager nor the employees was present.'
- Neither the manager
- nor the employees
- was present (Correct answer)
- No error
Correct answer: was present
When 'neither…nor' joins a singular and plural noun, the verb agrees with the subject closest to it — 'employees' is plural, so 'were' is correct.
Question 5: Which sentence uses the correct form of the adjective?
- She is more prettier than her sister.
- She is prettier than her sister. (Correct answer)
- She is most prettier than her sister.
- She is the more prettier of the two.
Correct answer: She is prettier than her sister.
'Prettier' is already a comparative form, so adding 'more' is redundant and incorrect.
Question 6: Identify the error in: 'The news are shocking.'
- The
- news
- are shocking (Correct answer)
- No error
Correct answer: are shocking
'News' is an uncountable noun that takes a singular verb, so it should be 'The news is shocking.'
Competitive English Sentence Correction and Error Detection 1
Identify the error in: 'She is one of the students who has passed the exam.'