Solution Error Finding Practice Set 13 solved in ENGLISH
ERROR FINDING PRACTICE SET 13 SOLVED IN HINDI & ENGLISH
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1. Long life is good/ if one be happy/ and has friends. / NE
Answer: B
Explanation: Replace ‘be’ with ‘is’ in part ‘B’. ‘Be’ in this sentence is a verb. When ‘be’ is a verb we do not use it itself, rather we use a form of it. As the subject of this verb is singular therefore its form ‘is’ will be used.
2. It is these obscene films / that lead the youths / to their moral degradation. / NE
Answer: B
Explanation: Replace ‘youths’ by ‘youth’ in part ‘B’. Here ‘youths’ means ‘young people’. In this meaning ‘youth’ is an uncountable noun; therefore you can’t make it in the plural.
3. Aren’t your father / and your elder brother / out of town? / NE
Answer: D
Explanation: No error. Repetition of ‘your’ is necessary in this sentence as father and brother are two different people.
4. The company is using / influence to persuade people / to buy its refrigerators. / NE
Answer: B
Explanation: Place ‘its’ before influence’ in part ‘B’ as use of a possessive adjective is necessary here; e.g.
a) The government should continue to use its influence for the release of all hostages.
b) He used his influence to get his son into medical school.
5. We have paid for our travel and accommodation expenses/so we need only to take/ some pocket-money with us. / NE
Answer: B
Explanation: Shift ‘only’ between ‘we’ and ‘need’ in part ‘B’. If there is no helping verb we put ‘only’ between the subject and the main verb except verb ‘be’; e.g.
INCORRECT: She goes to temple once a week only.
CORRECT: She only goes to temple once a month.
6. Manslaughter is / where a person / is killed unlawfully. / NE
Answer: B
Explanation: Part ‘B’. Replace WHERE with WHEN. The noun ‘manslaughter is not the name of a place, rather it’s a crime. Therefore you can’t use the word WHERE here.
7. Modern youth pay attention / to seeing films / than reading books. / NE
Answer: C
Explanation: Part ‘C’. Replace ‘than’ by rather than’. We use rather than to give more importance to one thing when two alternatives or preferences are being compared:
a) He wanted to be an actor rather than a comedian.
b) Can we come over on Saturday rather than Friday?
c) I think I’d like to stay at home this evening rather than go out.
8. Leisure should be utilized / not in idling with the time saved but in engaging in / some useful and pleasurable activity. / NE
Answer: B
Explanation: Part ‘B’. Replace IDLING WITH by IDLING AWAY. IDLE AWAY = to spend time relaxing and doing nothing; e.g. We idled away the hours drinking and playing cards.
9. I / have been studying / since four hours. / NE
Answer: C
Explanation: Part ‘C’. Replace SINCE by FOR as FOR HOURS is not a point of time, rather it’s a period of time.
10. Not a word does he know / of any language / but his own. / NE
Answer: C
Explanation: Part ‘C’. Place the preposition OF after BUT.
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