Spot The Error in Sentence Practice Set 2

Directions : Read each sentence and find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence.
The number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is ‘5’ i.e. no error, (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any.
1. 1. Our system of assigning / 2. different jobs to different people / /3. should be based on their / 4. strengths and weaknesss / 5. No error
2. 1. In a very harsh tone / 2. he shouted at his servants / 3. and told them that / 4. he does not need their services / 5. No error.
3. 1. Reasonable ambition, if supported / 2. at persistent efforts / 3. is likely to yeild / 4. the desired results / 5. No error.
4. 1. Even after worked in the office / 2. for as many as fifteen years / 3. he still does not understand / 4. the basic objectives of the work / 5. No error.
5. 1. Why some people don’t get / 2. what they deserve / 3. and why others get what they don’t deserve / 4. is a matter decided by luck / 5. No error/
6. 1. Ramesh did not like / 2. leaving his old parents alone in the house / 3. but he had no alternative / 4. as he has to out to work / 5. No error.
7. 1. I was being astonished / 2. when I heard that / 3. he had left the country / 4. without informing anyone of us / 5. No error.
8. 1. I would have lost / 2. my luggage and other belongings / 3. If I would have left the / 4. compartment and gone out of fetch drinking water. / 5. No error
9. 1. All of you will agree with me / /2. that no problem faced by our / 3. society is as grave and intractable / 4. as this problem is / 5. No error.
10. 1. The committee is thankful to / 2. Shri Desai for preparing not only the main report / 3. but also for preparing / 4. the agenda notes and minutes / 5. No error.
11. 1. No country can long endure / 2. if its foundations / 3. were not laid deep / 4. in the material prosperity / 5. No error.
12. 1. Mahatma Gandhi did not solve / 2. all the problems of the future / 3. but he did solve / 4. problems of his own age / 5. No error.
13. 1. We now look forward for / 2. some great achievements / 3. which to some extent / 4. can restore the country’s prestige once again / 5. No error.
14. 1. While Mahendra was away/ on a long official tour / 3. his office receive an important letter / 4. which was marked ‘Urgent’ / 5. No error.
15. 1. We will pack not only / 2. the material properly / 3. but will also deliver it / to your valued customers / 5. No error.
16. 1. We cannot handle / 2. this complicated case today / 3. unless full details are not given / 4. to us by now / 5. No error.
17. 1. According to one survey / 2. only those forests which were / 3. not under village management / 4. succumbed from fires recently / 5. No error.
18. 1. Our school is making / 2. every possible effort / 3. to provide best facilities / 4. and personal attention for each child / 5. No error.
19. 1. We have done everything / 2. that could be done / 3. to avert the storm / 4. which is now coming on / 5. No error.
20. 1. Jayesh loved his Guru immensely / 2.and gave him full loyalty, / 3. yet he had his own / 4. independent way of thinking / 5. No error.
Answers :
1. 2. Part ‘2’ should be “different people different jobs”.
2. 4. Part ‘4’ should be “he did not need their services”.
3. 2. Part ‘2’ should be “with persistent efforts”.
4. 1. Part ‘1’ should be “Even after having worked in the office”.
5. 4. Part ‘4’ should be “is decided by luck”.
6. 4. Part ‘4’ should be “as he had to go out to work”.
7. 1. Part ‘1’ should be “I was astonished”.
8 .3. Part ‘3’ should be “If I had left the compartment”.
9. 2. Part ‘2’ should be “that no other problem faced by our country”.
10. 3. Part ‘3’ should be “but also the agenda notes and minutes”.
11. 3. Part ‘3’ should be “are not laid deep”.
12. 2. Part ‘2’ should be “the problems of the future”.
13. 1. Part ‘1’ should be “we now look forward to”.
14. 3. Part ‘3’ should be “his office received an important letter”.
15. 1. Part ‘1’ should be “We will not only pack”.
16. 3. Part ‘3’ should be “unless full details are given”.
17. 4. Part ‘4’ should be “succumbed to fires recently”.
18. 4. Part ‘4’ should be “and personal attention to each child”.
19. 1. Part ‘1’ should be “We did everything”.
20. 4. Part ‘4’ should be “way of thinking”.

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Spot The Error in Sentence Practice Set 1