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186 Error Detection MCQs from English, each with the correct answer and a written explanation of why it is correct. Free and unlimited, with no account needed.
Error detection requires finding faults in sentence structure, grammar, usage, spelling or punctuation and identifying the correction. The work draws on agreement, tense, pronoun reference, articles, prepositions, modifiers and parallel structure, so the incorrect part must be judged within the complete sentence rather than in isolation.
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161. Identify the incorrect segment:Lucy is the diva which performance as an opera singer is peerless.
- A. which
- B. as
- C. an
- D. peerless
Explanation: The key to this question is choosing the correct relative pronoun to indicate possession.
Correct answer: which- A. excused
- B. of
- C. also
- D. restored
Explanation: The correct answer is Option A: excused. In this context, the correct verb should be "exonerated." The word "exonerated" is used in legal…
Correct answer: excused- A. Along with
- B. Is the factor
- C. Take
- D. Towards
- E. No error
Explanation: The correct answer is option B: 'Is the factor'. In this case, the subject is plural ('three factors'), which requires the verb to be…
Correct answer: Is the factor- A. Let's
- B. The
- C. Is
- D. To
Explanation: The error lies in the use of the preposition 'to'. The correct preposition should be 'for', as it indicates the direction or destination…
Correct answer: To- A. We were
- B. Up the
- C. To saw this
- D. In the
Explanation: There is a grammatical error in option C: "happened to saw this".We always use the present tense of the verb so it should be "see" not…
Correct answer: To saw this- A. When
- B. I
- C. Get
- D. Frighten
Explanation: The sentence contains a grammar error where the verb 'frighten' is incorrectly used in place of the adjective 'frightened'.
Correct answer: Frighten- A. Was
- B. So that
- C. Could spend
- D. In the country
Explanation: Instead of 'was', 'were' should have been used. We wish today were sunny..These phrases are never correct: I wish I was, I wish it was, he…
Correct answer: Was- A. Is well what
- B. Said the
- C. When he had
- D. The story
Explanation: The correct phrase should be "All is well when it ends well". 'What' doesn't make sense here as it does not refer to a time frame.
Correct answer: Is well what- A. Upon which
- B. Had swing in the backyards
- C. Suspended like
- D. In the
Explanation: "Had swing" is wrong. We always use the third form of the verb with has/have/had.
Correct answer: Had swing in the backyards170. Spot the error. The child was fully dressed and sitting in her father's lap near the kitchen table.
- A. Fully
- B. Sitting in
- C. Kitchen table
- D. No error
Explanation: Dressed is past tense while "sitting" is present continuous tense making the sentence incoherent.
Correct answer: Sitting in- A. The three
- B. Like his
- C. Was a
- D. When he
Explanation: "The three" is a wrong use as "the" is not used to describe a proper noun like it is done in this case.
Correct answer: The three- A. By later
- B. Become the
- C. Whose remains
- D. In and after
Explanation: The sentence is in past tense so the verb should also be in past tense hence it is wrong to use "become" instead we should use "became".
Correct answer: Become the- A. It fun
- B. To watch
- C. Make
- D. Carefully spoonful
Explanation: The correct answer is 'Careful spoonful'. The error in the sentence lies in the phrase 'mixing carefully spoonful from different caddies'.
Correct answer: Carefully spoonful- A. Common
- B. On
- C. Of
- D. His
Explanation: This segment contains the mistake that needs to be corrected. The correct preposition to use in this sentence is "of" instead of "on." The…
Correct answer: Of- A. Showed
- B. Capable of
- C. Looking beneath
- D. Dependent
Explanation: It should be dependent upon instead of in hence D is the correct answer.
Correct answer: Dependent- A. He was
- B. He were
- C. Used to
- D. To send him
Explanation: In a past continuous tense, we use was with He, She, and It hence B is the correct answer.
Correct answer: He were- A. With alternatively
- B. Of either
- C. Or else
- D. Taking rooms
Explanation: It should be "alternate" to indicate the action of switching between states or deciding on a particular choice instead of alternatively…
Correct answer: With alternatively- A. Going to
- B. Read for
- C. Of which
- D. I had
Explanation: Read for is used to indicate the focus whereas read up which should be the correct word is used to indicate the time spend to find out the…
Correct answer: Read for- A. Are rapidly
- B. Rather like a
- C. Gets bigger
- D. But goes faster
Explanation: Since "number" is singular, the phrase number of people is singular, which calls for "is" instead of "are rapid," hence A is the correct…
Correct answer: Are rapidly- A. Has been calculated
- B. Is checked
- C. There will only be
- D. Stand by
Explanation: The correct phrase should be "stand." The phrase "stand by" implies waiting or being ready to assist, whereas, in the context of the…
Correct answer: Stand by