English Quiz
ERROR FIND & Vocabulary Test
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24 August English Quiz Materials
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The correct answer is Option 3.
'has she' should be there in place of 'isn't it'
Explanation: The auxiliary verb from the positive statement is repeated in the tag and changed to negative and negative verb in the original statement is changed to positive in the tag.
Example: We have finished, haven't we?
You aren't English, are you?
The correct sentence is: 'She has not completed her course, has she?'
Answer : (3)
Here, the noun is 'the manager' so the pronoun in the question tag will be 'he' or 'she'. The use of 'it' is incorrect.'The error is in option 3.
Thus, the correct sentence will be: The manager visits the office regularly, doesn't he/she?
Answer : (3)
In a phrase ‘No sooner’ is always followed by ‘than’ to show that two events happen one after another.
The correct sentence should read – No sooner did the rabbit come out of the bush than the hunter killed it.
The error is in option 3.
The correct answer is Option 3 (That what I was doing.)
The error lies in using the conjunction that.
- When we transform a sentence from direct speech to indirect we do use ‘that’ but not when interrogative words like ‘what, how, when etc. are used in the indirect speech.
- This is because ‘that’ acts a connector in a simple sentence, but for an interrogative sentence that too of ‘wh’ type, a connector like ‘what, how etc.’ is already present.
So we do not need another connector. The sentence should read ‘My elder brother asked me what I was doing.’
The correct answer is option 2.
The error lies in the wrong usage of the verb form ‘leaved’.
We should always use past tense of a verb when we write a sentence beginning with ‘It is high time..’
Thus the sentence should read ‘It is high time we left this place’.
Answer: (4)
The meanings of the above words are as given below :
Divergent: Tending to be different or develop in different directions.
Severance : The action of ending a connection or relationship.
Rendezvous: a meeting at an agreed time and place.
Annul : declare invalid
Disparate: essentially different in kind.
Clearly, ‘divergent’ and ‘disparate’ are words with similar meaning.
Answer: (1)
The word 'succumb' means 'to accept defeat' or 'surrender'.
Thus option 1 is the word that carries the same meaning.
Answer: (4)
Denounce => publicly declare to be wrong or evil. Defend => to protect, safeguard. Criticize, Accuse and Condemn => to rebuke, reprimand
Thus option 4 best expresses the opposite meaning of the given word.
Answer: (2)
Denounce => publicly declare to be wrong or evil. Defend => to protect, safeguard. Criticize, Accuse and Condemn => to rebuke, reprimand
Answer : (3)
Benign => gentle and kind.
Malignant => spiteful, hostile.
Gracious => gentle, kind, good-natured.
Hostile => aggressive in a negative manner.
Thus option 3 best expresses the meaning of the given word.