ENGLISH QUIZ

Q.1-10. Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error or idiomatic 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). (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any.)

Q.1. The angry at being / left out of the bonanza / is palpable among /
                      (1)                                      (2)                           (3)
employees of the organization. No error
(4)                                                          (5)

Q.2. There are just too few trains / for, the ever-growing / number of passengers / in the city. No error
                               (1)                                         (2)                                    (3)                              (4)                (5)

Q.3. If all goes well, / the examination scheduled for next month / is all set to be completely free /
                  (1)                                                (2)                                                                    (3)
from annoying power cuts and disruptions. No error
(4)                                                                               (5)

Q.4. His comments came after / the research group said that its /
                          (1)                                                   (2)
consumer confidence index were / slumped to its lowest level./ No error
(3)                                                                                (4)                            (5)

Q.5. The buzz at the party was / that a famous / filmstar and politician, would /
                                 (1)                         (2)                                          (3)
probable drop by for a while. No error
(4)                                                     (5)

Q.6. The President has denied / that the economy is in recession / or was go into one /
                          (1)                                                 (2)                                                   (3)
despite a spate of downcast reports. No error
                       (4)                                               (5)

Q.7. Aggression in some teenage boys / may be linkage to overly /
                         (1)                                                                 (2)
large glands in their brains, / a new study has found./No error
(3)                                                               (4)                           (5)

Q.8. The Opposition disrupted proceedings / in both Houses of Parliament /
                                       (1)                                                                     (2)
for the second consecutive day / above the plight of farmers in the country. No error
               (3)                                                          (4)                                                            (5)

Q.9. In response to the growing crisis, / the agency is urgently asking for /
                              (1)                                                               (2)
more contributions, to make up for / its sharp decline in purchasing power. No error
(3)                                                                                      (4)                                                (5)

Q.10. The tennis player easy through / the opening set before her opponent, /
                                  (1)                                                     (2)
rallied to take the final two sets / for the biggest victory of her young career. No error
                      (3)                                                        (4)                                                     (5)



Answers :

Q.1.(1) Replace angry with anger
angry is an adjective and a noun (anger) should be used as the subject in the sentence.
palpable - that is easily noticed by the mind or sense.

Q.2.(1) Replace too with very. too is used before adjectives & adverbs to show that
something is good more than desired (degree) used in negative sense.
Few– denotes number less than desired (used in positive sense) .

Q.3.(3) ‘all’ should be eliminated from this part ofthe sentence.

Q.4.(3) Replace were with was. Index is a singular noun so a singular verb should
be used with it. The plural of index is indices or indexes.

Q.5.(4) Replace probable with probably.
probable is an adjective that should be used tomodify a noun like - It is probable that share prices will fall still further probable means - likely to be true.
probably is an adverb which means that something is very likely. In the given sentence drop is a verb so probably (an adverb) should be used.

Q.6.(3) Replace was go with is going with ‘was’ progressive form of verb should be used

Q.7.(2) Replace linkage with linked
linked means a connection between two or more people or things linkage is the act of linking (connecting) things

Q.8.(4) Replace above with over as plight of farmers in the country is an issue.

Q.9.(2) Replace is urgently asking for with has urgently asked for. Past perfect tense
should be used here.

Q.10.(1) Replace easy with eased.

ease (verb) - move slowly and carefully The sentence is in Past Tense

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