Find out whether there is any grammatical error.
1. Why are (A)/Ramit not (B)/cooking (C)/food today? (D)
A) Why are [Use ‘is’ in place of ‘are’]
¶ Why is Ramit not cooking food today?
2. At present Kavya is not studying (A)/as she is (B)/playing in the garden (C)/No Error (D)
D) No Error
¶ At present Kavya is not studying as she is playing in the garden.
3.Noni had (A)/brushes (B)/her teeth (C)/every night (D)
A) Noni had [Remove ‘had’]
¶ Noni brushes her teeth every night .
4.While they (A)/were having (B)/dinner lights went out (C) No Error (D)
D) No Error
¶ While they were having dinner lights went out .
5.I would (A)/completed my work (B)/in a week’s (C)/time (D)
B) completed my work [Replace ‘completed’ by ‘complete’]
¶ I would complete my work in a week’s time.
6.She did not (A)/opened the (B)/door because she (C)/was washing her hair. (D)
B) opened the [Replace ‘opened’ by ‘open’]
¶ She did not open the door because she was washing her hair.
7.Naina found (A)/that her (B)/pocket had been picked. (C)/ NO Error (D)
D) No Error
¶ Naina found that her pocket had been picked.
8.By tomorrow evening (A)/my uncle, Ravi (B)/would reach (C)/the United States (D)
C) would reach [Use ‘will have reached ‘in place of ‘would reach’]
¶ By tomorrow evening my uncle, Ravi will have reached the United States .
9.We did not (A)/go out (B)/as it (C)/was still rain. (D)
D) was still rain [Use ‘raining’ in place of ‘rain’]
¶ We did not go out as it was still raining.
10.Sachin has (A)/scored a century (B)/a week (C)/ago. (D)
A) Sachin has [Remove ‘has’]
¶Sachin had scored a century a week ago.
11.Directions: In the following sentence improve underlined part with help of given options:
¶ No sooner did the police arrived than robbers made good their escape.
- A) No sooner when the police arrived
- B) No sooner did the police arrive
- C) No sooner the police arrived
- D) No sooner had the police arrive
B) No sooner did the police arrive
When a sentence begins with an Adverb, use ‘Law OF Inversion’.
Law Of Inversion —> Adverb + Helping Verb+ Subject + Main verb
➯ When the given sentence starts with an Adverb
[Seldom, Never, No sooner, Hardly, so. etc]
always use ‘Law Of Inversion’
12.Direction: The idiom given below is followed by four possible meanings. Choose the correct option.
¶ By fits and starts
- A) Irregularly
- B) Successfully
- C) Inompletely
- D) Suddenly
A) Irregularly
13.Directions: In the following sentence, one part may have an error. Choose the one which has error.
¶ It is high time that we send answer to this query.
- A) It is high time
- B) that we send
- C) the answer
- D) to this query
B) that we send
• It’s time to + verb2 → It expresses something should be done at the present time.
It’s high time/It is about time/It’s time + Subject + verb2 → It express Something should have happened or been done in the past.➡️ Correct Sentence: It is high time we sent the answer to this query.
14. They would have been (A)/here by now (B)/if they caught (C)/the early train. (D)
- A) They would have been
- B) here by now
- C) if they caught
- D) the early train
C) if they caught