CONCEPTS
Sentence correction questions are designed to test your ability to identify written English that is grammatically correct. They also test your ability to understand the essential message conveyed in that sentence. Therefore, understanding the essential and discarding the unimportant or non-essential is the key point to be focused while attending to these type of questions. Questions on spotting errors/ sentence correction are usually based different grammatical rules. We have different types of grammatical errors. You have to concentrate chiefly on the following kinds of errors. 1) Errors of Subject Verb Agreement.
2) Errors based on the wrong usage words.
3) Errors in the use of Nouns and Pronouns, Adjectives, Adverbs, Conjunctions, Prepositions etc.
4) Errors in the use of Tenses. 5) Errors on active and passive voice. 6) Errors in the usage of Articles
7) Errors in the usage of Reported Speech.
All the above topics are discussed in the previous chapters.
Types of sentence correction questions: Spotting the Errors:
In this type of question, a sentence is given with certain parts have been underlined or marked a, b, c and d. one of these underlined or marked parts may contain and error or may not be acceptable in standard written communication. You have to find which part has an error.
Choosing the grammatically correct sentences:
In this type of question, four sentences are given and we are asked to choose the grammatically correct sentence. There is no underlined part so you have to observe the entire sentence for its accuracy and grammar.
Choosing the best alternative:
This is a different type of question where a part of the sentence is high-lighted or underlined. You have to choose the best alternative from among the four given sentences.
Inappropriate usage:
Here, the different usages of a word/ phrases are tested. You have to choose the option in which the usage is inappropriate or incorrect.
• To score well in the above sections, you need to know Standard English Grammar. You must be able to recognize the various Parts of Speech and identify the way they are used incorrectly in test question. • Mainly, your attention should be focused on tenses of verbs, word order, word form, and agreement of the verb with the subject, difference between principal verb and Auxiliary verb, proper usage of preposition. You must also have a solid understanding of the different idiomatic phrases and the link between one clause and the other. i.e. principal clause and sub-ordinate clause. • Strategies to solve questions on choosing grammatically correct sentences.
a) The first thing to do is to go through all the four sentences carefully. Sometimes there may be multiple errors in a sentence. Therefore while choosing the correct sentence; you have to be careful.
b) While reading the options you may find one or two sentences with glaring grammatical mistakes.
Obviously, what you should do is to short list your options. Then closely concentrate on the one or two short listed options out of the four given.
c) Do not look for spelling errors or errors is the use of capital letters and punctuation marks.
EXERCISE-I
Each of the questions given below consists of four sentences on a topic numbered a to d. There may be an error in any one part of the sentence. Read the sentence and Identify the part which has the error and write it as the answer. If there is no error, mark the answer as (e).
1. (a) If he worked hard /(b) he would have /(c) got through the exam /(d) which he wrote recently.
2. (a) She told me /(b) that she will meet me /(c) the next day /(d) if she had time.
3. (a) He usually /(b) goes to college /(c) by walk /(d) because he stays close by.
4. (a) After he returned back /(b) from U.S /(c) he has started /(d) his own factory.
5.(a) The students /(b) work /(c) meticulously throughout the year /(d) doesn’t they.
6. (a) She could not give the exam /(b) since she lacked /(c) the requisite attendance /(d) required by the University.
7. (a) He hoped /(b) to top the exam /(c) but could not be able to do so /(d) because of ill-health.
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13)c; Convention means tradition or a practice. It is appropriately used in sentences-a, b, d. Sentence-c should be 'It was a well established convention'. The word
convention does not collocate with word lay.
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14)d; Pose means posture or to put forward an idea. We do not say 'poses a heavy burden'. We say 'places/ puts a
heavy burden'. Pose does not collocate with burden.
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15)d; To talk about getting knowledge we use the word
tell. Therefore, sentence-d should be 'you can tell from his accent'.
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16)d; Control generally means to command or to restrict, govern etc. The sentence-d should be 'I took
my car to the garage and asked then to have a look at /or
check the steering'.
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17)a; In sentence-a, 'you don't need to pay for emergency
calls in England' is correct. We cannot use 'need' as a
modal form of verb to talk about habitual, general necessity.
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18)b; Sentence-b is incorrect. It should be 'The road out
of our village goes up a steep hill'. A street is a road with
houses on either side. We use street for roads in towns or villages but not for the roads which are out of the towns or villages.
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19)b; Watch is typically used to talk about experiences that are going on or going to happen where as 'see' is used to talk about the whole of a performance, play, cinema etc. Hence, sentence-b should be 'Have you ever
seen series, “The great Predator”'.
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20)a; Descend means to fall or move down. Sentence-a should be 'calm descended on the crowd'. If a group of people descend on a place, they arrive, usually without warning or without being invited.
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21)b; Sentence-b should be 'let's forget this problem'. Ask doubt with Question Id: 2087
22)a; The correct usage is 'thanks for bringing me here'. We use the word bring for movements to the place where the speaking is but we use the word take for movements to other places. Hence, sentence-a is wrong.
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23)c; We do not make 'a large mistake'. We make 'a big
mistake'. Hence, sentence-c is incorrect.
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24)d; Fit refers to size and shape whereas suit refers to style, colour etc. Hence, sentence-d should be 'Red and
yellow are colours that fit colour that suits her very well'.
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25)c; The word Indulge does not collocate with the word violence. Sentence-c should be '…to resort to
violence'.
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26)d; In sentence-d, the correct usage is 'to open a
discussion' but not 'to raise a discussion'.
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