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English Common Error Detection Aptitude MCQs
This section provides a set of multiple-choice questions (MCQs) on English Common Error Detection, focusing on identifying and correcting grammatical, spelling, and usage mistakes. Each question includes four answer choices, the correct answer, and a detailed explanation to help you improve your understanding of English grammar and avoid common errors. Whether you are preparing for exams or refining your language skills, these English Common Error Detection practice questions will help you use English correctly.
List of English Common Error Detection Aptitude MCQs
Here is a list of the top English Common Error Detection Aptitude MCQs to test and improve skills:
1. Identify the part of the sentence that contains an error:
"He go to school every day."
- No error
- He go
- to school
- every day
Answer: B) He go
Explanation:
The correct verb is "goes" instead of "go" because the subject "He" is singular.
2. Identify the error in this sentence:
"She did not wrote the letter yesterday."
- No error
- She did
- not wrote
- the letter yesterday
Answer: C) not wrote
Explanation:
The correct verb is "write" instead of "wrote" because "did" is already in the past tense.
3. Identify the incorrect part:
"I am liking this movie a lot."
- No error
- I am
- liking
- this movie a lot
Answer: C) liking
Explanation:
"Like" is a stative verb and should not be used in the continuous tense. The correct sentence is "I like this movie a lot."
4. Find the error in this sentence:
"She is married with a doctor."
- No error
- She is
- married with
- a doctor
Answer: C) married with
Explanation:
The correct preposition is "to," not "with." The correct sentence is "She is married to a doctor."
5. Identify the part that contains an error:
"He prefers coffee than tea."
- No error
- He prefers
- coffee than
- tea
Answer: C) coffee than
Explanation:
The correct conjunction is "to," not "than." The correct sentence is "He prefers coffee to tea."
6. Choose the incorrect part of the sentence:
"I am having two brothers and one sister."
- No error
- I am
- having
- two brothers and one sister
Answer: C) having
Explanation:
"Have" is a stative verb and should be used in simple present. The correct sentence is "I have two brothers and one sister."
7. Identify the incorrect part:
"She didn't went to the market yesterday."
- No error
- She didn't
- went
- to the market yesterday
Answer: C) went
Explanation:
After "did," the base form of the verb should be used. The correct sentence is "She didn't go to the market yesterday."
8. Find the incorrect part:
"Neither of the boys were present."
- No error
- Neither of the boys
- were
- present
Answer: C) were
Explanation:
"Neither" is singular, so the correct verb is "was" instead of "were."
9. Identify the incorrect part of the sentence:
"He told to me a great story."
- No error
- He told
- to me
- a great story
Answer: C) to me
Explanation:
"Told" does not take "to." The correct sentence is "He told me a great story."
10. Identify the error:
"She is more smarter than her sister."
- No error
- She is
- more smarter
- than her sister
Answer: C) more smarter
Explanation:
Only "smarter" should be used, not "more smarter." The correct sentence is "She is smarter than her sister."
11. Find the incorrect part of the sentence:
"I am going to home now."
- No error
- I am
- going to home
- now
Answer: C) going to home
Explanation:
"Home" does not take the preposition "to." The correct sentence is "I am going home now."
12. Identify the error in this sentence:
"She is looking forward to meet you."
- No error
- She is
- looking forward to meet
- you
Answer: C) looking forward to meet
Explanation:
The verb should be in the "-ing" form after "looking forward to." The correct sentence is "She is looking forward to meeting you."
13. Find the incorrect part:
"She gave me an advice."
- No error
- She gave
- me an advice
- .
Answer: C) me an advice
Explanation:
"Advice" is an uncountable noun, so "an" is incorrect. The correct sentence is "She gave me advice."
14. Choose the incorrect part of the sentence:
"One of my friend is coming tomorrow."
- No error
- One of
- my friend
- is coming tomorrow
Answer: C) my friend
Explanation:
After "one of," the noun should be plural. The correct sentence is "One of my friends is coming tomorrow."
15. Find the incorrect part:
"He is suffering with fever."
- No error
- He is
- suffering with
- fever
Answer: C) suffering with
Explanation:
The correct preposition is "from," not "with." The correct sentence is "He is suffering from fever."
16. Identify the incorrect part:
"I don’t know why is he late."
- No error
- I don’t know
- why is he
- late
Answer: C) why is he
Explanation:
The sentence should follow the statement structure: "why he is late."
17. Find the error in this sentence:
"I want that you should help me."
- No error
- I want
- that you should
- help me
Answer: C) that you should
Explanation:
The correct sentence is "I want you to help me."
18. Identify the incorrect part:
"The sceneries of Switzerland are beautiful."
- No error
- The sceneries
- of Switzerland
- are beautiful
Answer: B) The sceneries
Explanation:
"Scenery" is uncountable, so it does not take a plural form. The correct sentence is "The scenery of Switzerland is beautiful."
19. Identify the incorrect part of the sentence:
"I am too much happy today."
- No error
- I am
- too much happy
- today
Answer: C) too much happy
Explanation:
"Too much" is used with nouns, while "very" is used with adjectives. The correct sentence is "I am very happy today."
20. Choose the incorrect part of the sentence:
"The house is built with bricks and stones."
- No error
- The house
- is built with
- bricks and stones
Answer: C) is built with
Explanation:
The correct preposition is "of," not "with." The correct sentence is "The house is built of bricks and stones."
21. Identify the incorrect part:
"I am going to give an examination."
- No error
- I am going
- to give
- an examination
Answer: C) to give
Explanation:
We "take" an examination, not "give" it. The correct sentence is "I am going to take an examination."
22. Identify the incorrect part:
"His both brothers are doctors."
- No error
- His both
- brothers are
- doctors
Answer: B) His both
Explanation:
"Both" should come before "his." The correct sentence is "Both his brothers are doctors."
23. Identify the incorrect part of the sentence:
"I have read the newspaper yesterday."
- No error
- I have read
- the newspaper
- yesterday
Answer: B) I have read
Explanation:
"Yesterday" refers to a specific past time, so "have read" (present perfect) is incorrect. The correct sentence is "I read the newspaper yesterday."
24. Choose the incorrect part:
"She is married with a doctor."
- No error
- She is
- married with
- a doctor
Answer: C) married with
Explanation:
The correct preposition is "to," not "with." The correct sentence is "She is married to a doctor."
25. Find the incorrect part:
"Let us discuss about this topic."
- No error
- Let us
- discuss about
- this topic
Answer: C) discuss about
Explanation:
"Discuss" does not take "about." The correct sentence is "Let us discuss this topic."
26. Identify the incorrect part:
"She does not knows the answer."
- No error
- She does
- not knows
- the answer
Answer: C) not knows
Explanation:
After "does," the base form of the verb is used. The correct sentence is "She does not know the answer."
27. Choose the incorrect part:
"I prefer tea than coffee."
- No error
- I prefer
- tea than
- coffee
Answer: C) tea than
Explanation:
The correct preposition is "to," not "than." The correct sentence is "I prefer tea to coffee."
28. Identify the incorrect part:
"He is good in Mathematics."
- No error
- He is
- good in
- Mathematics
Answer: C) good in
Explanation:
The correct preposition is "at," not "in." The correct sentence is "He is good at Mathematics."
29. Find the incorrect part:
"I am listening music."
- No error
- I am
- listening music
- .
Answer: C) listening music
Explanation:
"Listening" requires the preposition "to." The correct sentence is "I am listening to music."
30. Identify the incorrect part:
"She insisted to go to the party."
- No error
- She insisted
- to go
- to the party
Answer: C) to go
Explanation:
The correct form is "insisted on going." The correct sentence is "She insisted on going to the party."
31. Find the incorrect part:
"He is enough strong to lift the box."
- No error
- He is
- enough strong
- to lift the box
Answer: C) enough strong
Explanation:
"Enough" comes after an adjective, so it should be "strong enough." The correct sentence is "He is strong enough to lift the box."
32. Choose the incorrect part:
"He is my cousin brother."
- No error
- He is
- my cousin brother
- .
Answer: C) my cousin brother
Explanation:
"Cousin" already means brother or sister, so "brother" is redundant. The correct sentence is "He is my cousin."
33. Identify the incorrect part:
"The two first chapters of the book are interesting."
- No error
- The two first
- chapters of the book
- are interesting
Answer: B) The two first
Explanation:
The correct phrase is "The first two chapters." The correct sentence is "The first two chapters of the book are interesting."
34. Find the incorrect part:
"The luggage are too heavy to carry."
- No error
- The luggage
- are too heavy
- to carry
Answer: C) are too heavy
Explanation:
"Luggage" is an uncountable noun, so "is" should be used instead of "are." The correct sentence is "The luggage is too heavy to carry."
35. Identify the incorrect part:
"I met an European tourist yesterday."
- No error
- I met
- an European
- tourist yesterday
Answer: C) an European
Explanation:
"European" starts with a vowel letter but a consonant sound, so "a" should be used instead of "an." The correct sentence is "I met a European tourist yesterday."
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