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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."

  1. No error
  2. He go
  3. to school
  4. 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."

  1. No error
  2. She did
  3. not wrote
  4. 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."

  1. No error
  2. I am
  3. liking
  4. 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."

  1. No error
  2. She is
  3. married with
  4. 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."

  1. No error
  2. He prefers
  3. coffee than
  4. 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."

  1. No error
  2. I am
  3. having
  4. 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."

  1. No error
  2. She didn't
  3. went
  4. 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."

  1. No error
  2. Neither of the boys
  3. were
  4. 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."

  1. No error
  2. He told
  3. to me
  4. 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."

  1. No error
  2. She is
  3. more smarter
  4. 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."

  1. No error
  2. I am
  3. going to home
  4. 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."

  1. No error
  2. She is
  3. looking forward to meet
  4. 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."

  1. No error
  2. She gave
  3. me an advice
  4. .

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."

  1. No error
  2. One of
  3. my friend
  4. 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."

  1. No error
  2. He is
  3. suffering with
  4. 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."

  1. No error
  2. I don’t know
  3. why is he
  4. 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."

  1. No error
  2. I want
  3. that you should
  4. 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."

  1. No error
  2. The sceneries
  3. of Switzerland
  4. 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."

  1. No error
  2. I am
  3. too much happy
  4. 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."

  1. No error
  2. The house
  3. is built with
  4. 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."

  1. No error
  2. I am going
  3. to give
  4. 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."

  1. No error
  2. His both
  3. brothers are
  4. 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."

  1. No error
  2. I have read
  3. the newspaper
  4. 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."

  1. No error
  2. She is
  3. married with
  4. 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."

  1. No error
  2. Let us
  3. discuss about
  4. 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."

  1. No error
  2. She does
  3. not knows
  4. 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."

  1. No error
  2. I prefer
  3. tea than
  4. 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."

  1. No error
  2. He is
  3. good in
  4. 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."

  1. No error
  2. I am
  3. listening music
  4. .

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."

  1. No error
  2. She insisted
  3. to go
  4. 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."

  1. No error
  2. He is
  3. enough strong
  4. 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."

  1. No error
  2. He is
  3. my cousin brother
  4. .

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."

  1. No error
  2. The two first
  3. chapters of the book
  4. 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."

  1. No error
  2. The luggage
  3. are too heavy
  4. 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."

  1. No error
  2. I met
  3. an European
  4. 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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