Read each sentence to find if there is any grammatical error in it. If there is any error, it will be only one part of the sentence. The number or alphabet of that part is your answer.(Disregard punctuation errors if any)
I never have / visited / or intend to visit / foreign countries /
A B C D
The clothes / were neatly / hanged /on the cloth line.
A B C D
Directions for Questions 13-15: One of the four sentences given in each question is grammatically wrong . Find the incorrect sentence.
A) Our followers are but a handful. B) Neither he nor I was there. C) Many a glorious deeds were done. D) Everyone of the boys loves to ride.
A) She had finished her work when I met her. B) Do you believe in God? C) He cut his hand with a knife. D) He challenged me for a duel
A) X is my elder brother. B) He is two years younger to me. C) He is the eldest man of this village. D) Y is five years older than me.
I suggest you check the original, as you seem to have made some typos here. There is more than one error in some exercises.
What do you think the correct answers are, Sush?
Use ‘everyone’ as a pronoun to mean all the people (in a group).
Examples:
Do you think everyone will want to come to the party? (all the people)
She wants everyone to leave comments on her blog. (all the people)
Hello, everyone! (all the people)
Use ‘every one’ as a noun to indicate each person or thing.
Examples:
Every one of the students has a question about the grammar. (each student)
My boss told every one of the employees himself. (each employee)
When I opened the box every one of the eggs was broken. (each egg)
As I indicated in the above message, ‘clothes line’ and ‘every one’ are unintentional mistakes. They are not the deliberate mistakes. You haven’t found all the deliberate errors in this flawed test. If you go to the link provided by Sush you will see the ‘correct’ answers.
I never have / visited / or intend to visit / foreign countries
a. I never have intend to visit foreign countries. (wrong)
b. I never have intended to visit foreign countries.(OK)
c. I never have visited foreign countries . (OK)
Although your observations are correct, you don’t seem to understand the question, Allifathima:
Question 11 is one sentence split into four parts. There is a mistake in ONE of the parts. In the sentence: I never have visited or intend to visit foreign countries.
You have to decide whether the mistake is:
a) I never have
b) visited
c) or intend to visit
d) foreign countries.
I thought the correct answer should be
" I have never visited or intend to visit foreign countries". So, I felt the mistake is in the “A” part of the sentence but the answer is given as “c”. Can you please explain me where I’ve gone wrong?
When you use ‘never’ then it should be combined with ‘nor’ not ‘or’.
The mistake is the word ‘or’ in part (C).
I never have visited nor intend to visit foreign countries.
The word order
have never /never have
is interchangeable in part A. Both placements are correct.
