Directions (1-15): In each of the following questions, a sentence has been given where four words have been highlighted, one of which might be misspelt or inappropriate in its usage. Mark the erroneous word as your answer. Mark option (e) if no error exists.
Q1. He asked her not to exagerate the situation and stay calm.
(a) asked
(b) exagerate
(c) situation
(d) calm
(e) No Error
Q2. Their are several methods of cooking rice, including boiling, steaming, and microwaving.
(a) Their
(b) methods
(c) cooking
(d) including
(e) No Error
Q3. She was so exausted after the long flight that she immediately fell asleep.
(a) exausted
(b) flight
(c) immediately
(d) asleep
(e) No Error
Q4. The medical report indicated that she had suffured a minor stroke.
(a) medical
(b) report
(c) suffured
(d) minor
(e) No Error
Q5. He made a conscious decision to forgo the opportunity and stay with his family.
(a) conscious
(b) decision
(c) forgo
(d) opportunity
(e) No Error
Q6. Their flight was cancled due to bad weather conditions.
(a) Their
(b) flight
(c) cancled
(d) weather
(e) No Error
Q7. The CEO attributed the company’s success to its robust infrastruture and hardworking employees.
(a) attributed
(b) success
(c) robust
(d) infrastruture
(e) No Error
Q8. She received a scholarship to study at a prestigous university in Europe.
(a) received
(b) scholarship
(c) study
(d) prestigous
(e) No Error
Q9. He is renowned for his ability to perservere through difficult times and emerge victorious.
(a) renowned
(b) ability
(c) perservere
(d) difficult
(e) No Error
Q10. The restaurant offers a wide varity of dishes from different cuisines around the world.
(a) restaurant
(b) offers
(c) varity
(d) cuisines
(e) No Error
Q11. Their team won the chamiponship match by a large margin.
(a) team
(b) chamiponship
(c) won
(d) margin
(e) No Error
Q12. She was overwhelmed by the beauty of the sceneries she encountered on her trip.
(a) overwhelmed
(b) beauty
(c) sceneries
(d) encountered
(e) No Error
Q13. His academic achievements in high school earned him a scholarship to the univesity.
(a) academic
(b) achievements
(c) scholarship
(d) univesity
(e) No Error
Q14. The scientist’s research on climate change has yielded some very suprising results.
(a) scientist’s
(b) research
(c) yielded
(d) suprising
(e) No Error
Q15. The government has implemented a new policy to reduce emmisions from vehicles.
(a) government
(b) implemented
(c) policy
(d) emmisions
(e) No Error
Solutions
S1. Ans (b)
Sol. The erroneous word in the given sentence is “exagerate” which is misspelled. The correct spelling is “exaggerate”. Therefore, the correct answer is (b) exagerate. The corrected sentence would be: “He asked her not to exaggerate the situation and stay calm.”
S2. Ans (a)
Sol. The erroneous word in the given sentence is “Their” which is incorrect. The correct spelling is “There”. Therefore, the correct answer is (a) Their. The corrected sentence would be: “There are several methods of cooking rice, including boiling, steaming, and microwaving.”
S3. Ans (a)
Sol. The erroneous word in the given sentence is “exausted” which is misspelled. The correct spelling is “exhausted”. Therefore, the correct answer is (a) exausted. The corrected sentence would be: “She was so exhausted after the long flight that she immediately fell asleep.”
S4. Ans (c)
Sol. The erroneous word in the given sentence is “suffured” which is misspelled. The correct spelling is “suffered”. Therefore, the correct answer is (c) suffured. The corrected sentence would be: “The medical report indicated that she had suffered a minor stroke.”
S5. Ans (c)
Sol. The erroneous word in the given sentence is “forgo” which is inappropriate in its usage. The correct word in this context is “forego”, which means to go before or precede. “Forgo”, on the other hand, means to give up or renounce. Therefore, the correct answer is (c) forgo. The corrected sentence would be: “He made a conscious decision to forego the opportunity and stay with his family.”
S6. Ans (c)
Sol. The erroneous word in the given sentence is “cancled” which is misspelled. The correct spelling is “cancelled”. Therefore, the correct answer is (c) cancled. The corrected sentence would be: “Their flight was cancelled due to bad weather conditions.”
S7. Ans (d)
Sol. The erroneous word in the given sentence is “infrastruture” which is misspelled. The correct spelling is “infrastructure”. Therefore, the correct answer is (d) infrastruture. The corrected sentence would be: “The CEO attributed the company’s success to its robust infrastructure and hardworking employees.”
S8. Ans (d)
Sol. The erroneous word in the given sentence is “prestigous” which is misspelled. The correct spelling is “prestigious”. Therefore, the correct answer is (d) prestigous. The corrected sentence would be: “She received a scholarship to study at a prestigious university in Europe.”
S9. Ans (c)
Sol. The erroneous word in the given sentence is “perservere” which is misspelled. The correct spelling is “persevere”. Therefore, the correct answer is (c) perservere. The corrected sentence would be: “He is renowned for his ability to persevere through difficult times and emerge victorious.”
S10. Ans (c)
Sol. The erroneous word in the given sentence is “varity” which is misspelled. The correct spelling is “variety”. Therefore, the correct answer is (c) varity. The corrected sentence would be: “The restaurant offers a wide variety of dishes from different cuisines around the world.”
S11. Ans (b)
Sol. The erroneous word in the given sentence is “chamiponship” which is misspelled. The correct spelling is “championship”. Therefore, the correct answer is (b) chamiponship. The corrected sentence would be: “Their team won the championship match by a large margin.
S12. Ans (c)
Sol. The erroneous word in the given sentence is “sceneries”. The correct word should be “scenery” as it is a non-countable noun. Therefore, the correct answer is (c) sceneries. The corrected sentence would be: “She was overwhelmed by the beauty of the scenery she encountered on her trip.”
S13. Ans (d)
Sol. The erroneous word in the given sentence is “univesity” which is misspelled. The correct spelling is “university”. Therefore, the correct answer is (e) univesity. The corrected sentence would be: “His academic achievements in high school earned him a scholarship to the university.”
S14. Ans (d)
Sol. The erroneous word in the given sentence is “suprising”. The correct spelling should be “surprising”. Therefore, the correct answer is (e) suprising. The corrected sentence would be: “The scientist’s research on climate change has yielded some very surprising results.”
S15. Ans (d)
Sol. The erroneous word in the given sentence is “emmisions” which is misspelled. The correct spelling is “emissions”. Therefore, the correct answer is (e) emmisions. The corrected sentence would be: “The government has implemented a new policy to reduce emissions from vehicles.”
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