(a) I have not seen him since twenty years/ (b) and so I cannot say with certainty/ (c) whether he is alive or dead./ (d) No error
(a) When he did not find his cook in the kitchen/ (b) he asked his wife/ (c) where had he gone./ (d) No error
(a) Although I am playing cricket/ (b) for more than three years/ (c) I have not . been able to score a century/ (d) No error
(a) I do not know where could he have gone/ (b) so early/ (c) in the morning./ (d) No error
(a) By the time/ (b) we got our tickets and entered the cinema theatre,/ (c) the show was already begun./ (d) No error
(a) By the time) (b) we will get our tickets and enter the cinema theatre,/ (c) the show will have already begun./ (d) No error
(a) Gowri told me, (b) his name after/ (c) he left./ (d) No error Spotting Errors In English Sentences For Bank Exams
(a) We have been/ (b) celebrating many festivals/ (c) since centuries./ (d) No error
(a) Old age and infirmity/ (b) had began to) (c) catch up with him./ (d) No error
(a) The passer-by told us, (b) where was the marriage hall/ (c) and even led us to it./ (d) No error
(a) I have passed / (b) the examination/ (c) two years ago./ (d) No error Spotting Errors In English Sentences For Bank Exams
(a) Since he joined/ (b) this post, he did not take) (c) any bribe./ (d) No error
(a) Perhaps you know/ (b) that I have passed/ (c) the examination in 1990./ (d) No error
(a) He has read four plays/ (b) written by Shakespeare) (c) by the end of his vacation./ (d) No error
(a) When they stole / (b) the money/ (c) and where did they hide it?/ (d) No error
(a) The teacher/ (b) has took/ (c) the responsibility:/ (d) No error. Spotting Errors In English Sentences For Bank Exams
(a)For Time immemorial/ (b) sea shells have been used by man) (c) in many ways.) (d) No error
(a) The river is in spate) (b) and it has overflown/ (c) its banks./ (d) No error
(a) The little boy/ (b) had been waiting for his turn/ (c) since a long time., (d) No error
(a) This T.V. serial/ (b) is going on/ (c) for 3 years./ (d) No error Spotting Errors In English Sentences For Bank Exams
(a) In the early years of the renaissance of Bharatanatyam, hereditary have their own set of accompanists/ (b) who lived with the dancers and travelled with them from place to place/ (c) when they gave performances., (d) No error
(a) He is given me/ (b) a lot of documents/ (c) to read before/ (d) the presentation tomorrow./ (e) No error
(a) Since the trip home/ (b) was expensive I/ (c) did not went home) (d) during the holidays./ (e) No error
(a) As she is late/ (b) for work yesterday she decided/ (c) to skip breakfast and/ (d) leave for office./ (e) No error
(a) As soon as the CEO entered the office, the/ (b) union leaders approached him/ (c) and report the matter to him./ (d) No error Spotting Errors In English Sentences For Bank Exams
(a) The college/ (b) is running a computer coursel (c) since 2007./ (d) No error
(a) Did he tell you/ (b) why he hasn’t/ (c) come yesterday?/ (d) No error
(a) Last night I dream/ (b) I was a Sheikh on the 169th floor/ (c) of Burj Khalifa./ (d) No error
(a) She and her sister/ (b) were working here/ (c) since 1983./ (d) No error Spotting Errors In English Sentences For Bank Exams
(a) Nobody saw him/ (b) since the fire broke/ (c) in his locality./ (d) No error
(a) By this time next year) (b) Ramesh will take/ (c) his degree./ (d) No error
(a) The families/ (b) are living in Gulmohar Park) (c) for the last two decades./ (d) No error
(a) My uncle/ (b) has left/ (c) for Bombay last Saturday./ (d) No error
(a) Good heavens !/ (b) How has she/ (c) grown !/ (d) No error
(a) I ate/ (b) nothing/ (c) since morning./ (d) No error Spotting Errors In English Sentences For Bank Exams
(a) He/ (b) is having/ (c) many friends here/ (d) No error
(a) When I went there/ (b) Charles is playing/ (c) a game of chess/ (d) No error
(a) The vaccine/ (b) when hit the market/ (c) is dogged by controversy/ (d) No error
(a) The victim tried to tell us, (b) what has happened but/ (c) his voice was not audible., (d) No error
(a) Our history can be seen as a long evolutionary dialectical development/(b) in which there have been/ (c) a painstaking forging of rational and moral self./(d) No error Spotting Errors In English Sentences For Bank Exams
(a) Last year two Italian prisoners of war/ (b) escapes from a prison camp/ (c) in Kenya during the war./ (d) No error
(a) Madhuri Dixit/ (b) is having/ (c) a large fan following./ (d) No error
(a) No one heard anything/ (b) about him since/ (c) he left India for good./ (d) No error
(a) Before the teacher/ (b) could finish the question/ (c) the students gave the correct answer., (d) No error
(a) She did not prepare/ (b) her/ (c) breakfast yet./ (d) No error
(a) Perhaps you do not know/ (b) I am owning/ (c) a farm house besides two bungalows./ (d) No error
. (a) When Anand reached his village/ (b) he found that / (c) the news about him preceded him./ (d) No error
(a) She will already return/ (b) home/ (c) when he arrives./ (d) No error
(a) Each one of them/ (b) has have his share) (c) of joy and sorrow./ (d) No error
(a) This custom/ (b) has come down/ (c) since times immemorial.] (d) No error
(a) Since his arrival in India,/ (b) he is visiting as many villages as he can/ (c) to acquire a firsthand knowledge of rural India./ (d) No error. Spotting Errors In English Sentences For Bank Exams
(a) Believe me, 1/ (b) am believing/ (c) whatever you have said./ (d) No error.
(a) It is time/ (b) we should have donel (c) something useful/ (d) No error. Spotting Errors In English Sentences For Bank Exams
(a) Mother said, / (b) “Son,/ (c) you have finished your homework?”/ (d) No error,
(a) I am going to buy/ (b) a computer/ (c) when the prices comes down., (d) No error.
(a) I wish/ (b) I have learnt swimming/ (c) when I was young./ (d) No error.
(a) ‘Twenty years’ is a period of time. Hence ‘for’ should be used in place of ‘since’.
(c) ‘Helping verb’ comes before the ‘subject’ in an interrogative sentence. Since this sentence is not an interrogative sentence, ‘had’ will come after ‘he’. Spotting Errors In English Sentences For Bank Exams
(a) ‘Am’ should be changed into ‘have been’. The sentence is in Perfect Continuous Tense.
(a)’Could’ will come after ‘he’, since the sentence is not interrogative
(c) Use ‘had’ in place of ‘was’. If two actions take place in the past one after the other the first action will be in Past Perfect Tense and the second action will be in Simple Past Tense. Spotting Errors In English Sentences For Bank Exams
(b) Remove ‘will’. ‘We get our tickets’ is correct. If in a sentence two actions will have taken place one after the other in future, the first action will be in Simple Present Tense and the second will be in Future Perfect Tense.
(c) ‘He had left’ is the correct formation.
(c) Use ‘for’ in place of ‘since’ because ‘centuries’ is a period of time.
(b) Use V3 (begun) with ‘had’. Spotting Errors In English Sentences For Bank Exams
(b) ‘Was’ will come after ‘marriage hall’ because sentence is assertive and not interrogative.
(a) ‘I passed’ (simple past) is the correct form. When a past time is mentioned, we use Simple Past Tense and not Present Perfect Tense. Spotting Errors In English Sentences For Bank Exams
(b) Use ‘he has not taken’ in place of ‘he did not take’.
(b) ‘I passed’ is the correct formation. (See the explanation of question 11).
(a) Use ‘He will have read, in place of ‘he has read’. An action to be completed at certain future point of time will be in Future Perfect Tense.
(a) Use ‘when did they steal’ in place of when they stole’ as the sentence 10″ interrogative form.
(b) Use V3 (taken) with ‘has’. Spotting Errors In English Sentences For Bank Exams
(a) ‘Time immemorial’ denotes ‘point of time’ and not ‘period of time’. Use ‘since in place of ‘for’.
(b) V3 of ‘overflow’ is ‘overflowed’.
(c) Use ‘for’ in place of ‘since’ because ‘a long time’ is a period of time.
(b) Use ‘has been going’ in place of ‘is going’. The sentence is in Present Perfect Continuous Tense.
(a) ‘early years of renaissance’ shows that the sentence depicts some past time Hence ‘had’ will replace ‘have’.
(a) Change ‘this is turned out into ‘this has turned out’ as the sentence is of Present Perfect Tense.
(a) ‘He has given me’ should come in place of ‘He is given me’.
(c) ‘did not’ is followed by ‘V,’. Use ‘go’ in place of ‘went’. Spotting Errors In English Sentences For Bank Exams
(a) ‘Yesterday’ depicts past time. Change ‘is’ into ‘was’..
(c) Change ‘report’ into ‘reported’ as the whole sentence is in past tense. Spotting Errors In English Sentences For Bank Exams
(b) Change ‘is running’ into ‘has been running’. The sentence is of Present Perfect Continuous Tense.
(b) Change ‘He hasn’t into ‘He hadn’t’. (See the explanation of question Spotting Errors In English Sentences For Bank Exams
(a) Last night depicts past time. Hence use V, of dream i.e ‘dreamt’ in place of ‘dream’.
(b) Use ‘had been’ in place of ‘were’. The sentence must be in Past Perfect Continuous Tense as ‘since 1983’ has been used in the sentence.
(a)Simple Past Tense’ is used after ‘since’ if ‘Present Perfect’ comes before ‘since’. ‘Nobody has seen him’ must come in place of ‘nobody saw him’.
(b) Use ‘Ramesh will have taken’ in place of ‘Ramesh will take’. (See the explanation of question 14).
(b) Use ‘have been’ in place of ‘are’.
(b) Use ‘left’ in place of’ has left’. (See the explanation of question 11).
(b) Use ‘she has’ in place of ‘has she’ since the sentence is not a question.
(a) ‘Since/for + time’ can be used in Perfect / Perfect Continuous Tense only. Hence change ‘I ate’ into ‘I have eaten’.
(b) Change ‘is having’ into ‘has’. If ‘have’ means ‘to possess’, it cannot be used in ‘ing’ form.
(b) Use ‘was’ in place of ‘is’. ‘When I went there’ depicts that the sentence is in past.
(c) Vaccine when hit’ depicts that the sentence is in past. Change ‘is into ‘was’.
(b) Use ‘had’ in place of ‘has’. Here an experience is being narrated by the victim. Hence the incident that took place before the subject became a victim must be in Past Perfect Tense.
(b) ‘A painstaking forging’ is singular. Hence ‘has’ will replace ‘have’.
(b) Use ‘escaped’ in place of ‘escape’.
(b) Use ‘has’ in place of ‘is having’. (See the explanation of question 37).
(a) Use ‘no one has heard’ in place of ‘no one heard. (See the explanation of question
(c) Use ‘the students had given’ in place of the students gave’.
. (a) Use ‘she has not prepared in place of ‘she did not prepare’ . ‘Yet’ is generally used in Present Perfect negative Tense.
(b) Change ‘I am owning’ into ‘I own’.
(c) ‘Preceded’ will be replaced by ‘had preceded’. Spotting Errors In English Sentences For Bank Exams
(a) ‘Will have already returned’ will replace ‘she will already return’. (See the explanation of question 6).
(b) ‘V3;’ (had) will come after ‘has’.
(c) ‘time’ will replace ‘times’.
(b) ‘has been’ will come in place of ‘is’.
(b) Change ‘am believing’ into ‘believe’. ‘Believe’ is not used in ‘ing’ form.
(b) Change ‘we should have done’ into ‘we did’.
(c) Change you have’ into ‘have you’ since the sentence is interrogative.
(c) Use ‘prices comes’ will be changed to ‘price comes’.
(b) The sentence is in past. Hence change ‘have’ into ‘had’. Spotting Errors In English Sentences For Bank Exams
