TOEFL Test Preparation

Grammar Test 2 (Error Recognition)

The sentences given below are divided into four parts (a), (b), (c) and (d). One of these parts may contain an error. You have to indicate that part as your answer. If there are no errors, indicate (e) as your answer. Note that you only have to indicate the error; you don’t have to correct it.

1. She was booked (a)/ for driving (b)/ at above (c)/ 110 miles per hour. (d)/ No error (e)/

2. He is depend (a)/ upon his uncle (b)/ for (c)/his educational expenses. (d)/ No error (e)/

3. You can eat (a)/ freely (b)/ in my restaurant (c)/ whenever you want. (d)/ No error (e)/

4. Under no (a)/ circumstances (b)/ children are allowed (c)/ in the bar. (d)/ No error (e)/

5. Britain has (a)/ long known (b)/ as a land of (c)/ law and order. (d)/ No error (e)/

6. He wrote (a)/ his first book (b)/ after returned (c)/ from Africa. (d)/ No error (e)/

7. I expected (a)/ to fail the exam, (b)/ but I passed (c)/ at all. (d)/ No error (e)/

8. When I was (a)/ at (b)/ your age (c)/ I was working. (d)/ No error (e)/

9. All Indian tribe (a)/ suffered (b)/ from white settlement (c)/ in America. (d)/ No error (e)/

10. We do not (a)/ allow (b)/ people smoking (c)/ in the kitchen. (d)/ No error (e)/

11. Alice is not free (a)/ on the 15th. (b)/ We will have to find (c)/ an alternate date for the meeting. (d)/ No error (e)/

12. They spend (a)/ alternative (b)/ weekends at our (c)/ country cottage. (d)/ No error (e)/

13. Her feet were (a)/ sore because (b)/ her shoes were fitted (c)/ badly. (d) No error (e)/

14. I suddenly realized (a)/ that I had (b)/ come out with (c)/ any money. (d)/ No error (e)/

15. Since he had (a)/ not paid the bill, (b)/ so (c)/ his electricity was cut off. (d)/ No error (e)/

16. His appearance, (a)/ as well as (b)/ his strange way of talking, (c)/ make me suspicious. (d)/ No error (e)/

17. No method (a)/ of making people agree (b)/ to your view point is (c)/ as effective as this one. (d)/ No error (e)/

18. I did not like (a)/ his comment on my research paper (b)/ but I kept quite (c)/ as I had no alternate. (d)/ No error (e)/

19. The report candidly admits (a)/ that the state funding (b)/ in health and family planning (c)/ have eroded considerably. (d)/ No error (e)/

20. The revolutionary spirit of Netaji (a)/ was never dampen (b)/ even after (c)/ the surrender of Japan. (d)/ No error (e)/

21. Most Indians do hard work (a)/, strenuous physical work, (b)/ but all them (c)/ are not educated. (d)/ No error (e)/

22. He is one (a)/ such person (b)/ who worked his way to the top (c)/ from the scratch. (d)/ No error (e)/

23. I wish (a)/ I had more time (b)/ so that I should visit (c)/ the odd nooks and corners of India. (d) / No error (e)/

24. After (a)/ his father’s disease, (b)/ John sold his ancestral home (c)/ and went abroad. (d)/ No error (e)/

25. Fighting a duel with one’s rival (a)/ for the love of a lady (b)/ was very common (c)/ in France in the eighteenth century. (d)/ No error (e)/

Answers

1. Part C: it should be ‘at over’ (We use over, not above, to talk about ages and speeds.)
2. Part A: It should be ‘He is dependent’
3. Part b: It should be ‘free’ ( the adverb free means without payment, freely means without restriction.)
4. Part c: It should be ‘are children allowed’.
5. part b: it should ‘long been known’
6. part c : it should be ‘after returning’
7. part d: it should be ‘after all’
8. Part b: ‘at’ should be removed – When I was your age ( the structure is/are/was + … age is used without a preposition)
9. Part a: It should be ‘All Indian tribes’
10. part c: It should be ‘people to smoke’
11. part d: it should be ‘an alternative date for the meeting’
12. part b: it should be ‘alternate’
13. part c: it should be ‘her shoes fitted’
14. part c: it should be ‘come out without’
15. part c: remove ‘so’ Since he had not paid the bill his electricity was cut off.
16. part d: it should be ‘makes me suspicious’ (When two subjects are connected by as well as, the verb should be singular if the first subject is singular in number.)
17. Part a: it should be ‘No other method’
18. part d: it should be ‘as I had no alternative.
19. part d: it should be ‘has eroded considerably’
20. part b: it should be ‘was never dampened’
21. part c: it should be ‘but all of them’
22. No error
23. part c: it should be ‘so that I could visit’
24. part b: it should be ‘his father’s decease’. Decease means the same as death.
25. No error

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