TOEFL Test Preparation

Grammar Test 3 (Error Recognition)

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

1. She asked me (a) / whether if (b) / she could come with me. (c) / No error (d)

2. The constable asked (a) / the man what he is doing there (b) / at that hour of the night. (c) / No error (d)

3. He said (a) / that he was not feeling well, and so (b) / I suggested him to see a doctor. (c) / No error (d)

4. The prince told Rana Singh (a) / that he had fairly won the prize and promised to make it twenty mohurs (b) / if the later took service in his body guard. (c) / No error (d)

5. He asked me (a) / whether I could (b) / lent him some money. (c) / No error (d)

6. That the city would surrender (a) / without a blow were (b) / generally expected in the camp. (c) / No error (d)

7. Astronomers have able (a) / to prove that the sun is stationary (b) / and the earth and other planets move around the sun. (c) / No error. (d)

8. The forest was the hound of outlaws (a) / of whose evil deeds (b) / were the gossip of the countryside. (c) / No error (d)

9. That nation there truth (a) / is carried above everything (b) / else cannot be poor. (c) / No error (d)

10. The careless manager lost (a) / the letter which (b) / had entrusted to him. (c) / No error (d)

11. My younger sister who (a) / has been living in Mumbai (b) / at the moment does not like the smell and noise of the city. (c) / No error (d)

12. Columbus, a native of Genova, (a) / had discovered (b) / America in 1492. (c) / No error (d)

13. The slave had (a) / to fight with a huge lion (b) / who was kept in a cage. (c) / No error (d)

14. The shopkeeper will either (a) / return the money or (b) / exchanging the article. (c) / No error (d)

15. Though he is poor, (a) / yet (b) / he will not pocket this insult. (c) / No error (d)

16. Ram was a naughty boy (a) / who was often quarrelling (b) / with his classmates. (c) / No error. (d)

17. Women are said to be fond of flattery; (a) / may be (b) / they are unaware of the shortfalls inherent in this weakness. (c) / No error (d)

18. Because you (a) / insist on my going (b) / there, I shall do so. (c) / No error (d)

19. Chandra Gupta, the founder of the Gupta Empire, (a) / rolled for (b) / a pretty long period. (c) / No error (d)

20. An ideal student works hard, (a) / respect his parents (b) / and teachers and has a good character. (c) / No error (d)

21. While I was having a walk in the park early in the morning, (a) / I stumbled upon a snake (b) / which I took for a string. (c) / No error (d)

22. All the members of Lal’s family (a) / exempt his youngest son (b) / are well-settled in their respective fields. (c) / No error (d)

23. It must be remembered (a) / that our freedom fighters demonstrated (b) / unparalleled love for the motherland. (c) / No error (d)

24. India, Pakistan (a) / and Bangladesh (b) / contain the Indian subcontinent. (c) / No error (d)

25. The Chairman of the Selection Committee (a) / ordered the peon to let (b) / the candidates to come in one by one. (c) / No error (d)

Answers

1. Part b: It should be either ‘whether’ or ‘if’ (She asked me whether she could come with me. OR She asked me if she could come with me.)
2. Part b: It should be ‘the man what he was doing there’
3. Part c: It should be ‘I suggested that he should see a doctor’ (Suggest is one of the few verbs that cannot be followed by a to-infinitive.)
4. Part c: it should be ‘if the latter took service in his body guard’
5. Part c: it should be ‘lend him some money’
6. Part b: It should be ‘without a blow was’
7. Part a: It should be ‘Astronomers have been able’
8. part b: it should be ‘whose evil deeds’
9. part a: it should be ‘That nation where truth’
10. Part c: it should be ‘had been entrusted to him’
11. Part b: it should be ‘is living in Mumbai’
12. part b: it should be ‘discovered’
13. part c: it should be ‘which was kept in a cage’
14. part c: it should be ‘exchange the article’
15. Part b: Yet must be avoided. (Though he is poor, he will not pocket this insult.)
16. Part b: It should be ‘who often quarreled’
17. Part b: It should be ‘maybe’
18. No error
19. part b: it should be ‘ruled for’
20. part b: it should be ‘respects his parents’
21. no error
22. part b: it should be ‘except his youngest son’
23. No error
24. part c: it should be ‘constitute the Indian subcontinent’
25. part c: it should be ‘the candidates come in one by one’ (Let should be followed by an infinitive without to’

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