Error Spotting Questions These questions are asked on various competitive exams. They are considered a great style of questions to test one’s grammar skills. We are given sentences from which we have to pick out the one which is grammatically incorrect (or correct, depending on the directions). These questions are basically aimed at testing your […]

Idioms and Phrases Exercise with Answer Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom / phrase. To cool one’s heels : (a) To rest for sometime(b) To give no importance to someone(c) To remain in a comfortable position(d) To be kept waiting for sometime A fool’s errand : (a) A blunder(b) An

Idioms and Phrases Exercise Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/ phrase. To turn over a new leaf : (a) To change completely one’s course of action(b) To shift attention to new problems(c) To cover up one’s faults by wearing new marks(d) To change the old habits and adopt new ones

Conjunction Exercise with Answer Supply the missing coordinating conjunction. I went downstairs ____ opened the door. Mickey _____ Angela were standing outside. Mickey did not have a coat, _____ did Angela. I asked them to come in, _____ they would not. You must wear a coat in the winter _____ you will freeze. I enjoy

Pronoun Errors Exercise   For each sentence, select the correct case for the pronoun.   We/us selected a finalist from among the candidates. They/them called she/her into the meeting. The situation created problems for she/her and I/me. Antonio will meet Sarah and I/me at the club. They/them were unsure whether it had been she/her who

Sentence Correction Exercises DIRECTIONS : Which of the phrases (a), (b), (c) and (d) given below should replace the phrase given in bold in the following sentence to make the sentence grammatically meaningful and correct ? If the sentence is correct as it is and ‘No correction is required’, mark (e) as the answer. 1.

Error Spotting Questions with Answers DIRECTIONS : In the following questions, a sentence has been divided into four parts and marked a, b, c and d. One of these parts contains a mistake in grammar Idiom or syntax. Identify that part and mark it as the answer. 1.            (a) Owing to illness (b) he was

Correct the Sentences with Answers DIRECTIONS : Which of the phrases (a), (b), (c) and (d) given below should replace the phrase given in bold in the following sentence to make the sentence grammatically meaningful and correct ? If the sentence is correct as it is and ‘No correction is required’, mark (e) as the

Sentence Correction Exercise DIRECTIONS : In the following sentences, four options are given. You are required to identify the best way of writing the sentence in the context of the correct usage of standard written English. While doing so, you have to ensure that the message being conveyed remains the same in all the cases.

Synonyms Exercises with Answers DIRECTIONS : In the following questions, each word in capital letters is followed by four words or phrases. Choose the one which is similar in meaning to the word given in the, capital letters.   ACCOUTREMENTS (a) Relatives (b) Companions (c) Blemishes (d) Belongings APOLITICAL (a) Antipolitical (b) Terrorist (c) Not