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Grammar Rules Tenses Test 311
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Grammar Rules Tenses Test 311
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    Directions For Questions

    Direction: Read the sentence to find out whether there is an error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number corresponding to that part will be your answer. If the given sentence is correct as it is, mark the answer as ‘No error’. Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any.

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    Last week, a powerful storm sweeps (1)/ through parts of the state, flattening crops, (2)/ downing trees and knocking out (3)/ power in some areas for days. (4)
    Solutions

    The error is in the first part of the sentence. The action happened in the past i.e. last week. Thus, the sentence should be in past tense. The verb ‘sweeps’ needs to be changed to ‘swept’ to make the sentence correct. Therefore, option A is the correct answer.

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    Directions For Questions

    Direction: Read the sentence to find out whether there is an error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number corresponding to that part will be your answer. If the given sentence is correct as it is, mark the answer as ‘No error’. Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any.

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    The private tutor informed (1)/ the parent that the (2)/ children are studying (3)/ for three hours now. (4)
    Solutions

    The error is in the third part of the sentence. The error lies in using the present continuous instead of the present perfect continuous. We use the present perfect continuous tense to talk about an action which started in the past, has gone on till the present and is still continuing. They are still studying. Thus, ‘are’ needs to be exchanged with ‘have been’ to make the sentence correct. Option C is the correct answer.

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    Directions For Questions

    Direction: Read the sentence to find out whether there is an error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number corresponding to that part will be your answer. If the given sentence is correct as it is, mark the answer as ‘No error’. Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any.

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    In view of the (1)/ flood situation, a restriction (2)/ being imposed on (3)/ visitors to the dam sites. (4)
    Solutions

    The error is in the third part of the sentence. The sentence does not need present participle ‘being’. The sentence talks about a restriction which is still in effect. The present perfect tense combines the present tense and the perfect aspect used to express an event that happened in the past that has present consequences. Thus, the word ‘being’ needs to be replaced by ‘has been’ to make the sentence correct. Option C is the correct answer.

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    Directions For Questions

    Direction: Read the sentence to find out whether there is an error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number corresponding to that part will be your answer. If the given sentence is correct as it is, mark the answer as ‘No error’. Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any.

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    The criminal has been released from (1)/ the Jail last month, as a part of (2)/ the government’s move to decongest prisons (3)/ to contain the spread of the pandemic. (4)
    Solutions

    The error is in the first part of the sentence. All the events we are talking about happened in the past. In such situations, the past perfect tense is used to show that something happened before another action in the past. Thus, ‘has’ needs to be changed to ‘had’ to make the sentence a correct one. Option A is the correct answer.

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    Directions For Questions

    Direction: Read the sentence to find out whether there is an error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number corresponding to that part will be your answer. If the given sentence is correct as it is, mark the answer as ‘No error’. Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any.

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    Buckling of stiff thin films like (1)/ graphene laminated on flexible materials (2)/ is gained ground as a platform (3)/ for stretchable electronics. (4)
    Solutions

    The error is in the third part of the sentence. We use the present continuous (is+ -ing) to talk about a gradual change. Thus, the verb ‘gained’ needs to be in participle form ‘gaining’ (base + ing) to be make the sentence correct. Option C is the correct answer.

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    Directions For Questions

    Direction: Read the sentence to find out whether there is an error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number corresponding to that part will be your answer. If the given sentence is correct as it is, mark the answer as ‘No error’. Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any.

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    The hopeless, has-been hippies (1)/ have created a system (2)/ in which some children (3)/ have no rules and responsibilities. (4)

    Solutions

    The sentence is correct and there is no error in this sentence. Thus, option E is the correct answer.

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    Directions For Questions

    Direction: Read the sentence to find out whether there is an error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number corresponding to that part will be your answer. If the given sentence is correct as it is, mark the answer as ‘No error’. Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any.

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    I knew Rebecca (1)/ since my school days and (2)/ we still meet sometimes (3)/ to share our joys and sorrows. (4)
    Solutions

    The error lies in the first part of the sentence. As the sentence talks about knowing Rebecca from the past and this has relevance in present (hinted by the word ‘still’) the tense must be ‘present perfect tense’. Therefore, we need to replace ‘knew’ with ‘have known’ to make it grammatically correct.

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    Directions For Questions

    Direction: Read the sentence to find out whether there is an error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number corresponding to that part will be your answer. If the given sentence is correct as it is, mark the answer as ‘No error’. Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any.

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    The history of the (1)/ relationship between insurance (2)/ and civil society, as (3)/ usually told, will be an anticlimactic narrative. (4)
    Solutions

    We can cite that the sentence is in present tense and having been hinted by the word ‘usually’ we know that it is talking about a common process/routine. So, the correct tense should be ‘present simple tense’. Therefore, we need to replace ‘will be’ with ‘is’ to make the sentence grammatically correct.

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    Directions For Questions

    Direction: Read the sentence to find out whether there is an error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number corresponding to that part will be your answer. If the given sentence is correct as it is, mark the answer as ‘No error’. Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any.

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    Even after my illness I remembered (1)/ one of the words I have learned (2)/ in the early months of my (3)/ treatment at the rehabilitation centre. (4)
    Solutions

    Here the error lies in the tense usage in the second part of the sentence. The used tense ‘have learned’ represents present perfect tense has been wrongly used. We use present perfect tense to show that something started in the past and continues till present time. The use of the word “remembered” and phrase ‘in the early months’ indicate that the events have completed in the past. So, correct tense here would be past perfect tense. Therefore, we need to replace ‘have learned’ with ‘had learned’ to make the sentence grammatically correct.

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    Directions For Questions

    Direction: Read the sentence to find out whether there is an error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number corresponding to that part will be your answer. If the given sentence is correct as it is, mark the answer as ‘No error’. Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any.

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    Next week Michael is going (1)/ to cycle from Paris to Amsterdam (2)/ and by the time he gets there, (3)/ he will cycle non-stop for over twenty hours. (4)
    Solutions

    The error lies in the 4th part of the sentence. The future tense is wrongly used. Instead the sentence demands future perfect continuous tense. We use the future perfect continuous to talk about something that finishes just before another time or action in future. Therefore, we need to replace ‘will cycle’ with ‘will have been cycling’ to make the sentence grammatically correct.

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