Sreedhar’s CCE ENGLISH ERROR LOCATION HANDOUT

ERROR LOCATION HANDOUT

1. All the staffs / of this company hold the view / that Kumar is a very wise / and an intelligent
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officer. /No error.
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2. He suggested to me/ that I should go to the nursery/ to bring some beautiful / summer’s
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flowers. / No error.

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3. After he had delivered / the speech, he said that he hoped / to be conspicuously understood /
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and forgiven for any lapses. / No error.
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The only book / which you carry / in your bag is in /demand now-a-days. / No error.
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5. There is no one / whom I esteem / highly than / your parents. / No error.
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Most of the rivers / in Allahabad have overflown /their banks and plunged / a large number of
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villages. / No error.
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7. Such obstacles will / not stop him; nothing never / did; this is why he is progressing / by leaps
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and bounds, / No error.
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8. I want you to / pick up the tray / of glasses and /kept it in the corner carefully. / No error.
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9. Most of the news / pertaining to the sudden demise of the spiritual guru / have been
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communicated by some of the ruffians /whom I know well. /No error.
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10. Numerous people in India / are dying from hunger / but the government seem6 / to be ignorant
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of this faet. / No error.
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11. Hardly had the wheels touched / the ground than the pilot indicated / with his finger how
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many / injured people he was carrying. / No error.
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12. Many of the tourists / did not reach the place / because the bus was to detain / by some
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ruffians. /No error.
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13. My instructor told me / that if I / do the lessons regularly, I would / certainly obtain good
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marks. / No error.
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14. Please remember that / Madhu, who acted in/ films, is my cousin sister and / must be given
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grand welcome. / No error.
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15. The film show / began / when we arrived / in the hall. / No error
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16. His father / forbade him / to go to party / late at night. / No error.
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17. The survey gives/us much knowledge of the/public opinion/on the matter of terrorism./No error.
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18. The class teacher / gave him a home work / and instructed him to do it / at night. / No error.
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19. The guests / whom we were talking about / have come are thy / brothers-in-law. / No error.
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20. He was startled / to See in / his study / a most popular novelist waiting for him. / No error.

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21. She stole something / from my room and hid it / in her recently buy sari / so I can’t tell you
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anything about the stolen thing unless or until I check the room. / No error.
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22. He was very / tired of work, / so he said that he was/ sorry to accompany us. / No error.

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I have been adoring / her for / the artistic quality with / which she is gifted. / No error.
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24. Not only the doctor / but also the nurses of this nursing / home is very kind and helpful / to
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the attendants. / No error.

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25. In his concluding / remarks, he said / almost nothing / worth listening to. / No error.
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26. I cannot confirm / you if he had paid / the bill or returned / the goods. / No error.
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27. She was extremely / annoyed by / her lover’s unreasonable / behaviour. / No error.
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28. The father forbade his son/to walk in the sun/and play with/his friends on the road./No error.
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29. They were quite all right / when they started arguing / with the / so called security officer who
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stopped them from entering the airport./No error
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30. The Major / along with / his soldiers / were killed in the field. / No error
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31. A first step/in a rational solution/to any problem is the/recognition that a problem exists./No error.
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32. ‘Everybody’s business / is nobody’s business’, / said the teacher /to the students. / No error.
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33. He gave me / a few informations /I had been waiting for / the previous two months. / No error.
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34. As a student / of science / you are far better / than him. / No error
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35. Much to his fortune, he / married a girl who was / more tall and lovelier than / her eldest
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sister. /No error.
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36. The eminent journalist / expressed his helplessness in making / the seminar to be held / in
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the university premises. / No error.
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37. Who will believe / that she was not / hardly hit by her / husband’s death? / No error.
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38. It is right time/you have taken/decision to Sell off/the shares of the collapsed company./No error.
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39. There were / reports a few days before the general election / that amendment on / primary
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education should be made compulsory in India. / No error.
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40. Some persons/ get jobs even if / they are not worthy/for them. / No error.
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41. He suggested to me / that I should / do all the work as / quickly like him. / No error.
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42. The burglars were broken / into the house and / took away some cash / and many precious

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things. /No error
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43. The youngest princess took / her father’s hand in hers/ and simply said that / she loves her
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better than salt./No error.
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In spite of his insincerity, / she was awarded /cent percent marks / in mathematics in the
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class unit test. / No error.
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45. The clothes / were neatly / hanged / on the cloth line. / No error
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46. After returning / from the jail, he has stopped / all the criminal activities and is determined/
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to lead a simple life. / No error.
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47. Nobody’s claim/to be a permanent member/of the club is valid/in the eyes of the committee./No error.
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48. You will not / be allowed / to go / to play outdoors games. / No error.
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49. Everybody / who was working in that office gave /a day’s pay at their contributions / to the
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dependants of the victims who died in Air France crash in the Atlantic. / No error.
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50. Science has given / us a lot, yet / life is becoming / more and more painful. / No error.
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51. He does nothing / but to find / faults in others and laugh / at them. / No error.
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52. “Under no circumstances/we can help/you in this illegal work”/said the Manager. / No error.
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53. The teacher said/to us that we/should stay at home/if it rains and complete our homework./No error
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54. If any proof was needed to show that the United Nations / have lately become a policy tool in
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the hands of the US and that./ the world’s sole might has a subservient international body, it
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was provided / by President Obama’s angry comment. / No error.
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55. We may have to await for / a new political order to restructure / our economy by adopting a
(1) (2) (3)
modal of/ development closer to our needs. / No error.
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56. Scarcely had he gone / than a policeman knocked / at the door to enquire / about his
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whereabouts. / No error
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57. Some communist and some Muslim leaders / are bent on strengthening / communalism to
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achieve their / political goals. / No error.
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58. It was six o’ clock / in the morning / that the train steamed / into the station. / No error.
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59. The English teacher said / that we should read / the chapters everyday / so as to memorize

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the chapters which will enable us to answer the objective questions. / No error.
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60. I enjoyed / during my / stay in / England. / No error
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61. Can you tell me what time is it ?
1) What is the time now?
3) What is time?
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4) What time is? 5) no improvement
62. He does not smoke, nor he drinks.
1) nor he does drink
3) nor does he drink

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4) nor drinks he 5) no improvement
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63. The patient could have been saved if he had been taken to the hospital in time.
1) could be saved 2) could save
3) had been saved 4) should be saved 5) no improvement
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64. I must speak to the landlord about the people above. They make much noise.
1) much of noise 2) very much noise
3) too much noise 4) very noise 5) no improvement
65. A cold drink is preferable than tea in summer.
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1) much more preferable than 2) preferable to 3) more preferable to
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4) much preferable than 5) no improvement

66. The teacher gave the students some advice.
1) Advices 2) advise 3) advises 4) advised 5) no improvement
67. If you come across my umbrella anywhere, bring it to me. can vou?
1) isn’t it? 2) don’t you? 3) will you? 4) let you? 5) no improvement
68. The floor of the hall was covered by a carpet.
1) covered in 2) covered with 3) covered upon 4) covered at 5) nifimprovement
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69. The passengers are waiting for the bus outside the bus-stand at the main gate
for long.
1) were waited 2) were waiting 3) have been waiting
4) had waited 5) no improvement
70. Miss Pillai teaches very well, isn’t it?
1) didn’t she? 2) doesn’t she? 3) wasn’t it? 4) won’t she 5) no improvement
71. He has fallen out with the girl he wanted to marry.
1) fallen off 2) fallen in love 3) fallen for 4) fallen into 5) no improvement
72. When the bomb went off, it broke all of our windows.
1) all our windows 2) all windows of us
3) our all windows 4) all windows to us 5) no improvement
73. Knowing very little English, it was difficult to converse with the foreigner.
1) I found it difficult to converse 2) to converse was difficult
3) conversing was difficult 4) conversion was difficult 5) no improvement

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74. He is quite well now, except a slight cold.

1) except with a slight cold 2) excepting a slight cold
3) except for a slight cold 4) except to a slight cold 5) no improvement
75. I wish my bus did not arrive so late; then I could have reached home before
breakfast.
1) had not arrived 2) does not arrive
3) has not arrived 4) arrived 5) no improvement
76. He was so particular that he stood up and said, “Please give me the another one.”
1) the another one to me 2) other one
3) the other one 4) another 5) no improvement

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77. Although you examine it carefully you will notice some flaws.
1) despite 2) if 3) unless 4) until 5) no improvement
78. The contractor did not keep his promise that the work will be finished, before the end
of the week.
1) shall 2) could 3) would 4) may 5) no improvement
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This carpenter is the most skilled of all the other carpenters in our workshop.
1) carpenter 2) of all other carpenters 3) of all carpenters
4) many carpenters 5) no improvement
80. He has said so out of affection, do not take it to heart.
1) in heart
4) with the heart

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5) no improvement
3) by the heart
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81. I love the literature, the music, the art
1) literature, music and art 2) the literature, music and art
3) the literature, the music and the art
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4) the literature, the music and art 5) no improvement

82. Before I met Rajeev, I had had a poor opinion of him.
1) had 2) have had 3) did have 4) has had 5) no improvement
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83. If you will pray sincerely, God will listen to your prayers.
1) you pray 2) you are praying 3) you will be praying
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4) you were praying 5) no improvement

84. Hardly had I finished writing the letter before Anil arrived.
1) then 2) while 3) when 4) after 5) no improvement
85. The main point of his speech was well understood.
1) that he spoke 2) in the speech of his
3) made when he spoke 4) in his speech 5) no improvement
86. I met the two girls, whom I believe are twin-sisters.
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1) who I believe, are 2) who I believe to be
3) who, to my belief, are 4) whom I believe to be 5) no improvement
87. In her views, they are going to present a report soon.
1) As 2) On 3) With 4) To 5) no improvement
88. His father won’t be able to leave for Varanasi until they have arrived.
1) until they arrive 2) until they will arrive
3) until they will have arrived
4) unless they will have arrived 5) no improvement
89. They cooked a conspiracy to overthrow the monarch.
1) created 2) fabricated 3) hatched 4) made 5) no improvement
90. He returned with two burning mugs of coffee and set them down on her desk.
1) heating 2) steaming 3) blazing 4) hot 5) no improvement
91. People are tiring very soon in an activity which they don’t like.
1) tried 2) trying 3) tired
4) getting tired 5) no improvement

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92. All his family members are in Kanpur.

1) All of his family members 2) All the family members of his
3) All the members of his family 4) All members of his family
5) no improvement
93. On hearing the loud noise, he stopped and got down from his bicycle.
1) got from 2) got down 3) got off 4) got away 5) no improvement
94. They felt humiliated because they realized that they had cheated
1) had been cheating 2) had been cheated
3) have been cheated 4) has been cheated 5) no improvement
95. They are working for the upliftment of their village. —-

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1) uplift of 2) uplifting of 3) uplifting
4) uplifting to 5) no improvement
96. I would gladly accompany your sister if you had asked me.
1) would have gladly accompanied
2) was to have gladly accompanied 3) will gladly accompany

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4) will to have gladly accompanied
She was too clever to see through his tricks
5) no improvement

1) see into his tricks 2) see his tricks

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The boy told his teacher to explain the passage.
5) no improvement
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1) called his teacher 2) said to his. teacher
3) asked his teacher 4) asked to his teacher 5) no improvement
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99. What are needed are not large houses but small cottages.
1) were 2) was 3) is 4) will 5) no improvement
100. The police broke away the meeting as it turned violent.
1) broke up 2) broke off 3) broke through 4) broke with 5) no improvement
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101. Sumit would have been looked smart in traditional clothes.
1) was looked 2) would be looked 3) would have looked
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4) had looked 5) No improvement

102. He never tells the truth.
1) says 2) utters 3) speaks 4) says 5) no improvement
103. Is there any place for me to sit ?
1) space 2) room 3) area 4) seat 5) no improvement
104. The plan broke open for want of funds.
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1) broke up 2) broke down 3) broke out
4) broke upon 5) no improvement
105. The plane touched down at Heathrow at six p.m.. on schedule
1) at 2) with 3) by 4) to 5) no improvement
106. The summer has set out and the days are getting warm.
1) set up 2) set in 3) setoff 4) set to 5) no improvement
107. I cannot put forth with this nasty fello
1) put up 2) put in 3) put out 4) put with 5) no improvement
108. He grabbed the man from the overcoat and pulled him away from Ritu
1) off 2) by 3) in 4) to 5) no improvement
109. She could not help but laugh
1) laughing 2) but laughing 3) laught 4) butlaught 5) no improvement
110. The child jumped with delight on seeing the joker at the circus.
1) ruffian 2) clown 3) dud 4) lion 5) no improvement

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