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Important Error Spotting Tips with Exercise

Questions and Explanations:
Dear Aspirants, Here we are going to discuss the
Important Error Spotting Tips with Exercise Questions
based on usage of NOUN. Error Spotting is one of the
most important topics that come under the English
section for most of the competitive exams. It plays a
vital role and occupies a unique position in IBPS & SBI
exams. Mostly the bank exam consists of a separate
section for the English language. It is necessary to score
well in the English section to get qualified for the
provisional allotment. So candidates have to prepare well

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 in that and score good marks in order to grab the
success among the rich competition environment.

Even though they are experts in aptitude and reasoning

ability, aspirants may end up in twists during the real
exam scenario. But getting skill in English is a smart
work to score good marks in the examination. In your
exam preparation point of view, here we have given you
the important error spotting tips with exercise questions
and explanations. Candidates who are preparing for
upcoming IBPS RRB/PO/Clerk Exams 2021 and all other
competitive exams can use Important Error Spotting
Tips.

Practice more Error Spotting Q & A

Note: In upcoming days we will provide more Important Error

Spotting Tips Questions, keep following.

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 NOUN:
The noun is a naming word. It refers to person, place,
things, or animals.
Eg: Vaibhav, Chennai, pen, cow…..with this noun is
classified into 5 types in major.
PROPER NOUN is the name of a particular person or
place.
Eg: George, Banaras …
COMMON NOUNis the name of a group of persons or
things.
Eg: Boy, town,….
COLLECTIVE NOUN is the name of a group or collection
of similar persons, animals, or things.
Eg: a Group of boys, a fleet of soldiers,…
ABSTRACT NOUN is the name of a quality that persons
or things have, action they take, or state they find February 2021
themselves in. You cannot touch it but can feel it.
Eg: Honesty, happiness, music, freedom. M T W T F S
MATERIAL NOUN: These are raw materials or objects,
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
existing in nature.
Eg: iron, stones, furniture…. 8 9 10 11 12 13 1
MASCULINE: A noun that denotes male sex.
Eg: boy, bull, dog 15 16 17 18 19 20 2
FEMININE: A noun that denotes female sex.

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 Eg: girl, cow, bitch M T W T F S
COMMON: A noun that denotes either a male or a
female. 22 23 24 25 26 27 2
Eg: servant, child, student
NEUTER: It denotes lifeless things. « Jan    
Eg: pen, pencil, books,…
Ways of forming feminine nouns
By using different words:
Masculine Feminine
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Bachelor Maid/spinster
Dog Bitch
Bull Cow  Free Test for
Drone Bee
IBPS PO Mains
By adding a syllable ‘-ess’…  Free Test for
Lion Lioness IBPS RRB Clerk
Heir Heiress
Peer Peeress  Free Test for
Poet Poetess IBPS Clerk
Host Hostess
Mains
 Free Test for
By adding ‘-ess’ after dropping the vowel ending.
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Master Mistress  Free Test for
Tempter Temptress
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Abbot Abbess
Signor Signora

By adding a word suffix or prefix

He-goat She-goat
Bull-calf Cow-calf
Peacock Peahen
Milkman Milkmaid
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 Grandfather grandmother

SINGULAR: It denotes only one thing or person. Current Affairs

Eg: boy, pen
PLURAL: It denotes more than one.  Daily Current
Eg: boys, girls…
Adding ‘s’ to plural form: Affairs
Pen Pens  Daily Current
Girl Girls
Pencil Pencils Affairs Hindi
Dwarf Dwarfs  Daily Current
Chief Chiefs
Affairs Quiz
Adding ‘es’ to plural form for the words ending  Weekly
with’s, ss, sh, ch,x’
Current Affairs
Bus Buses
Glass Glasses PDF
Bush Bushes  Monthly
Bench Benches
Box Boxes Current Affairs
PDF
Adding ‘es’ by removing ‘y’
Baby Babies  Monthly CA
story Stories Oneliner
City Cities
Army Armies  Monthly
Lady Ladies Current Affairs
Pony ponies
Quiz
Adding ‘ies’ by removing ‘f, fe’
Wife Wives
Shelf Shelves
Loaf Loaves

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 Thief Thieves
Wolf wolves Current Affairs
Complete change of words Mock Test
Child Children
Man Men  Daily Current
Woman Women
Analysis Analyses Affairs Mock
Memorandum memoranda Test

Plurals for phrases:  Monthly

Mother in law Mothers in law Current Affairs
Father in law Fathers in law
Inspector general Inspectors general Test
Attorney general Attorneys general
Brother in law brothers in law

RULES FOR NOUNS:

Some nouns are used only in the plural form.

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Eg: Scissors, spectacles,…

 Banking Jobs

Some nouns are used only in the singular  Central

Government

Eg: civics, mathematics, news… Jobs

 SSC Jobs
Some nouns have the singular and plural alike  Railway Jobs

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 Eg: sheep, deer, swine, cod

Abstract nouns and Material nouns are not used in the

plural.
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Eg: charity, kindness, copper,…

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Proper nouns are always written with capital letters at
the beginning.

Eg: Delhi

A collective noun usually takes a singular verb and is

substituted by singular by a singular pronoun.

Eg: The jury has given its decision.

A collective noun takes plural a plural verb when the

noun gives the meaning of representing the members
individually.

Eg: The jury was divided in their decision.

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 A material noun and abstract noun do not take
articles.

Eg: Cotton is a cash crop.

Collective nouns, even when they denote living

beings, are considered of the neuter gender.

Eg: Debi had a herd of cows. He kept a herdsman to

look after it.

Young children, infants, and the lower animals are

referred to as neuter gender.

Eg: The baby loves its toys.

Objects without life are considered as of

1. Masculine gender- if the object gives the sense of

strength and violence.

Eg: sun,summer,winter,time,death…

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 2. Feminine gender – – if the object gives the sense
of beauty, gentleness,and gracefulness.

Eg: Earth, moon, spring, nature….

Pair, dozen, score, gross, hundred, thousand,etc,..

(units of counting) when used after numbers remain
their singular form.

Eg: My friend has two dozen apples.

Abstract noun and material noun are not used in plural

form.

Eg: Care of the old is necessary.

Use correct form for abstract nouns.

Eg: young-youth, honest-honesty.

Check spelling errors if any.

Collective noun follows must take a singular verb.

(Phrase with noun must be in plural)

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 Eg: A bunch of bananas has become expensive.

Proper doesn’t take articles before it but when it is

taken in comparison , it does.

Dear Aspirants, Below we have given some exercise

questions which may consist of errors (based on NOUN),
check whether the statement has an error or not if any
given your answers in the below comment section.

EXERCISE QUESTIONS:

1. The parliament is divided on the bill.

2. His brother committed thiefhood in his house.
3. He wears glass to aid his short sighted eye.
4. The same board is used chess as well as draught.
5. Take care of the vixen because they are wily
creatures.
6. The Indians are a religious-minded people.
7. Time passes in its chariot majestically.
8. The practices of the lawyers vary from those of
the doctors.
9. The bright lamps gave much lights.
10. Devi is Anand of our chess class.
11. You will be promoted in the time of a year.
12. The cup’s base was rounded.
13. The Earth treats us as his children, not strangers.
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 14. The fleet of ships moves at a uniform speed.
15. Queen Elizabeth is the monarchess of England.
16. Aurangzeb’s religious bigotism caused severe
harm to the Mughal empire.
17. The tin is a precious metal.
18. The milkwoman said that she would not supply
milk on holidays.
19. The team camped at Namkum. They followed a
rigorous routine.
20. Who will win if there is a contest between the
dwarves and the giants?

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