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1. Although he is my bosom friend, / (a) I cannot ask him for /(b) money without any
/(c) vividly reason /(d) No error (e)

2. Prabha was exorbitantly paid / (a) for how skilful she received /(b) the visitors and
entertained /(c) them. /(d) No error (e)

3. The Captain came / (a) presently but I /(b) can't say where he has /(c) slipped out
unnoticed. /(d) No error (e)

4. They were exceptional good / (a) orators, so all of us /(b) listened to them /(c) very
attentively. /(d) No error (e)

5. He has been trying / (a) to lure her for months /(b) owing to his misfortune he has
/(c) not still succeeded. /(d) No error (e)

6. The amount which the company / (a) has paid to the /(b) dependents of the dead
worker /(c) was farly unjustified./(d) No error (e)

7. He is almost quite competent / (a) for the post of Manager; /(b) so when given a
chance, /(c) he can lead the company to its goal. /(d) No error (e)

8. The imported articles / (a) which you sell are /(b) enough costly to allow the pocket
/(c) of an ordinary man to buy them /(d) No error (e)

9. The students requested their Principal / (a) to be enough kind to grant /(b) them five
thousand rupees for /(c) the reconstruction of the tennis court /(d) No error (e)

10. I met Seema about / (a) two years ago and have /(b) remembered her /(c) every for
/(d) No error (e)

11. His essay was unmatched, / (a) so he was awarded the best prize /(b) in the form of a
shield made of silver and enamelled /(c) with some precious stones. /(d) No error (e)

12. The leaders of the striking / (a) teachers called on the Chief Minister /(b) for
negotiation and /(c) returned happily /(d) No error (e)

13. India played every careful / (a) right from the beginning of the match /(b) held at
Sharjah in order to /(c) win the match /(d) No error (e)

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14. Although he only earns / (a) six hundred rupees a month /(b) he manages to support
/(c) his family /(d) No error (e)

15. Only by talking to / (a) the officers concerned /(b) they will make out the hidden /(c)
implications of the agreement /(d) No error (e)

16. All of them will execute / (a) the plan so skilfully /(b) that their officer /(c) will feel
surprised /(d) No error (e)

17. I came across / (a) her in Delhi last month /(b) and invited her /(c) to come to Patna
/(d) No error (e)

18. Hardly he likes / (a) to hear my name /(b) after the rift which occurred /(c) between
him and me. /(d) No error (e)

19. This room is very / (a) beautiful but too much /(b) small to accommodate /(c) all of
you /(d) No error (e)

20. He was fortunately / (a) not present on /(b) the rostrum when /(c) the bomb exploded
/(d) No error (e)

21. My brother does / (a) not know to make /(b) friends, so he leads /(c) a lonely life /(d)
No error (e)

22. I liked that opportune moment / (a) where the workers proved their might /(b) to
take on the company /(c) and came out victorious /(d) No error (e)

23. He was very / (a) tired of work, /(b) so he said that he was /(c) sorry to accompany
us. /(d) No error (e)

24. He is a linguist / (a) and always tries to /(b) make his students /(c) pronounce a
word correctly. /(d) No error (e)

25. Being much contented with the sincerity / (a) of the members of the staff, /(b) the
C.M. said that the state /(c) needed sincere men like them /(d) No error (e)

26. When the prince saw the princess / (a) he cried out that he had /(b) never seen such
/(c) a beautiful lady before /(d) No error (e)

27. When asked, he / (a) took tea /(b) and said that it /(c) tasted sweetly /(d) No error (e)

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28. The old man is blindly, / (a) so don't call him a liar when /(b) he says that he /(c)
can't read /(d) No error (e)

29. Such obstacles will / (a) not stop him; nothing never /(b) did; this is why he is
progressing /(c) by leaps and bounds. /(d) No error (e)

30. Not only drinking / (a) but also smoking /(b) is very injurious /(c) to health. /(d) No
error (e)

31. If you ask me, / (a) Shyama is quite all right /(b) but I can't tell you /(c) much about
Radha /(d) No error (e)

32. My friend said / (a) that he was only too glad /(b) to hear the result /(c) of his wife.
/(d) No error (e)

33. “Nobody should try / (a) to disturb me /(b) without any emergency” /(c) the Doctor
said to his assistants /(d) No error (e)

34. Who will believe / (a) that she was not /(b) hardly-hit by her /(c) husband's death
/(d) No error (e)

35. Somebody reported to / (a) the contractor that his partner /(b) had only died /(c) a
week before /(d) No error (e)

36. He asked me to / (a) completely forget her, /(b) but only I know /(c) how easy its is to
say so /(d) No error (e)

37. When carefully examined, / (a) it will give us /(b) a clue to the mystery of /(c) the
case /(d) No error (e)

38. She looked / (a) at him lovely /(b) but he did not /(c) respond to her /(d) No error (e)

39. He never liked / (a) to treat his brothers friendly /(b) that's why he could not /(c) win
their love and favour /(d) No error (e)

40. They are very senior / (a) to me; so I /(b) dare not play a joke /(c) on them /(d) No
error (e)

41. I hardly ever / (a) see him because /(b) in my opinion he is not /(c) a man to be
admired /(d) No error (e)

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42. Before the game she felt surely / (a) of winning, but after five minutes /(b) she
realized that it was not /(c) going to be so easy /(d) No error (e)

43. I know that eventually / (a) he will succumb to me /(b) and confess that he /(c) has
committed a crime /(d) No error (e)

44. „where else / (a) did you go besides /(b) besides /(c) the office?‟ she asked her
husband /(d) No error (e)

45. He said that the examination was bad / (a) and added that he could not answer /(b)
questions enough /(c) to pass it /(d) No error (e)

46. Every member / (a) of the family is /(b) addicted to drinking /(c) and so Tom is /(d)
No error (e)

47. The estwards wind helped / (a) the boat going from /(b) the western bank to the
estern /(c) bank of the river /(d) No error (e)

48. Not only we lost / (a) what we had on our disposal, /(b) but we also /(c) lost our
patience /(d) No error (e)

49. Under no circumstances / (a) we can help /(b) you in this illegal /(c) work', said the
Manager. /(d) No error (e)

50. Under a tree / (a) was sitting the saint /(b) whom we had seen /(c) somewhere else
/(d) No error (e)

PRACTICE SHEET

ERRORS
1. Not only we lost / (A) what we had on our disposal, /(B) but we also /(C) lost our
patience /(D) No error (E)
2. Nobody should try / (A) to disturb me /(B) without any emergency /(C) the Doctor
said to his assistants /(D) No error (E)
3. Such obstacles will / (A) not stop him; nothing never /(B) did; this is why he is
progressing /(C) by leaps and bounds. /(D) No error (E)
4. 'where else / (A) did you go besides /(B) besides /(C) the office?' she asked her
husband /(D) No error (E)

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5. After a considerable amount of (A) / endeavour which was made to give the (B) /
project a flying start, it came to too much (C) / ruinous a condition to revive (D) / No
error (E).
6. If you watch him closely, (A) / you will find that he has all (B) / goodness to be a
leader but as a politician (C) / he has proved only too worthless (D) / No error (E).
7. Whatever he has said (A) / regarding the profits ! (B) / of organization (C) / is so good
to believe (D) /No error (E).
8. No doubt developments (A)/ in urban areas are(B) too satisfying but rural (C)/ areas
are still to be explored. (D)/No error.
9. This world is (A) / very much cruel to one (B) / and all of us, however (C) / we love to
live it at best (D) / No error (E).
10. Japan has gone (A) / far ahead in technology, (B) / so we a little expect (C)/ other
country would be able to be (D)/ No error (E).
11. That was (A)/ the more worst (B) / situation that (C) / I had ever under gone in my
life (D) / No error (E).
12. My brother does / (A) not know to make /(B) friends, so he leads /(C) a lonely life
/(D) No error (E)
13. He is almost quite competent / (A) for the post of Manager; /(B) so when given a
chance, /(C) he can lead the company to its goal. /(D) No error (E)
14. India played every careful / (A) right from the beginning of the match /(B) held at
Sharjah in order to /(C) win the match /(D) No error (E)
15. Being much contented with the sincerity / (A) of the members of the staff, /(B) the
C.M. said that the state /(C) needed sincere men like them /(D) No error (E)
16. Not only drinking / (A) but also smoking /(B) is very injurious /(C) to health. /(D) No
error (E)
17. I don't like / (A) such nasty /(B) things, /(C) nor he does. /(D) No error (E)
18. He never liked / (A) to treat his brothers friendly /(B) that's why he could not /(C)
win their love and favour /(D) No error (E)
19. Many a girl is (A) / not so trustworthy that (B) / you can expect (C) / them to be all
the time (D) / No error (E).

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20. Everybody knows that (A) / Tsunami inflicted much too pain (B) / on a number of
people and many of (C) / them had even succumbed to this traumatic situation (D) /
No error (E).
21. The comic elements (A) / which have added to this (B) / movie make it (C) / rather
amusing and are supposed to draw (D) / all types of audience to the theatre/ No
error (E).
22. This story is (A) / so interesting as every (B) / body would (C) / like to listen to it (D)
/ No error (E).
23. You have really come up with (A) / a much intelligent idea (B) / and it will (C)/
definitely serve our purpose (D) No error (E).
24. I really cannot work (A)/ in fairly bad weather (B)/ condition, so I have (C) / decided
to get back (D) /No error (E).
25. How true is (A) / the fact that learning (B) / Hindi is far difficult (C) / than learning
English (D) / No error (E).
26. All of them will execute / (A) the plan so skilfully /(B) that their officer /(C) will feel
surprised /(D) No error (E)
27. Although he is my bosom friend, / (A) I cannot ask him for /(B) money without any
/(C) vividly reason /(D) No error (E)
28. He is a linguist / (A) and always tries to /(B) make his students /(C) pronounce a
word correctly. /(D) No error (E)
29. His essay was unmatched, / (A) so he was awarded the best prize /(B) in the form of
a shield made of silver and enamelled /(C) with some precious stones. /(D) No error
(E)
30. Every member / (A) of the family is /(B) addicted to drinking /(C) and so Tom is /(D)
No error (E)
31. Somebody reported to / (A) the contractor that his partner /(B) had only died /(C) a
week before /(D) No error (E)
32. India seems to be (A) / in such critical a situation (B) / as it seems (C) / difficult to
bring it back to the track (D) / No error (E).
33. Before the game she felt surely / (A) of winning, but after five minutes /(B) she
realized that it was not /(C) going to be so easy /(D) No error (E)

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34. He seems (A) / to have done it (B) / with fairly too good intention; (C) / however I
have some doubt about it (D) / No error (E).
35. Your ideas are really (A) / too much provoking and I (B) / think it would be better for
us (C) / to give them up (D) / No error (E).
36. If you compare my sister (A) / with her classmates, (B)/ you will find her very better
(C) / than all other girls (D)/No error (E).
37. With the statement too much (A) / doubtful, it was not that (B) / easy to take the (C)
/ delegates in confidence (D)/No error (E).
38. You cannot judge India (A)/by how it looks (B) /As a matter of fact, (C) / it is fairly a
rich country (D)/No error (E).

39. India is enough prepared (A) / to host any kind of game, (B) / however, the Olympic
committee (C) / has several misgivings about the feasibility (D) / No error (E).
40. I know that you (A) / always give good ideas (B) / but this time you have (C) / given
an even good one (D) / No error (E).
41. Hardly he likes / (A) to hear my name /(B) after the rift which occurred /(C) between
him and me. /(D) No error (E)
42. They were exceptional good / (A) orators, so all of us /(B) listened to them /(C) very
attentively. /(D) No error (E)
43. The students requested their Principal / (A) to be enough kind to grant /(B) them five
thousand rupees for /(C) the reconstruction of the tennis court /(D) No error (E)
44. He was very / (A) tired of work, /(B) so he said that he was /(C) sorry to accompany
us. /(D) No error (E)
45. I know that this product (A) / is too fairly priced and (B) / people would love to buy it
the moment they (C) / look at its price tag with gorgeous features (D)/ No error (E).
46. Such exciting was the movie that (A) / no audience could (B) / move their eyes from
(C) / the screen even for a while (D) / No error (E).
47. His proposal was (A) / only too good, however (B) / it succeeded in evoking (C) /
interest in the panel member (D) / No error (E).
48. My last journey was (A) / none too pleasant and I enjoyed (B) / the alluring sights of
florae and faunae (C) / through the tinsel window pan (D) / No error (E).

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49. You will find everybody (A) /' saying that it is (B) the much best movie (C)/ ever made
in the Indian film industry (D) / No error (E).
50. Not better price (A) / can you avail yourself of (B) / amid the kind of (C) / competition
we have in the market today (D) / No error (E).
51. Her lawyer is enough witted to (A)/ wrigge her out of the unexpected (B) / situation
winch has (C) / arised somehow (D) / No error (E)
52. The question he has (A)/put is fairly one, (B) / so I need some more (C) time to
answer it (D)/No error (E).
53. If you ask me, / (A) Shyama is quite all right /(B) but I can't tell you /(C) much about
Radha /(D) No error (E)
54. When the prince saw the princess / (A) he cried out that he had /(B) never seen such
/(C) a beautiful lady before /(D) No error (E)
55. When carefully examined, / (A) it will give us /(B) a clue to the mystery of /(C) the
case /(D) No error (E)
56. Under no circumstances / (A) we can help /(B) you in this illegal /(C) work', said the
Manager. /(D) No error (E)
57. My younger brother was (A) / too intelligent to deal with (B) / a situation like this, (C)
/ therefore people loved him very much (D) / No error (E).
58. It is none too bad, (A) / so I would like to (B) / do it and have (C) / a new experience
in life (D) / No error (E).
59. This room is very / (A) beautiful but too much /(B) small to accommodate /(C) all of
you /(D) No error (E)
60. Prabha was exorbitantly paid / (A) for how skilful she received /(B) the visitors and
entertained /(C) them. /(D) No error (E)
61. Although he only earns / (A) six hundred rupees a month /(B) he manages to
support /(C) his family /(D) No error (E)
62. I liked that opportune moment / (A) where the workers proved their might /(B) to
take on the company /(C) and came out victorious /(D) No error (E)
63. I hardly ever / (A) see him because /(B) in my opinion he is not /(C) a man to be
admired /(D) No error (E)
64. Who will believe / (A) that she was not /(B) hardly-hit by her /(C) husband's death
/(D) No error (E)
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65. When asked, he / (A) took tea /(B) and said that it /(C) tasted sweetly /(D) No error
(E)
66. The estwards wind helped / (A) the boat going from /(B) the western bank to the
estern /(C) bank of the river /(D) No error (E)
67. I know that eventually / (A) he will succumb to me /(B) and confess that he /(C) has
committed a crime /(D) No error (E)
68. The rather cruel intention (A) / of lady Macbeth shows (B) / the lopsidedness (C) / of
a woman's character (D) / No error (E).
69. It is true that he is (A) / facing much too difficulty in (B) / managing his life because
(C) / his means are very small (D) / No error (E).
70. The house you have purchased (A) 1 is a so spacious one (B) / that two families (C) /
can easily accommodate in it (D) / No error (E).
71. It would be (A) / nice of you, (B) / if you speak to him (C) / a little less loudly (D) / No
error (E).
72. The Indian team is in its (A) / prime condition, (B) / so the strategies adopted (C) /
by the opponent matters a little (D) /No error (E).
73. His preparation is not (A) / upto the mark, (B) so I am little worried about (C) / his
performance in the examination (D) / No error (E).
74. You are right here (A) / because I, too, found it (B) / rather difficult a problem (C) /
to deal with (D) No error (E).
75. The universe is still (A) / a mystery to our (B) / scientists I because (C) / it is fairly
too big to explore (D) / No error (E).
76. The amount which the company / (A) has paid to the /(B) dependents of the dead
worker /(C) was farly unjustified./(D) No error (E)
77. The Captain came / (A) presently but I /(B) can't say where he has /(C) slipped out
unnoticed. /(D) No error (E)
78. Only by talking to / (A) the officers concerned /(B) they will make out the hidden /(C)
implications of the agreement /(D) No error (E)
79. He was fortunately / (A) not present on /(B) the rostrum when /(C) the bomb
exploded /(D) No error (E)
80. My friend said / (A) that he was only too glad /(B) to hear the result /(C) of his wife.
/(D) No error (E)
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81. He asked me to / (A) completely forget her, /(B) but only I know /(C) how easy its is
to say so /(D) No error (E)
82. Under a tree / (A) was sitting the saint /(B) whom we had seen /(C) somewhere else
/(D) No error (E)
83. The time given to me (A) / was too little that it (B) / was not possible for me (C) / to
finish the task in time (D) / No error (E).
84. It is not that easy (A) / to acquire too high a (B) / position that (C) / many can just
aspire for (D) / No error (E).
85. He said that the examination was bad / (A) and added that he could not answer /(B)
questions enough /(C) to pass it /(D) No error (E).
86. The people who gathered (A) / to welcome the new president (B) / created so furore
over dearness that the (C) / security had to resort to the lathi charge (D) / No error
(E).
87. I was really astonished (A) / to find so confusing a person (B) to deal with in a (C) /
compromising situation like this (D) / No error (E).
88. With a desire (A) / too high and vision (B) / so lofty, man can really (C) / think of
achieving something worthwhile in life (D) / No error (E).
89. You must know that (A) / we have taken (B) enough rest so (C) / we are a little tired
(D) / No error (E).
90. Today you are (A) / looking very (B) / smarter than (C) / all other girls sitting here (D)
/ No error (E).
91. They are working on (A) / a rather inter;- project which (B) / will prove a boon to (C)
those living in rural areas (D) / No error (E).
92. He looks a little (A) / concerned about the financial crunch his company (B) / has
incurred, while he should have gone (C) / deep into the matter and discovered the
real cause of the disaster (D) / No error (E).
93. My friend has gone (A) / such a foreign by nature that (B) / this thing having (C) /
typical look and feature can hardly satisfy him (D) / No error (E).
94. They are very senior / (A) to me; so I /(B) dare not play a joke /(C) on them /(D) No
error (E)
95. She looked / (A) at him lovely /(B) but he did not /(C) respond to her /(D) No error
(E)

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96. The old man is blindly, / (A) so don't call him a liar when /(B) he says that he /(C)
can't read /(D) No error (E)
97. I came across / (A) her in Delhi last month /(B) and invited her /(C) to come to Patna
/(D) No error (E).
98. He has been trying / (A) to lure her for months /(B) owing to his misfortune he has
/(C) not still succeeded. /(D) No error (E)
99. The imported articles / (A) which you sell are /(B) enough costly to allow the pocket
/(C) of an ordinary man to buy them /(D) No error (E)
100. I met Seema about / (A) two years ago and have /(B) remembered her /(C) every for
/(D) No error (E)

ERRORS
1. (A) Not only did
2. (E) No error
3. (B) never ever
4. (A) else
5. (C) much Too
6. (E) No error
7. (D) So Too
8. (C) Too very
9. (B) much
10. (C) A little little
11. (B) more
12. (B) doesn't know how to make
13. (A) quiet almost
14. (A) careful Carefully
15. (A) Being very
16. (E) No error
17. (C) Nor he does Nor does he
18. (E) No error
19. (B) So As
20. (B) too
21. (E) No Error
22. (B) as that
23. (E) No error
24. (B) fairly Rather
25. (C) far more
26. (E) No error

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27. (D) vividly vivid
28. (B) and so
29. (E) No error
30. (D) Tom is
31. (C) only died
32. (B) such so
33. (A) surely sure
34. (C) too
35. (B) too much much too
36. (C) very much
37. (A) too much much too
38. (D) 'a' fairly
39. (A) Prepared enough
40. (B) Good Better
41. (A) Hardly does
42. (A) exceptional Exceptionally
43. (B) kind enough
44. (E) No error
45. (B) too fairly
46. (A) such So
47. (B) only None
48. (B) None only
49. (C) much the
50. (A) Not No
51. (A) Enough witted
52. (B) fairly Rather
53. (B) all
54. (E) No error
55. (A) carefully examined
56. (B) can we
57. (B) too enough
58. (E) No error
59. (B) too much
60. (B) skillful skillfully
61. (A) only earns
62. (B) where when
63. (E) No error
64. (B) hardly hard
65. (D) Sweetly sweet
66. (A) Eastwards Eastward

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67. (E) No error
68. (E) No error
69. (B) much too
70. (B) 'a'
71. (E) No error
72. (D) a little little
73. (C) little a little
74. (C) rather too
75. (D) fairly Rather
76. (D) fairly quite
77. (B) Presently
78. (A) only talking
79. (A) fortunately He
80. (E) No error
81. (B) completely forget her
82. (E) No error
83. (B) too So
84. (B) too so
85. (E) No error
86. (C) much furore
87. (B) So too
88. (B) too so
89. (D) a little little
90. (B) very much
91. (B) Rather fairly
92. (A) a little little
93. (B) such so
94. (A) very much
95. (B) lovely lovingly
96. (A) Blindly Blind
97. (E) No error
98. (A) yet not
99. (C) enough costly
100.(D) Every Since

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