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Spotting Errors & Grammar — SSC Questions & Practice

Practise 23 Spotting Errors & Grammar questions from SSC for competitive exams such as UPSC, Banking, SSC and Railway. Read the worked questions below, check every answer with an explanation, and track what you get wrong.

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Practice questions on Spotting Errors & Grammar — with answers

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1. Identify the grammatically correct sentence, correcting the error in: 'He don't like coffee.'

  1. AHe doesn't like coffee.
  2. BShe has gone to the market.
  3. CNeither of the boys was present.
  4. DEach of the students has submitted their assignment.
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Answer: A

Subject-verb agreement error: 'He' requires 'doesn't', not 'don't'. The corrected sentence is: 'He doesn't like coffee.'

2. Identify the grammatically correct sentence, correcting the error in: 'She has went to the market.'

  1. AShe has gone to the market.
  2. BHe doesn't like coffee.
  3. CNeither of the boys was present.
  4. DEach of the students has submitted their assignment.
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Answer: A

Incorrect past participle: 'gone' (not 'went') is used with the auxiliary verb 'has'. The corrected sentence is: 'She has gone to the market.'

3. Identify the grammatically correct sentence, correcting the error in: 'Neither of the boys were present.'

  1. ANeither of the boys was present.
  2. BHe doesn't like coffee.
  3. CShe has gone to the market.
  4. DEach of the students has submitted their assignment.
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Answer: A

'Neither' takes a singular verb ('was'), not plural ('were'). The corrected sentence is: 'Neither of the boys was present.'

4. Identify the grammatically correct sentence, correcting the error in: 'Each of the students have submitted their assignment.'

  1. AEach of the students has submitted their assignment.
  2. BHe doesn't like coffee.
  3. CShe has gone to the market.
  4. DNeither of the boys was present.
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Answer: A

'Each' takes a singular verb ('has'), not plural ('have'). The corrected sentence is: 'Each of the students has submitted their assignment.'

5. Identify the grammatically correct sentence, correcting the error in: 'I have been knowing him since 2010.'

  1. AI have known him since 2010.
  2. BHe doesn't like coffee.
  3. CShe has gone to the market.
  4. DNeither of the boys was present.
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Answer: A

'Know' is a stative verb and is not typically used in the continuous ('knowing') form. The corrected sentence is: 'I have known him since 2010.'

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