ERROR CORRECTION

This content has worksheets based on error correction with solutions at the end.

 WORKSHEET 1 ON ERROR CORRECTION

Directions: Which of the phrases (A), (B) and (C) given below each sentence should replace the phrase printed in bold letters to make the sentence grammatically correct? Choose the best option among the five alternatives that reflects the correct use of phrase in the context of the grammatically correct sentence. If the sentence is correct as it is, mark (5), ie “No correction required”, as the answer.

QUESTION 1 ON ERROR CORRECTION 

1)For Japan, China is important taken the fact that it is the only country to maintain close ties with North Korea. 

 (A)as the fact that it is the only

(B)that it is the only given fact that a

(C)given the fact that it is the only

1.Only (A) is correct

2.Only (B) is correct

3.Only (C) is correct

4.Both (A) and (B) are correct

5.No correction required

QUESTION 2

2)It is tempting to pass on the recent US action against India’s export subsidies at the World Trade Organisation as yet another example of the superpower’s growing economic aggression against trade partners. 

(A)It is tempting to pass off

(B)To pass off it is tempting

(C)Passing off is tempting to

1.Only (A) is correct

2.Only (B) is correct

3.Both (B) and (C) are correct

4.Both (A) and (B) are correct

5.No correction required

QUESTION 3

3)According to WTO rules, countries can give export subsidies as long as only their per capita GNI is below $1,000.

(A)only no longer than their per capita

(B)only so long as its per capita

(C)only as long as their per capita

1.Only (A) is correct

2.Only (B) is correct

3.Only  (C) is correct

4.Both (A) and (B) are correct

5.No correction required

QUESTION 4 

4)One might argue that expecting a country to change a plethora of export subsidy schemes, including extremely popular ones like the Merchandise Export from India Scheme (MEIS) used across sectors, as a drop of a hat, could be considered harsh.

(A)like a drop of a hat

(B)at a drop of a hat

(C)with the drop of a hat

1.Only (A) is correct

2.Only (B) is correct

3.Both (B) and (C) are correct

4.Both (A) and (B) are correct

5.No correction required

QUESTION 5 ON ERROR CORRECTION

5)India’s efforts to establish that it would be fair to extend the same dispensation to all have not borne fruit yet at the WTO.

(A)born fruit yet at

(B)borne fruit even at

(C)born fruits yet in

1.Only (A) is correct

2.Only (B) is correct

3.Both (B) and (C) are correct

4.Both (A) and (B) are correct

5.No correction required

QUESTION 6

6)India cannot afford to caught being napping the second time round when the WTO is teady to pronounce judgement on the matter.

(A)afford to be caught napping

(B)afford being caught to be napped

(C)afford to be caught at napping

1.Only (A) is correct

2.Only (B) is correct

3.Both (B) and (C) are correct

4.Both (A) and (B) are correct

5.No correction required

WORKSHEET 2 ON ERROR CORRECTION

Directions for Error Correction: In each of the questions given below a part of the sentence is given in bold. It is then followed by three options. Find the alternative that can replace the given bold part to make the sentence grammatically and contextually correct. If none of the alternatives is correct and the sentence is correct as it is then select option (5) as your choice. 

QUESTION 7 ON ERROR CORRECTION

7)Think of a smart equity trader who has been in the stock market enough long to understand the way it works.

(A)enough long to understanding

(B)enough long for understanding

(C)long enough to understand

1.Only (A)

2.Both (A) and (C)

3.Both (B) and (C)

4.Only (C)

5.No correction

QUESTION 8

8)A majority of investors in the stock market look to making money by buying shares of companies with good prospects and hanging on to them in the hope of the price rising.

(A)hang on to them in the

(B)hanging over it in the

(C)hang them in the

1.Only (A)

2.Both (A) and (C)

3.Both (B) and (C)

4.Only (C)

5.No correction required

QUESTION 9

9)Short-selling and short-covering are often at the root of big market swings that may appear puzzling to lying investors.

(A)puzzle to lay

(B)puzzling to lay

(C)puzzling to lie

1.Only (A)

2.Both (A) and (C)

3.Both (B) and (C)

4.Only (B)

5.No correction required

QUESTION 10

10.In November last year, Britain’s automotive industry was among those to give a cautious welcome to Theresa May’s controversial Withdrawal Agreement that set up the way by which Britain would extricate itself from the EU.

(A)set up the way in which

(B)set out the way in which

(C)set in the way to which

1.Only (A)

2.Only (B)

3.Both (A) and (C)

4.Only (C)

5.No correction required

QUESTION 11

11)The Budget’s proposals to ensure a minimum monthly income of Rs. 15,000 for persons working in the unorganized sectors and to bring them under few modest social security coverage are welcome steps.

(A)to bring them under some

(B)to bringing them about some

(C)to bring them about some

1.Only (A)

2.Both (A) and (C)

3.Both (B) and (C)

4.Only (C)

5.No correction required

WORKSHEET 3 ON ERROR CORRECTION

Directions: Which of the following phrases (A), (B) and (C) given below each sentence should replace the phrase printed in bold letters to make the sentence grammatically correct? Choose the best option among the five given alternatives that reflects the correct use of the phrase in the context of the grammatically correct sentence. If the sentence is correct as it is, mark (5), ie “No correction required”, as the answer. 

QUESTION 12 ON ERROR CORRECTION

12)Namami Gange recognizes that the key to revival the river lay in a robust sewage infrastructure.

(A)key for the revival of the river laid in

(B)key in reviving the river lays in

(C)key to reviving the river lies in

1.Only (A)

2.Only (B)

3.Only (C)

4.Both (B) and (C)

5.No correction required

QUESTION 13

13.The Chief Justice of India, Dipak Misra, owing to retirement in October, has named the senior most judge of the Supreme Court after him as his successor.

(A)because of retiring in

(B)due to retire in

(C)to go to retirement in

1.Only (A)

2.Only (B)

3.Only (C)

4.Both (A) and (B)

5.No correction required

QUESTION 14

14.Just as Parliament has two Houses, the states can, if they choose, have a Legislative Council in addition to the Legislative Assembly.

(A)if they elect

(B)if they select

(C)if they nominate

1.Only (A)

2.Only (B)

3.Both (A) and (B)

4.Both (B) and (C)

5.No correction required

QUESTION 15 ON ERROR CORRECTION

15.The SEBI has started cracking on a fraud scheme promising unreasonable returns from the stock market in a short span of time.

(A)cracking to a fraud

(B)crack up a fraudulent

(C)cracking down on a fraud

1.Both (A) and (C)

2.Both (A) and (B)

3.Only (A)

4.Only (C)

5.No correction required

QUESTION 16 ON ERROR CORRECTION

16.When terrorists went for the rampage of Mumbai on November 26, 2008, Dev Patel was savouring the runaway success of his breakthrough film Slumdog Millionaire.

(A)on the rampage across

(B)to ramp out

(C)on a rampage for

1.Only (A)

2.Only (B)

3.Only (C)

4.Both (A) and (C)

5.No correction required

 ANSWERS : 

 1)Only (C) is correct

2)Only (A) is correct

3)Only (C) is correct

4)Only (B) is correct

5)No corrections required

6)Only (A) is correct

7)Only (C)

8)No correction required

9)Only (B)

10)Only (B)

11)Only (A)

12)Only (C)

13)Only (B)

14)No correction required

15)Only (C)

16)Only (A)