Question

    In each question below, four words are printed in bold type. One of these words given in bold may be either wrongly spelt or inappropriate in the context of the sentence. Find out the word that is inappropriate or wrongly spelt, if there is any. That word is your answer. If the sentence is correct as it is and ‘No correction is required’, mark 5) as the answer.

    It would have been slightly unfair if we

    hadn’t tried out the deserts in the menu.
    A have Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B unfair Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C hadn’t Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D deserts Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E No correction required Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    ‘desserts’ instead of ‘deserts’. Desserts mean sweet dish. Desert means to abandon. It would have been slightly unfair if we hadn’t tried out the deserts in the menu.

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