Practice Spotting Errors Questions and Answers

• Look at the shorter term, (A)/the interbank market rates (B)/suggest that the cycle will (C)/turn up again early next year (D).
• When I get angry, (A)/to count to ten (B)/has always prevented me (C)/from bursting out (D).
• For a man in (A)/eminent danger of (B)/losing his job, he (C)/appeared quite unruffled (D).
• Diana was a young (A)/mission school teacher convinced (B)/of her vacation to provide (C)/support for her schoolgirl pupils (D).
• The museum's functionaries — (A)/from floor-polishing janitors to (B)/pretentious scholars and fantastically skilled restorers — (C)/emerge as ...
• The climatic scene in which (A)/the local Mafiosi close in on (B)/the inspector is (C)/bone chilling and unforgettable (D).               ...
• He has remade a whole small shop (A)/building in King's Cross into (B)/an imaginary reptile house, (C)/accept there aren't any reptiles in the museum cases...
• For one thing, they require (A)/you to think on your feet and (B)/call on all your resources to (C)/get passed them, reaffirming your commitment (D).
• But as investors in such firms (A)/have learnt this year, the sector (B)/is not as risk adverse as (C)/had been widely perceived (D).
• In propounding this concept, (A)/he does not adapt (B)/a nihilistic view of the continuing (C)/use of these chemicals (D).                ...
• If the Government refuses to introduce (A)/changes now, it will be (B)/demonstrating its contempt for (C)/democracy, public concern and animal welfare (D)....
• Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. Mark the part with the error as your answer.  The plaintiffs sought an (A...
• Despite its widespread popularity (A)/among Florida's politicians, (B)/the bond cap statue was not (C)/entirely kosher from a constitutional point of view ...
• All this makes him an (A)/opposite starting point for (B)/those on the far right (C)/in search of intellectual sugar-coating (D).
• Critics often site the potential (A)/for these funds to trade (B)/at a share price that is not aligned (C)/with the value of the underlying securities (D)....
• The law also permits you to (A)/wave your right to notice or (B)/to accept a payment in lieu of (C)/notice if this is agreed with the company (D).  &n...
• The shrill wine and (A)/unbearable thunder of (B)/falling bombs dug in under (C)/my skin and stayed there (D).
• Overall, the wait of the (A)/empirical evidence supports (B)/these essentially conservative arguments (C)/for the minimum wage (D).
• All year Daly had imitated that (A)/he was ready to step down (B)/and last night reports of his resignation (C)/did not come as any surprise (D).
• The while stench of sulphurous gas (A)/pervading a world of darkness (B)/broken only by a dull (C)/red glow on a distant, invisible horizon (D).
• Assess to agricultural land (A)/for cultivation and capital for (B)/undertaking non-farm (C)/self-employment is critical (D).
• Life is much vaster (A)/and deeper, it cannot be (B)/lived with the aide (C)/of an extinguishable lamp (D).
• It is what Buddhists and various (A)/other doctrines aim to severe (B)/in an effort to transcend (C)/samsaric rebirth and needless suffering (D).
• Antibiotics are useless (A)/and proprietary antiseptic gargles and lozenges (B)/if used in access are (C)/likely to further aggravate the throat (D).
• In response, (A)/the unions called after the (B)/mass memorial service that was (C)/originally scheduled last year (D).
• The scientists called back (A)/more research (B)/to identify (C)/the chemicals responsible (D).
• Mike said that they (A)/were in the field house on (B)/the other side of the baseball field (C)/and that he had called in to them (D).
• The soldiers, who had (A)/so lately been employed in (B)/interring their victims, were now (C)/called at to bury their own dead (D).
• The school would make (A)/headlines six years later, (B)/as the Governor called after (C)/the Arkansas National Guard to prevent its integration (D).
• A Neighbourhood Officer will (A)/call off to your home (B)/within three weeks (C)/of your registration (D).
• Well, the man in the bank (A)/at carlin called off (B)/the bank of Calias, and they (C)/said the money was there (D).
• Col. Whiting called for (A)/my office to get (B)/the loan of (C)/an elementary work on conchology (D).
• Your important labours (A)/as a statesman and jurisconsult (B)/do not call forth our (C)/admiration any the less (D).
• I had to (A)/call for (B)/all my strength (C)/to finish the marathon (D).
• They wished him (A)/all the best and encouraged him (B)/to give up the good work because (C)/there were two more rounds to go (D).
• Their idea of a fun Saturday afternoon (A)/is to go paintballing and (B)/take up covered in golfball-sized red weals (C)/from being shot at close range (D)...
• The viewers are not fools, (A)/they pack up on doubt and (B)/uncertainty on screen and (C)/hit the remote accordingly (D).
• I hope to make up (A)/athletics and would like to (B)/compete in either the (C)/100 metre or 200 metre sprint (D).
• Patients have bled themselves (A)/into anaemia and then (B)/set up at a doctor's office (C)/stating they haven't a clue about how they became so ill (D).
• You can cook up (A)/the most wanted criminals all over (B)/the world at Most Wanted, a site that (C)/links up to law enforcement's desired baddies (D).