English Exercise on Grammar

Dear Aspirants

Here in this article, we are providing an English Exercise on Grammar based on our English Master Series Module . 

This Exercise will be very helpful while solving the questions of Spotting Errors and Fill in the blanks.

EXERCISE

1. All the evidences were / against him and he was / held guilty. / No error.

2. My cousin brother is cheater / and he / cheats his family members and friends too. / No error.

3. The cattle in the meadow / was terrified to hear / the roar of a lion which appeared to be wild with anger. / No error.

4. Many women /reconcile to the / demands of their in-laws. / No error.

5. Owing to me being a new comer/ I was unable/ to get a good house. / No error.

6. As a ____________of systematic inadequacies, India as a nuclear-weapons state is yet to resolve the ____________of organizing its defense forces.

a)consequence, dilemmas   b)flaw, dispute   c)standpoint, chaos    d)crux, essence

7. There have been other committees which had _____________these problems and had made quite practical__________.

a)Scrutinized , institution    b)ventured, impact     c)examined, proposals     d)geared, solutions

8. We should ________________our traditional ways to utilize the knowledge of medicine to plug the _________in modern healthcare.

a)tackle, unawareness     b)implement, efficiency   c)forward, research     d)evolve, loopholes

9. Indians will__________one-fourth of total work force in the next five years but India needs to introspect whether its education system is__________for these demographic dividends.

a)become, adequate   b)consist, incompetent  c) constitute, unequipped   d)comprise, prepared

10. Considering the______________of the city to chemical and industrial disasters, the State disaster management authority has decided to constitute an expert study group to analyze all possible threats and suggest____________to make the city 'disaster-resilient'.

a) vulnerability, measures     b)propensity, sketches   c)volatility, plans     d)regularity, preparations

SOLUTION

1. All the evidence was against him and he was held guilty.

Explanation – Evidence is an uncountable noun. It has no plural form. So, singular verb was should be used.

2. My cousin is a cheat and he cheats his family members and friends too.

Explanation – Cousin brother and cheater are words formed in India due to Indianization of English Language.

3. The cattle in the meadow were terrified to hear the roar of a lion which appeared to be wild with anger.

Explanation –  Cattle is a plural noun. Change was into were.

4. Many women reconcile themselves to the demands of their in-laws.

Explanation – A Reflexive pronoun must follow reconcile. Add themselves after reconcile.

5. Owing to my being a new comer I was unable to get a good house.

Explanation –  Possesive case (my) before Gerund being.

6. consequence, dilemmas

7. examined, proposals

8. evolve, loopholes

9. comprise, prepared

10. vulnerability, measures

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