Adverb Detecting Errors PDF

1 English By : Jaideep Singh 1. Although he is my bosom friend, / (a) I cannot ask him for /(b) money without any /(c) vividly reason /(d) No error (e) 2. Prabha was exorbitantly paid / (a) for how skilful she received /(b) the visitors and entert...

1 English By : Jaideep Singh 1. Although he is my bosom friend, / (a) I cannot ask him for /(b) money without any /(c) vividly reason /(d) No error (e) 2. Prabha was exorbitantly paid / (a) for how skilful she received /(b) the visitors and entertained /(c) them. /(d) No error (e) 3. The Captain came / (a) presently but I /(b) can't say where he has /(c) slipped out unnoticed. /(d) No error (e) 4. They were exceptional good / (a) orators, so all of us /(b) listened to them /(c) very attentively. /(d) No error (e) 5. He has been trying / (a) to lure her for months /(b) owing to his misfortune he has /(c) not still succeeded. /(d) No error (e) 6. The amount which the company / (a) has paid to the /(b) dependents of the dead worker /(c) was farly unjustified./(d) No error (e) 7. He is almost quite competent / (a) for the post of Manager; /(b) so when given a chance, /(c) he can lead the company to its goal. /(d) No error (e) 8. The imported articles / (a) which you sell are /(b) enough costly to allow the pocket /(c) of an ordinary man to buy them /(d) No error (e) 9. The students requested their Principal / (a) to be enough kind to grant /(b) them five thousand rupees for /(c) the reconstruction of the tennis court /(d) No error (e) 10. I met Seema about / (a) two years ago and have /(b) remembered her /(c) every for /(d) No error (e) 11. His essay was unmatched, / (a) so he was awarded the best prize /(b) in the form of a shield made of silver and enamelled /(c) with some precious stones. /(d) No error (e) 12. The leaders of the striking / (a) teachers called on the Chief Minister /(b) for negotiation and /(c) returned happily /(d) No error (e) 13. India played every careful / (a) right from the beginning of the match /(b) held at Sharjah in order to /(c) win the match /(d) No error (e) 2 English By : Jaideep Singh 14. Although he only earns / (a) six hundred rupees a month /(b) he manages to support /(c) his family /(d) No error (e) 15. Only by talking to / (a) the officers concerned /(b) they will make out the hidden /(c) implications of the agreement /(d) No error (e) 16. All of them will execute / (a) the plan so skilfully /(b) that their officer /(c) will feel surprised /(d) No error (e) 17. I came across / (a) her in Delhi last month /(b) and invited her /(c) to come to Patna /(d) No error (e) 18. Hardly he likes / (a) to hear my name /(b) after the rift which occurred /(c) between him and me. /(d) No error (e) 19. This room is very / (a) beautiful but too much /(b) small to accommodate /(c) all of you /(d) No error (e) 20. He was fortunately / (a) not present on /(b) the rostrum when /(c) the bomb exploded /(d) No error (e) 21. My brother does / (a) not know to make /(b) friends, so he leads /(c) a lonely life /(d) No error (e) 22. I liked that opportune moment / (a) where the workers proved their might /(b) to take on the company /(c) and came out victorious /(d) No error (e) 23. He was very / (a) tired of work, /(b) so he said that he was /(c) sorry to accompany us. /(d) No error (e) 24. He is a linguist / (a) and always tries to /(b) make his students /(c) pronounce a word correctly. /(d) No error (e) 25. Being much contented with the sincerity / (a) of the members of the staff, /(b) the C.M. said that the state /(c) needed sincere men like them /(d) No error (e) 26. When the prince saw the princess / (a) he cried out that he had /(b) never seen such /(c) a beautiful lady before /(d) No error (e) 27. When asked, he / (a) took tea /(b) and said that it /(c) tasted sweetly /(d) No error (e) 3 English By : Jaideep Singh 28. The old man is blindly, / (a) so don't call him a liar when /(b) he says that he /(c) can't read /(d) No error (e) 29. Such obstacles will / (a) not stop him; nothing never /(b) did; this is why he is progressing /(c) by leaps and bounds. /(d) No error (e) 30. Not only drinking / (a) but also smoking /(b) is very injurious /(c) to health. /(d) No error (e) 31. If you ask me, / (a) Shyama is quite all right /(b) but I can't tell you /(c) much about Radha /(d) No error (e) 32. My friend said / (a) that he was only too glad /(b) to hear the result /(c) of his wife. /(d) No error (e) 33. “Nobody should try / (a) to disturb me /(b) without any emergency” /(c) the Doctor said to his assistants /(d) No error (e) 34. Who will believe / (a) that she was not /(b) hardly-hit by her /(c) husband's death /(d) No error (e) 35. Somebody reported to / (a) the contractor that his partner /(b) had only died /(c) a week before /(d) No error (e) 36. He asked me to / (a) completely forget her, /(b) but only I know /(c) how easy its is to say so /(d) No error (e) 37. When carefully examined, / (a) it will give us /(b) a clue to the mystery of /(c) the case /(d) No error (e) 38. She looked / (a) at him lovely /(b) but he did not /(c) respond to her /(d) No error (e) 39. He never liked / (a) to treat his brothers friendly /(b) that's why he could not /(c) win their love and favour /(d) No error (e) 40. They are very senior / (a) to me; so I /(b) dare not play a joke /(c) on them /(d) No error (e) 41. I hardly ever / (a) see him because /(b) in my opinion he is not /(c) a man to be admired /(d) No error (e) 4 English By : Jaideep Singh 42. Before the game she felt surely / (a) of winning, but after five minutes /(b) she realized that it was not /(c) going to be so easy /(d) No error (e) 43. I know that eventually / (a) he will succumb to me /(b) and confess that he /(c) has committed a crime /(d) No error (e) 44. „where else / (a) did you go besides /(b) besides /(c) the office?‟ she asked her husband /(d) No error (e) 45. He said that the examination was bad / (a) and added that he could not answer /(b) questions enough /(c) to pass it /(d) No error (e) 46. Every member / (a) of the family is /(b) addicted to drinking /(c) and so Tom is /(d) No error (e) 47. The estwards wind helped / (a) the boat going from /(b) the western bank to the estern /(c) bank of the river /(d) No error (e) 48. Not only we lost / (a) what we had on our disposal, /(b) but we also /(c) lost our patience /(d) No error (e) 49. Under no circumstances / (a) we can help /(b) you in this illegal /(c) work', said the Manager. /(d) No error (e) 50. Under a tree / (a) was sitting the saint /(b) whom we had seen /(c) somewhere else /(d) No error (e) PRACTICE SHEET ERRORS 1. Not only we lost / (A) what we had on our disposal, /(B) but we also /(C) lost our patience /(D) No error (E) 2. Nobody should try / (A) to disturb me /(B) without any emergency /(C) the Doctor said to his assistants /(D) No error (E) 3. Such obstacles will / (A) not stop him; nothing never /(B) did; this is why he is progressing /(C) by leaps and bounds. /(D) No error (E) 4. 'where else / (A) did you go besides /(B) besides /(C) the office?' she asked her husband /(D) No error (E) 5 English By : Jaideep Singh 5. After a considerable amount of (A) / endeavour which was made to give the (B) / project a flying start, it came to too much (C) / ruinous a condition to revive (D) / No error (E). 6. If you watch him closely, (A) / you will find that he has all (B) / goodness to be a leader but as a politician (C) / he has proved only too worthless (D) / No error (E). 7. Whatever he has said (A) / regarding the profits ! (B) / of organization (C) / is so good to believe (D) /No error (E). 8. No doubt developments (A)/ in urban areas are(B) too satisfying but rural (C)/ areas are still to be explored. (D)/No error. 9. This world is (A) / very much cruel to one (B) / and all of us, however (C) / we love to live it at best (D) / No error (E). 10. Japan has gone (A) / far ahead in technology, (B) / so we a little expect (C)/ other country would be able to be (D)/ No error (E). 11. That was (A)/ the more worst (B) / situation that (C) / I had ever under gone in my life (D) / No error (E). 12. My brother does / (A) not know to make /(B) friends, so he leads /(C) a lonely life /(D) No error (E) 13. He is almost quite competent / (A) for the post of Manager; /(B) so when given a chance, /(C) he can lead the company to its goal. /(D) No error (E) 14. India played every careful / (A) right from the beginning of the match /(B) held at Sharjah in order to /(C) win the match /(D) No error (E) 15. Being much contented with the sincerity / (A) of the members of the staff, /(B) the C.M. said that the state /(C) needed sincere men like them /(D) No error (E) 16. Not only drinking / (A) but also smoking /(B) is very injurious /(C) to health. /(D) No error (E) 17. I don't like / (A) such nasty /(B) things, /(C) nor he does. /(D) No error (E) 18. He never liked / (A) to treat his brothers friendly /(B) that's why he could not /(C) win their love and favour /(D) No error (E) 19. Many a girl is (A) / not so trustworthy that (B) / you can expect (C) / them to be all the time (D) / No error (E). 6 English By : Jaideep Singh 20. Everybody knows that (A) / Tsunami inflicted much too pain (B) / on a number of people and many of (C) / them had even succumbed to this traumatic situation (D) / No error (E). 21. The comic elements (A) / which have added to this (B) / movie make it (C) / rather amusing and are supposed to draw (D) / all types of audience to the theatre/ No error (E). 22. This story is (A) / so interesting as every (B) / body would (C) / like to listen to it (D) / No error (E). 23. You have really come up with (A) / a much intelligent idea (B) / and it will (C)/ definitely serve our purpose (D) No error (E). 24. I really cannot work (A)/ in fairly bad weather (B)/ condition, so I have (C) / decided to get back (D) /No error (E). 25. How true is (A) / the fact that learning (B) / Hindi is far difficult (C) / than learning English (D) / No error (E). 26. All of them will execute / (A) the plan so skilfully /(B) that their officer /(C) will feel surprised /(D) No error (E) 27. Although he is my bosom friend, / (A) I cannot ask him for /(B) money without any /(C) vividly reason /(D) No error (E) 28. He is a linguist / (A) and always tries to /(B) make his students /(C) pronounce a word correctly. /(D) No error (E) 29. His essay was unmatched, / (A) so he was awarded the best prize /(B) in the form of a shield made of silver and enamelled /(C) with some precious stones. /(D) No error (E) 30. Every member / (A) of the family is /(B) addicted to drinking /(C) and so Tom is /(D) No error (E) 31. Somebody reported to / (A) the contractor that his partner /(B) had only died /(C) a week before /(D) No error (E) 32. India seems to be (A) / in such critical a situation (B) / as it seems (C) / difficult to bring it back to the track (D) / No error (E). 33. Before the game she felt surely / (A) of winning, but after five minutes /(B) she realized that it was not /(C) going to be so easy /(D) No error (E) 7 English By : Jaideep Singh 34. He seems (A) / to have done it (B) / with fairly too good intention; (C) / however I have some doubt about it (D) / No error (E). 35. Your ideas are really (A) / too much provoking and I (B) / think it would be better for us (C) / to give them up (D) / No error (E). 36. If you compare my sister (A) / with her classmates, (B)/ you will find her very better (C) / than all other girls (D)/No error (E). 37. With the statement too much (A) / doubtful, it was not that (B) / easy to take the (C) / delegates in confidence (D)/No error (E). 38. You cannot judge India (A)/by how it looks (B) /As a matter of fact, (C) / it is fairly a rich country (D)/No error (E). 39. India is enough prepared (A) / to host any kind of game, (B) / however, the Olympic committee (C) / has several misgivings about the feasibility (D) / No error (E). 40. I know that you (A) / always give good ideas (B) / but this time you have (C) / given an even good one (D) / No error (E). 41. Hardly he likes / (A) to hear my name /(B) after the rift which occurred /(C) between him and me. /(D) No error (E) 42. They were exceptional good / (A) orators, so all of us /(B) listened to them /(C) very attentively. /(D) No error (E) 43. The students requested their Principal / (A) to be enough kind to grant /(B) them five thousand rupees for /(C) the reconstruction of the tennis court /(D) No error (E) 44. He was very / (A) tired of work, /(B) so he said that he was /(C) sorry to accompany us. /(D) No error (E) 45. I know that this product (A) / is too fairly priced and (B) / people would love to buy it the moment they (C) / look at its price tag with gorgeous features (D)/ No error (E). 46. Such exciting was the movie that (A) / no audience could (B) / move their eyes from (C) / the screen even for a while (D) / No error (E). 47. His proposal was (A) / only too good, however (B) / it succeeded in evoking (C) / interest in the panel member (D) / No error (E). 48. My last journey was (A) / none too pleasant and I enjoyed (B) / the alluring sights of florae and faunae (C) / through the tinsel window pan (D) / No error (E). 8 English By : Jaideep Singh 49. You will find everybody (A) /' saying that it is (B) the much best movie (C)/ ever made in the Indian film industry (D) / No error (E). 50. Not better price (A) / can you avail yourself of (B) / amid the kind of (C) / competition we have in the market today (D) / No error (E). 51. Her lawyer is enough witted to (A)/ wrigge her out of the unexpected (B) / situation winch has (C) / arised somehow (D) / No error (E) 52. The question he has (A)/put is fairly one, (B) / so I need some more (C) time to answer it (D)/No error (E). 53. If you ask me, / (A) Shyama is quite all right /(B) but I can't tell you /(C) much about Radha /(D) No error (E) 54. When the prince saw the princess / (A) he cried out that he had /(B) never seen such /(C) a beautiful lady before /(D) No error (E) 55. When carefully examined, / (A) it will give us /(B) a clue to the mystery of /(C) the case /(D) No error (E) 56. Under no circumstances / (A) we can help /(B) you in this illegal /(C) work', said the Manager. /(D) No error (E) 57. My younger brother was (A) / too intelligent to deal with (B) / a situation like this, (C) / therefore people loved him very much (D) / No error (E). 58. It is none too bad, (A) / so I would like to (B) / do it and have (C) / a new experience in life (D) / No error (E). 59. This room is very / (A) beautiful but too much /(B) small to accommodate /(C) all of you /(D) No error (E) 60. Prabha was exorbitantly paid / (A) for how skilful she received /(B) the visitors and entertained /(C) them. /(D) No error (E) 61. Although he only earns / (A) six hundred rupees a month /(B) he manages to support /(C) his family /(D) No error (E) 62. I liked that opportune moment / (A) where the workers proved their might /(B) to take on the company /(C) and came out victorious /(D) No error (E) 63. I hardly ever / (A) see him because /(B) in my opinion he is not /(C) a man to be admired /(D) No error (E) 64. Who will believe / (A) that she was not /(B) hardly-hit by her /(C) husband's death /(D) No error (E) 9 English By : Jaideep Singh 65. When asked, he / (A) took tea /(B) and said that it /(C) tasted sweetly /(D) No error (E) 66. The estwards wind helped / (A) the boat going from /(B) the western bank to the estern /(C) bank of the river /(D) No error (E) 67. I know that eventually / (A) he will succumb to me /(B) and confess that he /(C) has committed a crime /(D) No error (E) 68. The rather cruel intention (A) / of lady Macbeth shows (B) / the lopsidedness (C) / of a woman's character (D) / No error (E). 69. It is true that he is (A) / facing much too difficulty in (B) / managing his life because (C) / his means are very small (D) / No error (E). 70. The house you have purchased (A) 1 is a so spacious one (B) / that two families (C) / can easily accommodate in it (D) / No error (E). 71. It would be (A) / nice of you, (B) / if you speak to him (C) / a little less loudly (D) / No error (E). 72. The Indian team is in its (A) / prime condition, (B) / so the strategies adopted (C) / by the opponent matters a little (D) /No error (E). 73. His preparation is not (A) / upto the mark, (B) so I am little worried about (C) / his performance in the examination (D) / No error (E). 74. You are right here (A) / because I, too, found it (B) / rather difficult a problem (C) / to deal with (D) No error (E). 75. The universe is still (A) / a mystery to our (B) / scientists I because (C) / it is fairly too big to explore (D) / No error (E). 76. The amount which the company / (A) has paid to the /(B) dependents of the dead worker /(C) was farly unjustified./(D) No error (E) 77. The Captain came / (A) presently but I /(B) can't say where he has /(C) slipped out unnoticed. /(D) No error (E) 78. Only by talking to / (A) the officers concerned /(B) they will make out the hidden /(C) implications of the agreement /(D) No error (E) 79. He was fortunately / (A) not present on /(B) the rostrum when /(C) the bomb exploded /(D) No error (E) 80. My friend said / (A) that he was only too glad /(B) to hear the result /(C) of his wife. /(D) No error (E) 10 English By : Jaideep Singh 81. He asked me to / (A) completely forget her, /(B) but only I know /(C) how easy its is to say so /(D) No error (E) 82. Under a tree / (A) was sitting the saint /(B) whom we had seen /(C) somewhere else /(D) No error (E) 83. The time given to me (A) / was too little that it (B) / was not possible for me (C) / to finish the task in time (D) / No error (E). 84. It is not that easy (A) / to acquire too high a (B) / position that (C) / many can just aspire for (D) / No error (E). 85. He said that the examination was bad / (A) and added that he could not answer /(B) questions enough /(C) to pass it /(D) No error (E). 86. The people who gathered (A) / to welcome the new president (B) / created so furore over dearness that the (C) / security had to resort to the lathi charge (D) / No error (E). 87. I was really astonished (A) / to find so confusing a person (B) to deal with in a (C) / compromising situation like this (D) / No error (E). 88. With a desire (A) / too high and vision (B) / so lofty, man can really (C) / think of achieving something worthwhile in life (D) / No error (E). 89. You must know that (A) / we have taken (B) enough rest so (C) / we are a little tired (D) / No error (E). 90. Today you are (A) / looking very (B) / smarter than (C) / all other girls sitting here (D) / No error (E). 91. They are working on (A) / a rather inter;- project which (B) / will prove a boon to (C) those living in rural areas (D) / No error (E). 92. He looks a little (A) / concerned about the financial crunch his company (B) / has incurred, while he should have gone (C) / deep into the matter and discovered the real cause of the disaster (D) / No error (E). 93. My friend has gone (A) / such a foreign by nature that (B) / this thing having (C) / typical look and feature can hardly satisfy him (D) / No error (E). 94. They are very senior / (A) to me; so I /(B) dare not play a joke /(C) on them /(D) No error (E) 95. She looked / (A) at him lovely /(B) but he did not /(C) respond to her /(D) No error (E) 11 English By : Jaideep Singh 96. The old man is blindly, / (A) so don't call him a liar when /(B) he says that he /(C) can't read /(D) No error (E) 97. I came across / (A) her in Delhi last month /(B) and invited her /(C) to come to Patna /(D) No error (E). 98. He has been trying / (A) to lure her for months /(B) owing to his misfortune he has /(C) not still succeeded. /(D) No error (E) 99. The imported articles / (A) which you sell are /(B) enough costly to allow the pocket /(C) of an ordinary man to buy them /(D) No error (E) 100. I met Seema about / (A) two years ago and have /(B) remembered her /(C) every for /(D) No error (E) ERRORS 1. (A) Not only did 2. (E) No error 3. (B) never ever 4. (A) else 5. (C) much Too 6. (E) No error 7. (D) So Too 8. (C) Too very 9. (B) much 10. (C) A little little 11. (B) more 12. (B) doesn't know how to make 13. (A) quiet almost 14. (A) careful Carefully 15. (A) Being very 16. (E) No error 17. (C) Nor he does Nor does he 18. (E) No error 19. (B) So As 20. (B) too 21. (E) No Error 22. (B) as that 23. (E) No error 24. (B) fairly Rather 25. (C) far more 26. (E) No error 12 English By : Jaideep Singh 27. (D) vividly vivid 28. (B) and so 29. (E) No error 30. (D) Tom is 31. (C) only died 32. (B) such so 33. (A) surely sure 34. (C) too 35. (B) too much much too 36. (C) very much 37. (A) too much much too 38. (D) 'a' fairly 39. (A) Prepared enough 40. (B) Good Better 41. (A) Hardly does 42. (A) exceptional Exceptionally 43. (B) kind enough 44. (E) No error 45. (B) too fairly 46. (A) such So 47. (B) only None 48. (B) None only 49. (C) much the 50. (A) Not No 51. (A) Enough witted 52. (B) fairly Rather 53. (B) all 54. (E) No error 55. (A) carefully examined 56. (B) can we 57. (B) too enough 58. (E) No error 59. (B) too much 60. (B) skillful skillfully 61. (A) only earns 62. (B) where when 63. (E) No error 64. (B) hardly hard 65. (D) Sweetly sweet 66. (A) Eastwards Eastward 13 English By : Jaideep Singh 67. (E) No error 68. (E) No error 69. (B) much too 70. (B) 'a' 71. (E) No error 72. (D) a little little 73. (C) little a little 74. (C) rather too 75. (D) fairly Rather 76. (D) fairly quite 77. (B) Presently 78. (A) only talking 79. (A) fortunately He 80. (E) No error 81. (B) completely forget her 82. (E) No error 83. (B) too So 84. (B) too so 85. (E) No error 86. (C) much furore 87. (B) So too 88. (B) too so 89. (D) a little little 90. (B) very much 91. (B) Rather fairly 92. (A) a little little 93. (B) such so 94. (A) very much 95. (B) lovely lovingly 96. (A) Blindly Blind 97. (E) No error 98. (A) yet not 99. (C) enough costly 100.(D) Every Since 14 English By : Jaideep Singh  15 English By : Jaideep Singh