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Home Verbal Ability Spotting Errors See What Others Are Saying!
  • Question
  • Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is 'D'. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any). (solve as per the direction given)


  • Options
  • A. The President had hardly spoken
  • B. a few words
  • C. when the microphone stopped functioning.
  • D. No error.

  • Correct Answer
  • No error. 

    Explanation

    The sentence reads: "The President had hardly spoken a few words when the microphone stopped functioning." Let's break it down to identify any grammatical error:

    1. Option A - The President had hardly spoken:
      • This part is grammatically correct. "Had hardly spoken" is properly used in the past perfect tense to indicate an action that occurred before another action in the past.
    2. Option B - a few words:
      • This part is also correct. "A few words" is a proper noun phrase and fits logically with the verb "spoken."
    3. Option C - when the microphone stopped functioning:
      • This part is correct. The use of "when" is appropriate here because it shows the time when the microphone stopped functioning, following the past perfect tense.
    4. Option D - No error:
      • There are no grammatical errors in the sentence. All parts are correctly structured.
    5. Final Answer:
      • The sentence is free of errors, so the correct answer is D. No error.

  • More questions

    • 1. RELINQUISH

    • Options
    • A. Abdicate
    • B. Renounce
    • C. Possess
    • D. Deny
    • Discuss
    • 2. (solve as per the direction given above)

    • Options
    • A. We don't deny
    • B. your right to know
    • C. whatever happened while
    • D. you were not in the office.
    • E. No error.
    • Discuss
    • 3. (solve as per the direction given above)

    • Options
    • A. Amature
    • B. Manual
    • C. Nephew
    • D. Athletic
    • E. All correct
    • Discuss
    • 4. To err is ...... to forgive divine.

    • Options
    • A. beastly
    • B. human
    • C. inhuman
    • D. natural
    • Discuss
    • 5. In the following the questions choose the word which best expresses the meaning of the given word: DISTINCTION

    • Options
    • A. Diffusion
    • B. Disagreement
    • C. Different
    • D. Degree
    • Discuss
    • 6. You have come here with a view to insult me.

    • Options
    • A. to insulting me
    • B. of insulting me
    • C. for insulting me
    • D. No improvement
    • Discuss
    • 7. CONFESS

    • Options
    • A. Deny
    • B. Refuse
    • C. Contest
    • D. Contend
    • Discuss
    • 8. If you persists in telling lies to me I shall sue you ...... slander.

    • Options
    • A. to
    • B. on
    • C. for
    • D. with
    • Discuss
    • 9. What happens to all those travellers on the ship was not known?

    • Options
    • A. What happened of
    • B. What happened in
    • C. What is that happens to
    • D. What happened to
    • E. No correction required
    • Discuss
    • 10. ADHERENT

    • Options
    • A. Detractor
    • B. Enemy
    • C. Alien
    • D. Rival
    • Discuss


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