Common mistakes.

*Common mistakes*

*1) Using "more good" or "more bad" instead of "better" or "worse".*

*Wrong:* This one looks more good than that.

*Correct:* This one looks better than that.

*2) Using "home" instead of "at home".*

*Wrong:* In the afternoon I stay home.

*Correct:* In the afternoon I stay at home.

*3)Using an intransitive verb in the passive form.*

*Wrong:* She was disappeared from the house.

*Correct:* She disappeared from the house.

*4)Using "one time" or "two times" instead of "once" or "twice".*

*Wrong:* I was absent one time or two times.

*Correct:* I was absent once or twice.

*5)Using "one and a half", instead of "half past one", etc.*

*Wrong:* Lessons begin at eight and a half.

*Correct:* Lessons begin at half past eight.

Spot the Error- 

SCERT Question Bank

Q. Spot the error and rewrite the correct sentences.

1) The number of people do not matter.

Answer:

Error – Use of verb ‘do’. The subject ‘the number’ is singular so it takes the verb ‘does’ in simple present tense.

Correct sentence: The number of people does not matter.

2) I am liking to see movies at the theatre.

Answer:

Error – Use of verb ‘am liking’. The verb ‘like’ is a stative verb so it is not used in present continuous tense.

Correct sentence:

I like to see movies at the theatre.

3) I never forgets the given responsibility.

Answer:

Error – Use of verb ‘forgets’. The subject ‘I’ takes the base form of the verb in simple present tense.

Correct sentence:

I never forget the given responsibility.

4) He has often ask me to think before I speak.

Answer:

Error – Use of verb ‘ask’. In present perfect tense the main verb must be in past participle form ‘asked’.

Correct sentence:

He has often asked me to think before I speak.

5) No sooner did I challenged the man than he accepted it.

Answer:

Error – Use of verb ‘challenged’. After ‘did’ the main verb must be in base form.

Correct sentence:

No sooner did I challenge the man than he accepted it.

6) We are the more strongest community in the world.

Answer:

Error – Use of ‘more’. In superlative degree no need to use more before the third form of the adjective.

Correct sentence:

We are the strongest community in the world.

7) I entered the room for search the documents.

Answer:

Error – Use of ‘search’.  ‘After for’ gerund ‘searching’ should be used.

Correct sentence:

I entered the room for searching the documents.

8) We can plant the trees in order saving the earth.

Answer:

Error – Use of ‘saving’. Here ‘saving’ should be replaced by ‘to save’. ‘In order to’ is a phrase.

Correct sentence:

We can plant the trees in order to save the earth.

9) I usually asks my employees to be punctual in their tasks.

Answer:

Error – Use of the verb ‘asks’. The subject ‘I’ takes the base form of the verb.

Correct sentence:

I usually ask my employees to be punctual in their tasks.

10) The training came to an end before you left the city.

Answer:

Error – Use of ‘came’. If two past situations are given the earlier situation must be written in past perfect tense.

Correct sentence:

The training had come to an end before you left the city.

11) If you challenge me, I had accept it.

Answer:

Error – Use of ‘ had’. In conditional sentence if present tense (first condition) is given in the ‘if – clause’, the other clause must be in simple future tense.

Correct sentence:

If you challenge me, I will accept it.

12) The manager was looking into the missing file.

Answer:

Error – Use of ‘into’. Here looking into should be replaced by ‘looking for’. ‘To look for’ is a phrase.

Correct sentence:

The manager was looking for the missing file.

13) She is more taller than all her brothers in the family.

Answer:

Error – Use of ‘more taller than’. In superlative degree we have to use ‘the tallest of.

Correct sentence:

She is the tallest of all her brothers in the family. 

Another answer:

Error – Use of ‘more taller ’. In comperative degree the second form of adjective is ‘taller. 

Correct sentence:

She is taller than all her brothers in the family.

14) He said he did not wanted to go to bazaar yesterday.

Answer:

Error – There are three errors:

Use of ‘wanted’. After did the base form of the verb must be used.

Use of ‘yesterday’. Here yesterday should be replaced by ‘the previous day’.

No use of ‘that’.

Correct sentence:

He said that he did not want to go bazaar the previous day.

15) Mango is the bestest among all the Indian fruits.

Answer:

Error – Use of ‘bestest’. The third form of the adjective good is ‘best’ and not ‘bestest’.

Correct sentence:

Mango is the best among all the Indian fruits.