Grammar Quiz (06 June 2024)

Hardly is incorrect. Hardly means scarcely. Hard will be used in place of hardly. Hard means to put in a lot of effort.

The correct answer is 'c'.

The given sentence is erroneous because of the wrong usage of 'at' in part 'c'.

Let's understand the usage of 'at':

• Used to show the exact position.

• Used before small places.

• Used before an event or activity to denote participation.

• Used before names of buildings/places to denote real purpose.

• Used before night, noon, mid- day, mid-night, dawn, sunset, etc.

• Used before the name of festivals.

• Used to denote directions of action.

• Used before a price, rate, level, age, speed, etc.

• Used before the superlative degree.

• Used before words like request, invitation, suggestion.

• Used after an adjective to denote the cause of something.

Let's understand the usage of 'towards':

• Used to denote 'in the direction of'.

• Used to denote 'along a course leading to'.

• Used to denote 'in relation to'.

• Used to denote 'at a point in the direction of'.

• Used to denote 'such a position as to be in the direction of'.

• Used to denote 'not long before'.

• Used to denote 'in the way of help or assistance in'.

• Used to denote 'for the partial payment of'

• In the given sentence, she is moving in the direction of the river so 'at' will be replaced with 'towards'.

The correct answer is "wonder how they have ever".

• Since the sentence is talking about 'popular today' and the second part of the sentence also talks about people comparing with their past pattern of not having 'artificial intelligence'.

• In the above sentence the word 'have' doesn't agree with 'lived'.

• We have to compare two ways of life in the past and present.

• So we should remove 'have' to make the sentence grammatically correct.

The correct sentence is 'Artificial intelligence is so popular today that many people wonder how they ever lived without that'.

• 'Never' and 'ever' are common with the past simple.

• We use 'ever' with questions.

• For Example: Have you ever studied Sanskrit?

The correct answer is "and a ant".

• The error in this segment is in the use of the indefinite article "a" before the word "ant".

• Since "ant" begins with a vowel sound, the correct article to use is "an", making the correct phrase "and an ant".

Therefore, the correct answer is "option 1".

The correct answer is "in the morning contain her documents"

• The verb "contain" should be converted in the past tense to agree with the past tense of the main verb "had lost."

• The correct form of the verb in this sentence is "contained," which agrees with the past tense of the main verb and is the correct form to use in the context of the sentence.

• Using the incorrect verb form, as in option 3, is a common grammatical error known as a tense error. This error occurs when the tense of a verb does not agree with the tense of the main verb in a sentence.

Thus, option 3 is the correct answer.

The correct sentence: The bag she had lost in the morning contained her documents, therefore, she is very worried.

. The correct answer is 'D'.

• The error lies in the 'Part D' of the sentence.

• In the original sentence, "with her hard work" is incorrect because the pronoun "her" does not match the subject of the sentence, which is "He."

•The correct pronoun to use here is "his" to match the possessive form of "He."

Therefore, the correct answer is 'Option 4'.

Correct Sentence: He has been striving his level best to achieve the goal with his hard work.

The erroneous part is "must submitted"

• In Option 2, the usage of 'Submitted' is incorrect instead of this we need to use "Submit"

• According to grammar, whenever the sentence has an auxiliary then, we need to use a base form of the verb.

Let's see some examples-

。 You must submit your application before 1 January.

•      He doesn't submit the task yet.

So the correct sentence is- All newly hired employees must submit to a background check.

The correct answer is- 'd.'

• The given sentence is grammatically correct and error-free.

• As the singular subject (India) is followed by a singular verb (is), hence it follows the subject-verb agreement.

• Thus there is no error in any part of the sentence and it is free from error.

• So option 4 is the correct answer.

And the correct sentence is: India is a country of linguistic and cultural diversity with multiple ethnic and social groups.

• Let's learn more about the subject- verb agreement:

• The verb in an either/or, or neither/nor sentence agrees

the noun or pronoun closest to it.

• Examples:

        1. Neither the plates nor the serving bowl goes on that shelf.

        2. Neither the serving bowl nor the plates go on that shelf.

• As a general rule, use a plural verb with two or more subjects when they are connected by and.

Example: A car and a bike are my means of transportation.

• In such questions, most of the students mark 'linguistic' as an incorrect part. So let's learn more about it:

。 Linguistic - It is an adjective and it means related to language.

Example: I'm particularly interested in the linguistic development of young children.

Linguistics - It is a noun and it means the scientific study of the structure and development of language.

Example: She is studying Linguistics at Oxford.

The correct answer is 'A.'

• The error lies in part '(A)' of the sentence.

• We need to apply the Subject-Verb agreement.

• As the subject 'These schools' is plural, we need a plural helping verb 'were.

• Hence, "was" should be replaced by "were" to make the sentence grammatically correct.

• Correct sentence: These birds were of enormous size, and reminded Zeb of the rocs he had read about in the Arabian Nights.

Subjects and verbs must AGREE with one another in number (singular or plural).

• Thus, if a subject is singular, its verb must also be singular.

Example: The dog chases the cat.

• If a subject is plural, its verb must also be plural.

• Example: The dogs chase the cat.

The correct answer is 'B'.

• The error lies in part 'B' of the sentence because 'inch' will replace 'inches'.

• When 'numeral adjective + noun + noun' is present then the first noun is always singular.

• For example:     • nine-year-old girl 

                            • five-mile-walk

The correct sentence: 'Can you bring a twelve-inch ruler for me now, because I have to measure something?'