PART (A) TEXT, PROBLEMS, ANSWERS & EXPLANATIONS Chapter Page No, ARTICLES Articles — “A, An, The’, Idiomatic Uses of “A / An’, Difference between ‘A? and ‘An’, Uses of The’, Omission of Articles. Problems, Answers, Explanations a : 1-8 NOUNS & CASES Case—Definition, Types, Possessive Case, Uses of Aposirophe ‘s’ ('s), Problems, Answers, Explanations oe 915 NOUNS & NUMBERS Nouns and Numbers—Singular Nouns, Singular and Plural Nouns (No change in form), Plural Nouns, Singuiar-Plural Formation, Uses of Singular Nouns, Uses of Plural Nouns, Problems, Answers, Explanations - 623 ‘SUBJECT - VERB AGREEMENT Subject - Verb Agreement, Problems, Answers, Explanations eee HD ‘TIME & TENSES Present Tense—Present Indefinite, Present ImperfecvContinuous, Present Perfect, Present Perfect Continuous, Past 'Tense—Past Indefinite, Past ImperfecuContinuous, Past Perfect, Past Perfect Continuous, Future Tense—Future Indefinite, Future Imperfec/Continuous, Future Perfect, Problems, Answers, Explanations B41 PRONOUNS Pronouns—Definition, Classification, Uses of Personal Pronouns, Uses of Objective Case Pronouns, “Than” and the Case, Distributive, Reciprocal, Demonstrative, Reflexive, Emphatic, Relative, Uses of who / which / that etc., Who / Whom, Interrogative, Exclamatory, Problems, Answers, Explanations ADJECTIVES Adjectives—Definition, Classification, Proper Adjective, Distributive, Use of each, ‘every, either, neither, each and every, Demonstrative, Numeral, Order of Numerals, Quantitative, Order of Indefinite Numerals and Definite Numerals, Qualitative, Interrogative, Degree of Comparison; Some Important Facts : Comparatively / Relatively, Enough, Interchanges of Degrees, Problems, Answers, Explanations 50— VERBS ‘Verbs—Auxiliary Verbs, Primary Auxiliaries, Modal Auxiliaries, Main Verbs / Principal Verbs, Infinitives—Uses of Infinitives, Uses of Infinitives (without ‘to") or (Bare Infinitives), Participles, Problems, Answers, Explanations : a 910, ML 2 (xiiy Chapter ADVERBS Adverbs —Cissification, Simple Adverts, Interogative Adverbs, Relative Adverbs, Some lisporant Adverbs and ther uses, Position of Adverbs, Inversion, Problems, Answers, Explanations CONIUNCTIONS Conjunstions—Some important Conjunctions and their uses, Problems, Answers, Explanations VOICES Voice—Definition, Kinds of Voices, General Rules regarding Active to Passive, ‘Tense & Voice, Present Indefinite, Present Imperfect, Present Perfect, Past Indefinite, Past lnperfect, Past Perfect, Future Indefinite, Future Perfect, Passive of Toterogative Sentences, Passive of “YeuNo Questions’, Passive of Questions beginning ‘with ‘Do/DoesDis', Passive of Questions bogioning with ‘Have/iasHas' Passive of Questions beginning with “Modal Auxiliary Verbs. Passive of "Wh-Questions’, Passive oF imperative Sentence, Passive of Sentences expressing “ordedeegues ete, Passive of sentences expressing ‘Suggestion/Advice', Passive of sentences expressing ‘request’, Passive of To be + Infinitive (To + V'), Passive of Have/Has/Had + Infinitive (To + V4), Passive of Stative Verbs, Passive of Verbs + Preposition + Object, Problems, Answers, Explanations NARRATIONS Narration—Definition, Kinds of Nerrations, Some important information about Naation, Changing Direct Narration ints Indirect Narration, General Rules, Indivect Narration of Assertive Sentences, Indirect Narration of Interrogative Sentences, ngiceet Narration of Imperative Semtences, Rules regarding ‘order / request’, Indirect Narration of sentences beginning with “Let', Indirect Narration of Optative Sentences, Indirect Narration of Exclamatory Sentences, ‘Must’ and Indirect, [Nacraton, Peobtems, Answers, Explanations, .. PREPOSITIONS, Prepositioa—Definition, Classification, Prepositions of Direction, Prepositions of "ace, Preposition of Time, Some other Prepositions, Some important facts sbout Prepositions, Some Nouns and apevopriate Prepositions, Some Verbs and appropriate Prepositions, Some Adgjectives and Pentciples followed by Prepositions, Problems, Answers, Explanations, |. SUPERFLUOUS EXPRESSIONS & SLANG. Superfluous Expressions and Slang—Defisition, Some important Supreflnous Expressions and Slang, Problems, Answers, Explanations wok Page No, ns 8693 94 — 105 106 — 116 17 — 134 135 — 141‘AvAn ae The Aniles ur ara 8 cer ewer 3a fat Noun af indefinite @, Definite a7? % Ferg fear ara a (OA begga stlon your shirt, (i) Thisisthe house in which Ive. “re ae ()% beguar ® EVA FT tA aT AnD Indefinite Articles Fe aT & Pf T Pett Noun Fr Indefinite 2a OF A benaan ek RO Reet, ME Sere st 3e fra ea He arse Te fe wat tant 2 (i) house % WE the w FHT THe Detinve Anicle wer arr § we we Feat Noun & Definite om Barts The house & fT we a Bar BI or ae wt fret trem fl 1. Uses of MAn : An 1 Fat Ps Singular Countable Noun 5 we art @Monanis a singer. ® t = tb Noun (Singular Counabe) GioTsis an agle an Noun (Singular Countable) ‘ge fam smafed Problems ager YB aT #1 2a () Ravt prefers ) self employment to job in any office. B® © © [BSRB. (Bhopal) P.O. EXAM, 1989] FS FTF Pon (©) Tee & ea jobk UH Singular stable Noun @ f% weeh fa 8 waer Gori ove: a job Bri Ie being rainy day / most of the people / out on the a: @) sere carrying umbrellas, /No Ecror. c oOo 6® [B.S.RB. Pata) Clerical Eyam. 1993) SF Pan (A) ae # fs ‘day’ Um Singular Countable Noun & Fe% WER ta? ot eT Sar HR, FT day % WER Us Adjective rainy & Fea sot a BT AT rainy 35 999 Gem oe: HE wa a rainy day #71 Sammons / was served Jon Ram. /No Exot @ 2» © TCDS. Exam, 1999) FS Fes i Part (A) eis & APS summons TF Singular Countable Nous & Pra Tee Ast wit eM ara: we sat A Summons S71 53 Chapter - 1 ARTICLES Summens—o(novn), pl (= plural) summonses [e ( countable)} an official order to appear in a court of Jaw : serve a summons on sb (= somebody) LONGMAN DICTIONARY OF CONTEMPORARY ENGLISH (p. 1446) (iv) Laser beams can carry / Jong distance signals in way / @ @) somevbat similar to radio waves, No For. © a IRRB,, (Tiruvananthpuram) A.S.M. Exam, 2001] We we a Pan (B) wee & sie way UH Singular Countable Noun # frais wa a a ser Sr oie: eet wat ina way Ti 2, Some Idiomatic uses of A/An : (@ Fer (mbes) ao aT zak ge we expressions %; $8 — Alot (01) A great many (of) Agreat deal (of) A. good many (0) Agood deal (of) A number (of) Almge quantiy (of) ATarge number (of) ‘large smoun (of) _A grest umber (of) (©) a eT expressions * : eat a humble pic, ina hurry, dna diteruma, sn a Tage, in @ mood, img erpper, al a loss, have a drink, have a rest, have & walk, go for a walk, have & headache, have a sleep, have @ dream, hhave a chat, have a quarrel, have a fight, make = noise, take ask, take aint, take atest, take a meal, have a goodfoad education, getigive/avard a scholarship et 2 idiomatic TH } Fa A ere Problem fear SIT wae Nathan's habit of / delaying his work J put bis ww BS collegues /'0 lot of touble. No Error. © o 8 [B.S.R.B. (Delhi) P.O. Exam. ~ 1990} WE AT Pun ©) vem & wife lot Hwa a FIT BT ata: a lor of trouble wit 53 ST NOTE : lot @ plural 7 8 sf we Pan wa gt se ARE lots of FT oh Bat (ji) Even though our team took the field with grea confidence, the opposition made them eat the humble pig (A)ahumble pic (B) humble pie (C)humble pies (B) No improvement (C.D.S. Exam,, 1999] 3a Fey H underlined Pant ‘the fumble pie’ Wt FeveT (A) H fee mE TY “a humble pic’ & improve FT wife; eat a humble pie TF idiom @!2 AMirror of Common Errors 3. Difference between A and An ; A 7% Fi™1 consonant sound (ins waft) BYR eae wa H vee Far 2 SEA pen/A bowA lable/A car. [RT pen FEET sound FV, box #5 eet sound /4/, ge *T WHET sound (R/ FM car Ft TEA sound FF consonant sounds 1) An @ aT vowel sound & YR BATT Wet wey ‘aia $1 $8—Am orange / Am clephant / An ox / Am ass. [ef orange = Weer sound 5i/, elephant 7 Ee sound PR, Ox TET sound 7, ass "5 RET sound AY vowel sounds i] NOTE : Frstt we = Wer sound consonant ® = vowel feet ots ona se re ai feet Sere frre ae BH ‘ate seamen 3 ft wag a eat letter Ht vowel ge yee an sr we Bor ate A consonant B a sat we a a Fae Gm SF MA. weer lever ‘M consonant ® Fa See Se Ta’ Ser Bt TE aT ‘Wee sound M/F vowel $1 Sr: An M.A, = aT Wm, eg Member #1 eet letter M' & fey ear sound // G& consonant @ STE: A Member #_3arT arm Prsfetisn eet ae Awe And wnt at Re: aan X-ray plant (Rar Farr ("Wwe sound AY ty) a one-way ticket [4% feta] [weer sound /@/ Bi] unique man (afr #3] [ee sound P27 81] an umbrella [°¥er] [Fee sound /4/ Bi e Fram K ares Problems aga YS we #1 ea (@ Tam not / wealthy so T / cannot afford to buy / a @) @) © expensive car. / No Error. ©) e [B.S.RB. Jaipur) Clerical Exam., 1991] Q Hat Ae an ar vitt drt iS expensive @anthaa) aT VEST sound /§/ fet #1 vowel 81] (i) He had no / illusion of being / either a distinguished “a B) © writer /or a editor / No Error. ©) ® [BS.R.B. (Lucknow) Clerical Exam., 1993] (6 5H Pat (D) 2 a ace an wove oT “Pils editor SEE sound My Fees RT EE vowel ey Uses of ‘The’ :—The WH Fae onagasagan ft Singular Countable Nous, Plural Countable Noun ™ Uncountable Noun definite =} % fer farar sar t; Be (Youare the te man_ who helped me. the Noun (Singular Countable) (ii) These ae the girls whom I have invited. she noun (Plural Countable) is the, alee ofthis wel is pollute. The Noun {Uncountable) 2. Some Important Uses of The: () eat & ae wee (83 —The Ganges (or The Ganga), The Brabmputra, The Cauvery, The Krishna), 3get set 3 wee The Arabian Sea, The Red Sea, The Dead Sea), Neral ¥ art & yee CBT Indian Ocean, Th. Pacific Ooean The Atlantic Ocean), Hr aera & art yet (82—The Himalayas, The Alps), hers Feemalt & st ¥ Wa GA—The east, The west) sre eral ar ererecor aarad wet % wet G3—Ihe top, The bottom, The enue, The weather, The world, The mountains ete), wet % wet wee GR—Tho Andamans, The Nicobars, The Phillipines, The East Indies, The West Indies) 3. Superative Degree Adjectives WER; $8— (G@ She is the tallest girl in the class. (i) He isthe best boy in the class. Fa fer 1 smenfer problems agar Ye wt fh RA Sunil is 7 a best student / in our class / at present. / “A @) © (D). ‘No Error. [B.S.R.B. (Patna), Clerical Exam. 1988] ® (ee HF 3 Part (B) a3 FSR the FH oo Fie superlative degree % adjective * 788 the Sx mit7 Er ‘1 a: the best student BEt aT HI] 4 Comparative Degree % FE A than AT wo A watt er aT “5a Comparative Degree 8 wE8 the a at a Bhar a (i) He is better than you, [3 P the better than} (ii) She is senior to you. (4 f& the senior to} Wa fren wx amafea Problem 2— (0 The interviewer asked me /ifT knew that / Kalidas was “a @) the greater / tian any other poet. / No Exror, © ©) ® [BSRB_(P.O,) Exam, 1996] (e8 Wes & Pant (©) F the wr weer ee twa BS ‘met % comparative + than * war th sie: Kalidas was greater...7@ THT Mi] fig Prstetinn aftfeafrel # Comparative Degree The wate ett (A) ae Comparative Degree 3 @% of the two aT B, ta Heis the better of the two boys. Lot the comp. ofthe wo (B) We @ war Wet A aed fers a we cei a fr the + Comp. + Subject + Verb, the + Comp, + Subject + Vorb 3 87 Har #s BR — () The more he gets, the more he wants. Ws fron We ame Problems aT Te a A aAMirror of Common Errors 3 (i) Ina mountaineering expedition / higher you go from “ B) the base camp / the colder you feel. /No Error © © ® [S.CRA, Exam, 1998] (pe 51 Fe Parc (BY higher 3 EE the #1 rT Sh ara: we wT the higher mI] . (Gi) The greater the demand, higher the price. (ay high (B) the high (©)thehiigher (D)No inkprovement {S.S.C, (Section officer Commercial Exam., 2001)] {ue FF underlined part higher @ (C) i ee TE ‘wall #1 THR the higher ® improve 7=4 SM S$. eHrTaT Ordinal Adjective % ER the Bet ts ae (i) Who was the first President of India ? 7 6. amram Noun + of + Noun 7a ar BF ee Noun wa thes a Sa 8 FR (The students of his class are naughty rr the Noun of Noun -ge Fro & oraty Probleme aga 7 and th BE “te G@) The teacher drew / an attention of the / boys to the (A) B® © ‘importance / of regular practice. / No Error. © © [BS.RB. Jaipur, Clerical Exam,, 1992} (eet ner % Part B)# an ES the aw weir eT] OMISSION OF ARTICLES Lfrat faere (Subject), AH Canguage), BA (games & sports) % 5; 3; We Anicle a wer Te Sr BSS (@) He is a student of history. (Gi) She can speak Hindi, Sanskrit ond English Cite Possessive Adjective (My, Your, Our, ete), Fett Demonstrative Adjective (This, That, These, Those, No, Any, Other, Any other, ete.) PtH Distributive Adjective (Gach, ether, neither, every) % 3% GET Noun B Teer Anicle 1 wart 3 dim 8; $3 — (i) This is my house. [7 FF althe house] Gi) This house is mine. [7 F& a/the house) (ii) Each boy was ready. [3 F althe boy! 3.Kind of, ¢ype of, sort of, variery of, rank of, post of, ttle of, position of, number of, A large number of, A lot of, Lots of, Plenty of, A great deal of a satel Noun WES Anicle av wan ag Ger fs SB (i) 1 do née like this kind of man, [= f= man] (ii) He has been promoted to the rank of SP. [FF an SPW the SP (Gi) Alot of money has been spent. [¥ F% the money} {OTE : Kind of, type of, sort of ® WE afan a aT B ‘waar tafe TET Interrogative Sentence # W; 38 — What type ofa singer ishe ? 1, What type of singer is he ? 4. Man, Woman, Life, Death, Science, Art, Nature 1 art aig ones oe St ar pam Tee RM Article ST Far ore tet 8; Fa 6) Man is moral. i) Woman is man’s mate. ‘Fa fier staf Problem 2@— ‘The man is mortal / and ultimately he has to leave (a) ®) ‘everything here, / yet how irationally he remains attached 5 © tw his worldly possessions. / No Ertor. @) ® [BS.RB. Bombay) P.O. Exam, 1994) fea wet & Part (A) ¥ man Vet the a ser Er erm] 5. school, college, church, hospital, prison, jail, court, bed, market sar ais. store Stee & fra St at gee Te ‘Prit Article a8 Ber Br (1 g0 to shoot daly, (sre fere] (Gi) The injured man was sent to hospital. (FST! % re] a Fre safes Problems &— (i) The moment Vignesh sas / admitted to the hospital / “ ®) the warden decided /to inform his parents. / No Error. ©- © e [BSRB. Bangalore), P.O. Exam,, 1991] eg TT Pa hos SER te a] (iy The robbers were / caught just as they / were about t0/ @ ®) © exci from the jail, No Error ® © [BS.R.B, (Lucknow) Clerical Exam,, 1992] tye 3a Part D) H jail B WS the we we Te ST ~ ate KT escape from jail 1] 6. FreqferRae phrases ¥ Articles a site wat thar $— (@) by post / by chance / by messenger / by cheque / by air / by land / by sea / by road / by car / by bus / by jeep / ‘by train / by plane / by steamer / by scooter / by bicycle / by mistake. ‘(0 in fact / in dot in shor / in trouble Fin confusion / Sia time / in demand / in danger / in life (in haste / in cricis/ in difficulty fia doubs fin debs. (© on strike / on duty / on foot fon payment / on leave / ‘on demand /on time /on earth, (@) write in ink / write in pencil (HY write with a nen / ‘write witha pencil)Directions : Find out the error in each of the following sentences if any. Ifthere is no error, your answer is ‘E’. L.In science the credit goes to 2 man J who convinces the “a ® world, / not to the man to whom the idea first occurs. / © @) No Ervor. ® 2. is only sfter/ the war is over / that people realise / how a 8) © bad it was/ No Error. ©) ® Glo# the two / answers, this / is defintely / beter. / “ @B) © (wD) NoEnor. ® is unfortunate enough /to lose / few friends he rade / a) ®) © uring his stay at Pata, / No_ Error. ©) ® 5. There were a number / of preity girls in the party / but it “ ®) ‘was Ragini / who remained & centre of attraction. / No © i) Error. © G.Lhave been / informed that / Dr. Sinha visits Patna / the ay ®) © following month. / No Extor. oO ©) - “7. He is / the best artist /of the time but unfortunately / least way B) © recognised. / No Error ©) 8. He said that hy elt nervous / because a friend of his / had Ww - ® given him /a very bad news. / No Error. oO ® ‘9.1 don’t like / that type of a man / who does nothing but / a @) oO find out faults in others. / No Error. D) © i 110. He claims to be a linguist / but, in realty, he / docs not a) ) ‘know even /the AB C of linguistics. / No Error. oO @) ® ting values of humanism / and B) democracy so as to combat / the oncoming brand of oC @) fascism, / No Exot. €) 412, When the house was / set on the firo, all the people / “a (B) started crying at the top /f their voices. [No Ener. oO @ «© 13. A first step /in a rational solution /0 any problem is the / @ ® © recognition of the fact that a problem exists. / No Error. © ® 14, Lite knowledge / of music that he possessed / proved to a (&) be a boon for him / when he was utterly helpless, / No © o Enor, «) 15, Don’ talk to / him, he always / remains in temper / these A) © days, /No Error, _®) ©) (16H boasts of / having good knowledge / of mathematics ~~ A @ “but everybody / knows how far he is good at © © mathematics, / No Error. ® TAI was / by a mistake that he caught / her hand. / No & ©) © ©) Ewer. ® 18, These orders of /the Manager / may put the lives of / wo @ ®) © thousand woskers ina danger. / No Error © © 19, inspired him / wo tke the heat in all adverse situations! @ 8) © and deserve tobe called areal hero. No Exor © ® 20. In my opinion it isnot che fails / thst have made Jira a ®) Tose the heart but the lack of / emotionst support. / © @) ‘No Error, ©) 21, The most happy / marriage would be (a union of a deat A (BD () man toa blind woman. /No Error. @) €)A Mirror of Common Errors 3 22, Jot suggested 10 his brothers uhat they should / go to (a) e the schoo! regularly / and do their home work sincerely. / © ©) No Bron rs) 23, Affe reuming / from the jail, ne has ahandoned / ll dhe a) 3) criminal activities and is determined / to lead & simple © © fife. /No Ener © 24, Hie was an atheist / but nowadays he goes 10 the oburet iA) (B) and offers prayers / for hours. ‘No Exar. o © [forbade him © 20 Jt cinema /fte a night. / ® © ©) (Gime fact atthe compact ar / ie beter than conven- - A B) tonal eas as btn proved by its tes. No Bor © @) & 27, Thre was ile / ik in the ote and she gave It tothe cen) (B) baby when it/ starts weeping / No Exo. © (Dy €) 28 He leads a Very buay life she goes everywhere by a A 8) QQ @) car. No Err &) 29,‘Thanksto_aninsihu and persistence ofthe local dctor/ (A) B) hundred of victims have ben / gle (0 resume 8 noel © ©) I No Es q Pea towrs sehen a rad te wo Taste ® and / slipped out unnoticed. ‘No Error. © ©) © 34, He uses te mock-heroic/ style to depict /aviolemee. / a 8 © © No Eror. ® . Eyeorie in Darwin / had become so accustomed to cyclone «“ ®) sing few fm pd any att tbe adi « ‘wamings / which began this morning. /No Error. o ® 133. One should / be ttze co one’s promises /in order to earn / a @ © name and fame in the life, No Ector. 0) © S4.The seed f of all the modern amenities / les in / the a ® © science. [No Error, © ® 35, "Music ig. science / but singing is an art” / said the / ~*~ w @) oO rusio teacher. / No Exzor ©) © (56. We should spend / a good part oF the day / in out of door @) ® activities and games / because staying indoors all the time © ©) js bad for health. No Err. ) 37. He should mix / bis authority with litle / of courtesy and / a) ®) © common sense. No Err o ® 38.[c is pity / thatthe son of miionsire / should indulge / “ ®) oO in sealing. ‘No Extor. ©) ® (G9. is the most important / question which you have / 10 our ) oO 12 repare very carefully. No Exer. © ® 40, Brahmaputra is / one af the Tongest rivers / that originate / a w © inthe Himalayas. /No. Eror. ©) ®) 41. The Ganges is for North India / what Krishna / is for ~ 8 ®) Ke} South India. No Error. ©) ®) (8%, The first European / sailor to come to Tada / in modern - a) ) Limes /was Vasco-da-Gama.’ No nor © Oo © (GBtve wees no forest / must be properly counted and «“ @ ‘numbered J and proper entries be made / in the rogiser. / © fc) No Enon, ©6 A Mirror of Common Errors “#ADThe principal / asked the girls to retara 70 the hostel (a) (B) CQ bsfre/ he amt No Ee @) ©) 45 He found himself in 0 twouble when he sa 9 / (AQ ®) © seks ose th ation. No Eso. © . ©) 46H sit ei ot fe ay eo tos he ww B® oO evan the deta No Eo Dy © 7.5m consi /itmny be fly assed a poe A &) preshes some orl imps. Eo. @ oo) ®) 48. All the staffs / of this office hold the view / that Mr. Sinha rs 2) isa sey wise hin got fcr. /No Bao © @ ) 49, The man / is the only creature / that is endowed with / the «Ay ®) © ponerf speech. No fer @) &) QE is voy cielo point oa he umber of / he ae B) cree ving on a No Bao oO (b) &) ‘ANSWERS, 3.0) 8D) 33.(A) 18, (D) 23.(8) 5.) 30. @) 15.(C) 20.(C) 25.(0) 30.(A} 35,0) 40. (A) 48.(B) 50.6) LA) 6.&) 11.8) 16.8) 2.0) 26.(E) 31.) 36.(B) AO) 46.(D) 2B) 7.0) 2@) 17.(B) 2.10) 27.(A) 32) 37.08) 2) 47.(4) 2. (A) aman 82e the man G0 Fife man S ae fee swat st ate Bar $1 $8—The boy who: the dog. which etc, a7@fq who/whichithat ® TR Tyer Nouns SFA=R “the! 8 &) 2. (8) the aa a GT Fey the war Sow ean gz aa ae dy &, sas a war® any var 4a 2B) 14,(A) 19, (B) 24.8) 28.(4) 34.0) 39.3) 44.(D) AKAD 28.(D) 33.(D) 38.(B) 43.) #8.) 3D) beer wR the a on wa ‘Comparative Degree % Adjective ® choice @ optic ar Sur at Se VER The cro f omcig ah Comparative Degree * 1 ‘of the two! # at = Comparative Degiee 02 ‘he’ sain ear ae i) He is. the w fe taller of the wo boys the comp. af the evo 4. (C) few 3 TER the sr ae Sar RA the few friend he made sa art Sar @ St pw ths set a ‘WAR ‘Few friends’ wr ad & ‘No friends 5.(D)a % Fee the Sot AREF Noun + of + Nour construction of ® wee APR Noun Tee WAPAE: The wT $; 33— ‘The boys ofthis college boyy The nour of noun 6. wage t 7. (D) least % VER the #1 FaiF Superiaive Degree & Adjective % 968 dhe ™ eh Bet 81 8 (D) ae sar aE Har FH News Te Uncountabl Noun @i #3 FR, information, luggage. bageage sete ten, sae BSED i 9. (B) a0 wer ft Bear Ts type of kind of, son of WR WGet BANE Noun Woe ATTA: Anicle spar 38) Pan ater B; Se (0) Tdoa't appreciate this kind of book FF this Rind of a 600k. | 10. @ wer get 11. (@) values WH the fhm Be de Sat STMT 2a 12, (B) on the fire #5 EE on fre Br ar idiamatic 8 HF ‘TH _fe ‘on fire’ W set (something) on fire ¥ fire § WER the at ag FAT TT A 13, (A) AR ae The dem was Frc Ordinal Adjective ® Bee theme TT He ts 44, (A) Little % WER the BAM The little et ent & rate FY Little a 8 F almost none Ge TAT! 15, (©) in temper AB in a temper mt @ idiomatic 4 Bah ae in @ moodsin 4 ragerin a dilemma ®t 7 aati 16, (B) good wet a TT FAR have “a goodlsoum knowledge’ idiomatic 1 ear ta fe ‘knowleds 1s mii ay care ond 3B crate, at oe WF knowledge UF ‘Uncountable Noun 3 fe at eH WS ted Anicle ww vor = ae 38 (i) Knowledge is power. ii) He is aman of knowledge.A Mirror of Common Ervors 7 faq, 58 knowledge ® GER #2 Adjective H 7 3H Adjective ® oe AJAn wy ita fat oTar &; BB— ( She has a good knowledge of English grammar LL T a adj, knowledge fox, 3 Knowledge @ Definite Tre aI a Tae SPS be! oh i oT aaa # BR (i) The, knowledge of this man is limited. Lod The knowledge 17. (B) te Far EB, by mistake! wT iediomatio 1 18. (D) “ear say AF Bom in danger, in trouble, in confusion, i debt, in demand, in deta, in fact 3m idiomatic 8 19. 1B) the 0 ser ae Rar ea aks Hoan, take action, take care Sf idiomatic th 20.(C) the ar str =f Get take heart AH lose heart idiomatic ty 24. ©) auion ® #2 the union BoM FH: “The + Noun + of + Noun’ construction 1 22. (©) school ¥ SE the =e Sago to schoolichurchyjail ssf & school, church, jail & Aim Sera = ae Bat #1 g0 to schoo! (ST ¥ FAD go to the schoo! (sgh ar tt & Fe 23. (B) jad 9 IER the TE Ha cour from jail et & wat ze Se & stent) retum from the jail 3 st 4 Gy al wee Sc 8 che! 24, (B) church 5 eS the a Ge See To 22 xt ET aa 28. (C) 20 to the cinemafeitousttneate/operaltation SA idiomatic #1 a7#: go to cinema % FER go to the cinema rm! 26. (5) ee EE 27. (A) tine ea a ae wa BMA higle wT ae te frg little wr anf 8 Te & act a Gee Fe 2B (D) car vee aH wr aE EM by car, by bus, by train Sn idiomatic #1 af AE aR car wT ain aa Feat car ay cain ET anicle ar fs BB by the 7.30 usin (eq WH ina car. in a ti, ina jeep, on aplane, on a ship, on a steamer. on a bieyele, on a Scooter, om a motor cycle Sf Be Bi 29. (A) an 328 the Brom FPR construction “The + Noun + of ++ Noun’ sina & 30. (A) a & 72H an ST! hour Ba TET sound ‘st TH vowel BL (D) a 3 Rr AW et “depict viotence’ idiomatic €) 32.) aE Txt 38. 0} the et ite H wea TH eo BATE aE A TET GF life, science, man, woman TEE the HFT et Bar 81 aE life, scicnoe ante ax sear wee seat AAT wh ae anicle BB A (He leads & happy lite (ii) The lie ofthis patient isin danger. 34. (D) the Fa science EO TE San STW sae am 33% Rat ert 38, (D) science % WR a BMY FiFw science MT a ame and (ina & sy Hag yon t afew branch of knowledge based on scientific principles) wea Wo yen @ st san, ie An at 3deT Fer (creation of beauty) art 3 a a ge weet TE Acicle ¥8 Bar 8 FB—Art lies in concealing ant), Fey Ar ay ond oe skill Boa ea VEE Article 1 wat frat 8; 2—He has developed an excellent art of teaching. 36. (2) TR TRH 37.) fine & we ary Fam aim see Bo 27 a rey i 38. (B) millionaire % Tee a <1 wate Eon AA millionaire GF countable noun #/ FH Twolthree millionaires art ti 39, (B) the wee a at wet Gar wile wee ATTA sting sited om vest at gent eh Ba we Superlative Degree % Adjective at wat a@ ath x “Tho most’ Superative Degree & 3HRq Hat TTR “a most postive degree #1 Bat Fett H most #1 Bim B very: 3a @ You ae the most powerful man in this party GH) You are a most powerfs) man et ee BaF you" B IST pany & ars eet 2gE b, sate GR tae you wt gor fing & Et 81 gE a most = avery ‘At wa, —ti) She is the most beautiful gi in the clas. FZ, (ii) She is a most beautiful girl 40. (A) Brahmaputa 3% TER The A wit aT wie Brahmaputra & #2) a are BI 41 (C) Kristas % Te Oe A ate der tte ger we vier af gam Safed aa &, ote ont at fe seat fe ap Bs ea ‘bet we va Br & B—The Koshi is known as 2 curse to Nomth Biber 42. ©) ae qe ti 4. ©) wee ge th 44, (D) sunset Wee the et Ar ay before, after HH & me WE dawn, daybreak, sunrise, sunset, ncomAMirtorof Common Brrors igh SR ar wie BF ge we Article TH eT 49. (4) man 3 wES tho Fr way Te ge aa man aT 41 22—()) She setumed home after sunset. (PR after the sunset} fz) She remmed home after the sua had set. 45. (B) rouble % Wee aw hr ae SM ome F fee aK de 182m 46. (D) detail % yea thew sao TE ea, in detall, in difficulty, in problem, in fear, in hope, in sense, in conclusion Sif idiomatic 8) 47. (A) conclusion 9 Wea the soe ae Go eT Sa Ho 468 feat ve &) 48. (D) inteligent ® yee on wit FB ge: we a Adjectives @ win we H aifes a aay % AE a a fe year Adjective ® TER Anticle ar IH Feet aan & Fa G@ A red and bluc coat (eam coat Hr TTT Fer Fert) Gi) A red and a blue coat @ coats Far Ww AT go. (G) area EE A war um tet &)) Rito sar ag wept arg wg & fare ea ee fareit ARTICLE % vate set Ge 8; 33— @) Man is mortal (£8 A man / The man is mortal] i) Man is social animal. [7 F&A man The man} (ii) Man is the crown of creation. 7 fe A man /The maof Fey, A ‘man’ wT HIT Countable Noun & BT H BF ees et aan tar f SB (Jyoti Babu is 2 an of honour, TT man fee, cman! a Pine feet after aes fer @ at gee aes ‘the’ hdr & SS @) The__man_ who was killed was a leader. TOT the manChapter-2 NOUNS & CASES ‘CASES—The relation in which « noun stands to some oer word, or the change of the form by whieh this relation is indicate, i called the cave, : (Case a re BS Hh (A) Nominative Case Subjective Case OFA TH) (B) Objecive Case cnet 3) (©) Possessve / Genitive Case CR BR) (D) Vocative Case (ene a) wa WH Bor BT Possesive Case wt wat wat ‘safe Noun % TE Nominative * Objective Cs Problem 32 ar & aE Noun Nom Case Oe Ht wea cee BE Ram ion SH » Eves SHB Nominsive ——_Ohjetve ay Sve Ba Noninaine Objective 1, Pronoun % Nominative ste Onjecive ® oT H fear Br & fae fee & wet Gx PRONOUNS & sia x PRONO’S POSSESSIVE CASE—Possessive Case, possesion (eae) =F ownership CPE Ker By WS possession A ownership WE FT A'S [Apostzophe '') MT ‘of! Wit fa-are @; $8 i) Shakespeare's plays & The plays of Shekespeare fog, ay at at Ws a ra at aed Fade we ve whe ag Ga eee ae gee we we wer F Problems fg i @; A 8) A table's legs / were broken / by my / angry brosher. a ® © oy No Bren ® (et ree H A ble’s legs aT tT Tee 1 SH The legs of ¢ table aE Va We able / bench aT feats went & Pra are ‘sae mar as Gar (A) oh et san wei ow ata we wend 1 neg oy / am oe ‘43—Man’s life / Ram’s wife. Dogs’ Kennels / Cows" ils: 2. a feet Fria eng a me axe sega feat oe 38 (Death's icy hand, (i) Fortune's favour wey ara way ae, 3B ©, A moments delay, A week's leave, A month's absence, 4. Ta aaNet me ne min 8, oe (@ Aton’s weight A gram's weight 5. Money at Berra ure afk SH ane value / worth werd a i) A rupee's value: @ pounds worth, 6 Space water’ ek Be weet ayer Nouns % re FB— () Arazor's edge, Ancedle's point, A beats ‘ae a SE Awwich length 7 my soe mtg eet (Some diglied ntl objects) a, foarte! gravy creatures / area 216 ‘The sun's rays; Heaven's wil, the hearts conten tte soul’s delight / journey: the mind's ee, et. Tens eS ens (Ca zoarphes) ae & Mean gu ore mye 4.2) ara Nouns e's [Apostrophe's] ar ht #2 Par Ram's wife's career a7 i Te We srr fy TE Re 1B The care of Ram's wife Wit eT RG) fet Compound Noun WSR wR e's He eat do (6) His soneindaw's appoinin appointment) (i) The Government of Ida's orders. 1a Plt Noun Br Noun in Apposiion ww a ‘Noun in Apposton 3 me's eF soh7 Red ey & RG) Rajeev my ends far “BH TATE, (i) My fiend Rajenv’sfter A.afe & Nouns closly reated W & ote Noun (3) tr 8; Sa (i) Ram and Sits sons Ff Ram's and Sits ons} fey, Ram's and Shyam’s sors, Anybody 1 Somebody / Nobaiy / Everybody Anyone Somgose / Noone / Everyone Were “5 WT FETT da #381) Everybody's busines ix nobody's sizes Girk Anybody / Somebody ante 3 are vetse" 6 we Arsh alse fr Tar f; $3 (ke you dessin and not anybody e's (FP son’sin- law's10 A Mirror of Common Errors ‘ea Fram 9 sree Problems ft att; 3 1 follow 7 your suggestions / and / nobody's else. a ® oOo Df No Error. ®) [a nobody's else M4 nobody else's 4 att Gem] 7s cach ether 7 ‘one anovher" ee (fr wei m —— (i) Thy lke each othe bas. S.A‘ Noun + of + Noun construction # sift Noun & SPE rare: [5] ar FEIT Sat & aE ay Noun HE Ae Biter @: (DA end of my horther'. (i) Aboust of Ram's. fre (i Apictre of Ram Gon = A) i) A picture of Ram's Cox % Wea Te 3-H [___ PROBLEMS BASED ON NOUNS & CASES: Direcions = Find out the error in each of the following sentences, fam [there ic no err sour answer is, 1 You know it well / that you success in life / depends not a) ®) fon my advice / but on somebody ls, No Err. © o © 2. He informed me / that he had gone to / one of the cy @ Minister's residences / and stayed there all night. / © ©) No Error. ® 3. The building's roof / needs repairing otherwige /1 may ad @) fall down and / result into many persons’ death. / © © No Brot « 4, Ivisied / John’s and Mary's house twice but found /the © 5. A.on’s weigh i too heavy for anyone to cary on his a ® © © head, No Exror, ® BU swopped / bis going out late at night / because the Ky @ © Stustion!n the town was Yory tense. / No Err. ©) © He didnot approve / of his son raising / supid questions “ ®) oO and thereby vexing the teacher. No Ero. o ©) 8. America's problems / ar, however, nol so sehious / and a 3 © ss 38 fia, No Exo. © 9. Your tone of speaking / 9 well as your friends /is rally “ @) ‘ertromely sarcastic / yet we never take it seriously. / © ©) No Error: ® 10, The Finance Minister boasts of improving / the. a ® condition of / the county's. / No Exe. © oO & AL. The life of the rich /Is notin many J ways as peaceful /38 © 12.For your sake /as well as for your wile, we all wih that « a you may / get that job. No Eirer. © ” e 413. The expert mason reported to / the owner of the hotel a“ ® that / shee wae ao question fof the wall’ falling down, / © D No Err. ® 14, The officer said / that he spprociatod / his staffs coming a @) ~ fn time / and co-operating him, No Ero oO o 3) 15,As we are told, his idea of Mrs. Gandhi's I was tually a ‘®) -vali in the present condition of odin. No Biro. ) ) ® 16.1 is tue / that T met the Chief Minister at one of my w @) © fiends houses No Exo. oo « 17. The teacher sid / yo ws that one ought 1 work hard in “ ®) oO ‘order p atain one goal / No Exor. oO e 1B, Being sue of his succes, he fold his fiends that! be would a’ ®) never Forget evens enemies nirwes /No Ber © © 19, The survey gives / us much knowledge of the / public's a 8) opinion /on te matter of tersrism, No Ere. oO oO ©A Mirror of Common Errors u WO. Nery few soldiers / dared ro tamn deat eat to their / ‘a ®) © CCommander'sin-Chie orders. No Err. . © 21. Your sois-in-law’s find is seriously IN and he wants “ @ © {04/10 se hi a soon as posible / No Er o ® GB appreciate you / helping the pooe / who are relly the ee ®. © tmost ignored and completely deprived / section of out © society, /No Bor © 23.1 have read / many plays of Shaw's whois called the / @ ® © a Shakespeare of ou age./ No Exar. o ® 24.1 do not want / to bring her to my home / because her “ ® © rashnes/is quite intolerable /No Er. © © Gk is chieMty concerned / with his own problems / but you a ® say ita isi not. No Eo. oo ® ys tee tec mn ma “ ®) © ne fr some money. No Eor. o ® 27.Unounatly for me / the rook cause of my stration (a) @ 1s / i he Government! dubious poly. No Bror. © » © 28. He suggested wo me / hat I should goto the nursery to “ ® being some Reutifl/smmer’s lowes. No Eo. © ® (®Bille came to his wits end when he found / that his “ 8) younger brother ha slapped his wife No Err, o co © 30, When Jay and Shyam came across Jot they caught @ ® one anther bands / an talked for a while. No Er. © © ® ‘ 31. The former P.M. of India’s Me. BV. Naima Rao’s / a ® visit to Japan sengthened the relationship /besween India © and Japan, / No Error. © © B21 was Indi's pst glow / tha atau /a numer of “) ® © invaders inthe remot pas, No Enor a ®) @everybody should be careful / to fulfil the society's & “ ®) demands / and thereby show his /atlchment to i. © © Noor. © {4 verybody’s business / is nobody's busines’ / said the w 6 teacher tothe stots. No Error o © © 435.1 postpone him / going to Deli tonight as /1 wanted him a ® to deal with /one of my major problems. No Ero. © ©) e (Bie wot er tat ne a ever een ee wih his / i's a o ‘© je No Err » ® 37. When ertve the gute of hs / house, I found his / Cy B) © locking up he dr. No Ene © ey (Bi and Chin’ present / condition clay inde at both the countries / will face 2 lot of problems in the ©, o coming time, / No Eror. © 39, Keeping in view / the public's demands, / the company ey ~~ @) Iai declared wo improve the quality and lower the prices oO ofits products / No Eior. © ® 40. His maid servant / behaviour is undoubtedly / ind a) ® but don't/ understand how he tolerates it. No Ever. © ©) ® “41. These buildings decoration Fis not as much J impressive a ® © ‘as t/ ought be./No Err. a © © GBYPethi's water supply / system is certainly as good a i Goons ®) expected /in capital town. /No Ero. © ©) ® (Breas poetry is characterised / by his unique style / J “ ®, which he developed / during the Tong span of is ie © o Noor. ®A Mirtor of Common Errors rs aus Cosa vey aacve a al a ®) ss pean fr 8 he ton la once © @ I No Bro. ® @ tre hing te Fe realy very miserable | because they “ @) © conse wha ppen aun them. /No Eo. (Dy eo 46H did ot kno ove the mn of the ait / whe ay B) discovered / the laws ofthe earth gravitational fre, / S o Nok, © $7. Ths ade’ ge Ft sharper than any / ter bade’ a ® © Ss alesse Fhe cmpany./No Ee o © 48. Many ofthe question’ ven in iis question paper ae s ® so eile that F many of the stents may fall / oO @) Nobaoe © Ore President of [ndia / constitutional power is limitless! (A @) butte 2M who is indeed, power No Eo © >» @ 50. tay ans ie ie in danger ite Government ds “ ®) tak any sees ction to sfeguard ws. Noma. 1 oO © SL Nobody's claim / to be a permanent member / of the cl a ®, © is valid inthe eyes of the committee, /No Err o e 4m 86) 6B 26) 38D 2) e@) 10 2@ BO BO Be) Liem ro RO BO mo [a 2a B® ue 30 | 26) me RD) HLA). BLE) | 3L@) 3.) HUE) 5A) | BRN) 29.) AIA 4a) BE 4. 4808) 46.10) 47) AA) B.(A) 5) EXPLANATIONS | 1) ase IE (sposwophere) SET AT, an, cle % wea else's WRT Gm We fe sreregar sei somebody else / nobody ce / anybody else if BEC else THF ' fpostrophe swat Ber Bl felt mg et 8 fates Sk we aT. “not on my advice but on omc ole advice 200 fe oles at advice” a repetetion ROA a: Fe “advice” WT wT ore BEY t,he Ra Ref H we FUE understood ue BTM 81 ST, safer Expression 9 wr Praia ee # ra ‘not on my advice but on somebody else's”. 1s ant ox oe Sr es RA (i) This is Ram's book 2d 20% Siyam’s book] (i Your problem is more dificult than Sita {problem} : NOTE : xg Hoe # FEY ME TE {book, problem safe] FF understood 2.(©) one of & He WE Nouns wy wba Sa eT Possession & Ownership W's mR aH TH & fe “of Baar at &, $B fone of the minister's residences WEA the residence of one of the ministers FET “egy RD weer we € fe one oF mE Noun Plural Ser th ae, eats we WES Nouns wy wT we feng Gg Gh te a AS seer Now Plural & tat Fete Expression ve ond GR seer tees (One ofthe miniser’s residence, [fry & we wr residence} (i) One of the ministers residences CHE residences # 8 ar. ed at ont at TTS Bat H ee fee 3 of ar re Ret ara ae es HR me aa aE ST aE te residence of one ofthe ministers! 4 By 3.(A) "The building's roof! ¥ =K2 the roof of the building a te wor HT wees aE: Pe swept ayer wrctr's [aostrophe 's!] FHT 3 wa ti a, ) The room's decoration (i) The Wal’ painting ane OT ae BL BE Expressions tes Fintan er 3 gE wet The room decoration Wt The decoration of the rom, (i) The wall panting % The paining of he wall.AMinror of Common Emons B 4. (B) Job's and Mary's 3 John and Mary's 531 sath ve 2a, fe a BF Nouns WRG F closely related a foe Get Noun & ue ate di ey aa Por (D) # ‘couple’ Wa at wire t fg aE TT ‘am § fp Jolin and Mary SMH $1 om, ata et ‘ap 91 Te 2S F John’s and Mary's bouse a Expression # Peg (RT ant Em John’s heuse and Mary's house! sraig 23¥ hss € ae By ar ae errr #1 5. ©) Te THe ug 1G fe Sar! [woighy ama’ wet ae ' [apostrophe 's] 5 ¥aTt ay & FR A ton’s weight, A gram’s weight, A kilos weight sae 6 © mat 7. (B) son & 's (apostrophe 's!] ay RANT SOT NBA HS Gerad [F58 Verbal Nou sP ese rer 4] wee Possessive Case at wart Bhar 8; SB— ~ dancing Gerund 4 Possssive — Gerund 8.(D) India y's TT eT em sate Is 29 India's ST waht Gl aA “America Problems * grrr usin % Problems 3 8, 3 fe India 81 8 as problems... nda’. problems) books snd Shyam’s, yoooks) 2 (RT Stowe fey 7E Te understood et 9. (8) Réends $& (Apostophe] 1 war we BM are fiends 8 ER fonds! ArT AMI AE eT Smee 8 ta 6 Your ten af speskng 28 wel as your Fiend" {ose of pecking reas) as 7g fa Plural Noun ST 2s) 3.9 FS Plural Noun FE FW” [Apostrophe} 5 seit Pam ar 8, 7 Fs (Apostophe “e) 7 a (i Boys hostel f# BF Boyes hostel] 21 Ps Gide: hostel fg, BR Plural Nouns Fewer ara fo] FA BT re ‘anc ' (apostrophes) #477 83; BB Women's college, Children's Boks sf 10, (Dj country’s % FEF coustry H FT em Tel ['s] FT wits arrayass € Freiraftsr Expressions #1 &a— (6 The population of te country. FFF county's en % srry (Gi) The progres ofthe county. FF county's] iy AL. (D) poor's & FA poor A KET eT AME that of the poor 6 aR the il of the poor 12. (B) wife ar 's a vay Bom sree, wife Fe wife's 9 arr MT AE FER Te eaprestion eet B_For your sake, for your wife's. [sake] a rer (0 For Ram's ske and Shyam’ (skel (Gi) Fortis success as well a his wife's (sucess) sa 13. (D) ‘the wall’ falling down" 4za ‘the falling down of the wal ae TE wal wend, sit gah oe ‘sar wats 3 Pray star 1 a. NOTE: freq siren fare sresten (ear {© satis * feposuophe] wr Farr se TA ea Ta fe coming _we_Gsnnd_#_vhe_gak_seh SreeHe OR Postesive Case TT ot Fg Objesive ar Nominative Case es (0 He appocatd your soging. (FART = {G) She stopped Ren’ behaving ke this. FE aT ge FR STH NOTE rege wre Fe, ame ao 72H 15. (B) Gandhi's ® we Gandhi % yeh Sr, fe This / ‘Tat These / Those The + Noun + of + Noun # of % mE TS NOUN & Be [Aposeophe ‘Apostrophe) ar sar st Rar soar 8; $B © This house of Ram 1 PF Ram's] Trt This Noun of Nowe (i) This hostel of Pama College [¥ Colleges} 16, 1D) one of my fends houses BE the house oF one of iny fends we NOTE: Frags ara & fom ok eo (2) 5a 17. (©) one Ba 's7 eT aM ef one KT one's errr don ta (0 One shoud keep one's promises. [7 f ose promises) (G One sould be eu one's word FFE 0° ss 18, (b) enemies Be” {Apostate Bi! sche nomics FEE enemies HT RTL (i) He honout his seniors ese. [seniors 19. (© pub's opinion ® 8 public opinion BT =a Dubie hostel / iy illage/ se Noun Fe = =4 A Mior of Common Enors were foe Adpcive Ba Ht ome, ‘we [ea nie wen Tee hee (i) The public consists of you and me. si cnn dep Aa Noun (jy This Schoo! hasabeautifal” hostel motte mice goow gee teen cia lke cp_ciplphonto pene foot fect tun and acs anes, tooth teeth mouth mews bas Bases domo demise sect oats ean caA Mito of Common Errors 0 {() Compound Nouns ® root word # Paral Formation Sin z ent 2 cafe cates ad @ beliet belies soninaw sons-in-law proof, roots stepson step-sont curt tusts Chief Minister Chief Ministers roof roof mai servant maid servants sult sul wil frend ‘i friends aiet evel boy frend boy frends a1 safe safes (©) man Bar woman & = Compound Nouns % @rt se a Pans 8 Plral Formation a #1 3— ox ie strife yw Sing.) a WE fo ME Noun + Prposton + Noun Gr Now + Se) ee reposition + @ Noun) @ @t Prepostion & 2 she Nouns san servant smen servants Singular 8% &: 3 — L san eacher ‘men teachers Ton upon ow [4 rows upon rows} woman doctor women doctors day by day (Ps days by ds} day after day [4 FE days after days) woman advocate women advocates NOTE : wr wa fer BF Noun + Prepositon + Noun # heer nan hers Nouns Plural a Problem ew ar #; 3B— = san ae i fr wo cnt ne eso woman iter woman aes aint the cre! / practices of dowry and tide buming./ woman lover woman lover iC) © {Hie man ate = on whose ane. No tinor (@) 9 TF Nouns fa srr H ie ce er & @ sw Phra Foonuion ite @ tome vee get et tC Part (A) Tee 1 “Women ater waren’ ee 1 nae em a ing) : ive rupees, to miles 0 KATE OR RT: A an ” SEF ape ep we te AE Noun wy arr BG oT cd fe Ove hie de rupees se five ros tenes WEE ten mle SEE ; san ear a taite inves () Fle rapees ave bee spe wit we Fra Thea frorpe ae FS Pe ness balf ives Noun par ives seh re, ( tems wale xt sches (i) ro tenrupes notes eat leaves an 8 NH tenemleensapee =H Adjectve thie thieves ee ee a 3 tat teow Syesion et Xa am tafe ser aim tt ss ane hypheneated expesions ®t lial Fomaon 7 Wat ‘ea roe fe, 42 toe re TE, TH feog ster Noun Fre at econ er eer g, COMES Me Ons te Noun Pal ee fy ara: 9 oT one of at FTE ay ae CET WATT Paral Formation 7 aft aoe Po arr th “Fe rat oe Noun Pura & st wit Fa TUT ee A a seer weereit gS ork t, 3a chet ies (i One of the most ntligent boy (Et boy AEB boys itt slits = yr18 AMittor of Common Erors (Gi) One of the Book [Aah book ® BE books Ba] {Fa fee ex omens Problem 21 (© One of the problem / with you / is that you donot / a 6) © some in. tims, / No Error ®) © (ee aire % Pare ‘AH problem % EB problems wt vate Br, FR one of W aes Noun Cer Poca! at By Oy et xen or fe Bach of + the + Noun (Pura Bither of + the Noun Plural) Neither of + the + Noun (Plural $80 Biter ofthe boys = FF boy! (yt, [New ft ihe Nom Pray olay of + the + Nour Puce) Fe Noon COUNTABLE®! (uy [ Mostof the 7p Noun uncountable (ing) Noun countable PL) ‘Noup uncountable (Sing) ‘Noun covntahle PL) $2 None ofthe boys GF boy) ore PROBLEMS 1sSED ON NOUNS AND NUMBERS. Directions « Bia vas the erear bx each of te following sentences. any. lf there is no err, Your answer iB 1.Oae of her femesttetiet /was that er frond shouted at a @) her # wid a view €muing her 7 aware of er eepeaced oO © Allof + the Japs 1 No rer rey Bin one of our fst eowvertion ! she informed me J tat @ a ®) se ad Jost bo stand abs tien. No Eo. o o « ‘A.llie gis sen / ofthe collage ae advised 10 n @ ® © the Gi’ Common Room. / Noro o ® 4th maoty ofthe woman / teachers are pemiading / (a) @) the pial to consde/ thir demans, No Ener © oO 8 ii barf ee cop / of ta Sie tenes ay “w @ © c) ©) we Inthe last elections / the electorates’ / disnterestedness ” @) © ‘purzed / the policians very much. /No Eror © ©) ete present datas / show ts he illteacy rate i India a @ has fallen down but nat /10 the level of expectation. / © @ Nokon ® ‘He sid tate aways kept nis pocket / «bude of ® ®) onohinied rapes notes, No Bro. © ” © 9. Running five str ore! nceds much mor / money @ ® than what we hae in our account. / No or oO oO) ) 10. He gave me / ta important informations / 1 hed been (a) ®) itn 0! for the previous 0 mont, (No Er ©) ©) ®) 11 Your advices ae! he poof of your disertnating mind a ® © and pragmatic approach, No Exo. ic © 12, An earthquake J «natu! phenomenon / and nobody “) ® © can Feeck 6 sue. No Eon (Dp) &) 1R.The clas teacher / gave hin « home work / snd a) ‘® esr i do nigh NO Eo © ) «© 14.1 saw ony / five pie who F vere esnning afer / he w 8) @Q ben robs. Na ee. © © ite seas / ofthe whevegens were to hears / or me “ ®) 9 to earry om the head! No Error. © ® 16, All the Chiefs Ministers / ae responsible foe the ptsbie “ @) conclition of tei sites, JNo Error. © o ©® IT, After he had detivered J the speech, he svid that he w 8) ‘moped / wo be conspicuously understocd/ and forgiven for cS) © any lapses. No Err. ea AMiror of Common Errors 9 THs He sya dat / a tworles walk / always Keeps him / 29. The seenedzs/ of Kashmiris more beni / han that a ® © “ @ © healthy and eesh./ No Er. of Dsjecting. No Ero. cy © © © (BTR haves should / nt Look soe atthe haves not, BD: is means are very ited yet he doesnot cri / is “ ® “ ®) © rather they should / uy to encourage them to work hard" expenditure and spends lavishly. No Ene © rc ©) © and carn tes ivelibood./ No Er. S31. He uses a fine / quality of shampoo / so his sis ate / 2 Cy B © 20, “Language consists of several status”, said aingust/ black and atractive, No Ez, a) ® © ® Jinhis Ieee on Language /and Linguists. No Err. 33, Wordsworth’spoetres/ is characterised by his subtle ‘© > ® we 3 21, All his sistersin-laws are extemely beauiful 10 Took description ofthe beauty and veins / of Nate. No “ ®) © © sts0 the quesiion/ of election is very puzaling. /No Exon. © © © Eno (GB The doctor declared that / the patent's intstine was wot © “ @ 22.Tie bret / of this locality are always / at daggers” working properey and so he ncedd / mica eatment ’ ®) © © draw without any / apparent reason. No Eire. foralong ime, No Err. © © © ® 23. The wal ofthis magnificent / bung is /filty foot high 34, He bas ordered / bickslfor the proposed ote and bar! @ ® “ @ © © and is paintings ae very sing. No Er. NoExoe © ) © © “The headquarter / of te Army is in Deli", it's really _38}hen you se his offspring, you can't / bie that he @ o yee) w @) © sry srpising that you do not know / even this fact.) 8 /above seventy. /No Eton: © © ” © - No Emo. 36, "Please convey my best / regard and wishes to the e “ @ 25.1F a student needs / advice about Garces, /he should ‘Boss the secretary sud tothe peon fof the Manager : oy ® © © ” const he eaters oes. No Eo. Noor. © ® ® ‘¢ 26.Two summons / have been issued by the court / but you 37.The prety woman siting in the caris/he daughter of J “ ® w ® © ‘have not tuned up yt. No Eree. the one of the hoadman ofthe village. /No Ear. Oo ©” ® © ® 27.He has bought /'@ dozen of copies / of British English 38 When he retried / fom America, be informed me / tht “ ®) ‘© “ @ Grammar, / which is & very poplie book among the head come ere /to do an urgent work. / No Eo ®) © o © students. No Ero. 239. Many ofthe MPs absented / themselves from /Pastament © CS ®) 2A. eal suru of eae tac alge en Some sus of te ight oa impos @ ®) numberof ours / coming fom abroad. No Eee were tobe discussed. No Eror © © ® oO o20 ‘A Mimor of Common Erors | '40.qThe issues are / very complex and the problem / is that 50. You will not / be allowed /to go anywhere ese («0 pay a @) w ® © they are bound to be obscured / by these hypocritical outdoor games, No Exer. oO o o © politicians. No Error. © se ype of boobs /ae certainly helpful the students u a i) prepting for the Banking Service / Examinations. No o. o ® 42, "Tete a only certain boy that are sincere / and a ® eigen an that can do well athe exaniatons.”/ said © the clas tach, No Bie a "So ® NY AG.tave never seen / such a lovely spectacles /in my life”, es ® o said the passerby. No Enoe cy © {4.1.40 my bast but I dnt derstand wi donot gt a ® ni mark inthe examination. / No Eior. © ® 48.You se among thse Inks man who atind name a ® ard fren by abour but by chnce./ NoEor © cy © L® 5 Qo to spc ff raven a wagedydues mo fet / a“? os & © bis big pints. NoEr. : ©) ® 12 47.Oving toi easy engagement cold not write even a a the two-thind/fthe book of which he publica was © especet efor fanuary, No Er. oy ® 48, “Lkzow sothing/sbout hs wiereabo./Do you "be @ 8 o ssi ous. Noto o © 4 49.Now Ihave come /to know why he aways remain a @ o loggers ea with is wife f-and ster ietaw, / oO o EXPLANATIONS| 1. (A) ‘belie 228 ‘beliefs’ wT TT A onw + of 2 are Plural Noun we T-Bar &; GB @ Oneot the books “To oneot Noun (Plural) Gi) one of the women ete T ‘ne of Noun (Plural) 2.(A) conversation = plural form ‘coaversations = =m er wee ae ae 1 fe Tat 3.(A) ‘girls students! 3 EA ‘gid studenss) Gv ae Compound Nouns ¥ fu Hoe wet A Plural formation Fear star 8; $3— SINGULAR PLURAL oT aye (wd seven maid servants Gi) boy fiend boy fronds (Gil) gil student sil students (Gv) female destor female doctors 4. (A) ‘woman’ 3% “women! BH PAPE wan’ sera ‘wortan’ 3 3% Compound Nous # aera 1@ srt Plural formation feat ara &; 3— SINGULAR PLURAL (@ manconductor met. conductors (i) man servant. men servants iy woman engineer women engineers Gv) woman supervisor women supervisors8) A Mior of Common Errors ) “copaful SS “cupfule ar HS BE Nouns free Sea “ul @ fl '6 Bowe Plural Formation ea 8 3a Singstar Par @euptut cupfuls (a) hana handfuls (i) moma mouthfuls 6) spoonful © spoonfuls (©) glass slasfuls 6.18) ‘electorate’ plural sumber % th aa swf Gar t voters. 5, electorates TER electorate’ #1 ET arate 7. (A) daa singular a plural 24 & forms 3 st Bat 2, data 3 plural formations datas Ta tt 8 (D) rupees % EE rupee Wt one hundred rupees ‘703 & fg a one huncked - rupee note ™ Two one hundred ~ rupee notes #3 & ¥2NP Ft Noun “noe” fc one hundred - rupee fark to Adjective ¥ 4H aré wear A at ER, A two walk Fr “Two miles’ walk A ivestars hotel EA fivestar hotel om Fant BIeT aK Ho 8H ATE 10. (B) information TW Uncountable Noun Siu, 5% Wee TH AAn ot xdet Shor ate 7's SRT OS Plural formation Wm RY Fw Nouns ‘news / information / advice! work I scenery / potlery imagery / poetry / stationery et. [FTRT Singular EA EA a piece of / a bit of we Plural pieces of / bits of oe Sree Arar aati {37T: two important pieces of inofimation = FA om NB. Work ar ht at “i, sreere” &, at ae UUncouptable Noun a $1 Ihave am urgent work. argent Ce at a aor era i ‘an eH Some’ 1 Ta we WER tT a pioce of urgent work 95 81 ter work Fae aE we ae ae Couatable Noun ar 9a a (@) Macbeth is @ popular work of Shakespeare. t t a work a. GAN te worthresding. works of Shakespeare are work * Pla 1, (A) advices rR advice = ET Gr wT BH We 10% fem ar #48 wy oT TH fe Tae’ ant % “Advice” Uncountablo Noun &, fq Advices ort gear Sr th B® wget 13, (B) home work % wee a em ibe oa ou oT oe Wo 10% few wer fi #3 TE TE Fw home work / argent work / class work / important work STE # ‘work Uncountable Noun &t 14) “police” HEE policemen fr APE "The Police” “Um plural umber # #1 FOR Potice srt abu et +1 Countable Noun 3 9% Policeman af. F557 Plural Poicemen Bet @: 3— (® Thepolice are becoming more and + t Noun Verb (Plural) (Plural) moive fg G)Thave seen 4 polisman coming bee Loe a Noun ounabie Singular (i) Two policemen were runing fer et. L + ‘Two Noun (Countable Plural) 15, (A) sheaf #2 Plural formation sheafs 71 tr t eee sheaves @at 1 wT Ta PR kif, life, wife, cal, half, self elf, wolf lal, thief, leaf, sheaf, shelf Plural f/f! BE “ves! THAR FAT HTT Bi 16,(A) Chiefe 9 =e8 Chief BM! Chief Minister 1 Compound Noun @, fewer 97 T= Minister $1 ‘8:, FEA Plural Chief Ministers Qo eat 5, Singular Plural L + (State Minister State Ministers (Bank Officer Bank Officers (ip District Magistrate Distt Magistrates 17.) wer get 18. (B) atworniles walk % #8 a wo-mile walk fom we amt vo 8% fea fr 19. (©) haves not 3 EH have nots Ber fetes sof dh ‘The poor, FE haves, eae 34 at & the rich, = factianta om 1 20. (A) statum WF Latin wee & Fewer Plural strata Sar 3A scams. FE WR Ge Tey eT Plural co @ dietum—cieta (@) memorandum—memorands (i comrigendum—corigenda (jv) bacieria—bactera, et,NOTE + ge at dicum Plural dictum, ‘memorandum 7 Plural memorandums 1 corrigendum 7% Pural corrigendoms # st T= sat # afte 2 xe eter 7 21. (A) sisteriniaws % GR sistervindaw mi ener faq sae Ho 32S 22. (A) bretuen (rer sad & gata) arv¥-sTv % Plural 4) org: $e a 5! STAT plural formation Fe raw t . 23, (©) fit foot ity fest OT FAP foot plural feet Bit &1 Iegular 70% 2 plural form et we aru t “tf @ touse Gi mouse (i) darmowe (goose ese 4) tat seth (vi) man sen 24, (A) sReerere ® fle, headquarters" weg "wr set Singular ‘ott Plural Sat @ anf # eer 8; SB 6) The headquarters ofthe Amy. iy The headquarters ofthe Army & the Navy oh Wa quater WH RET KR oe Singular ste Ploral Qa #6 & Hr) wr get |) Summons’ 9 Countable Novn # Wer Singuac #1 (Fe Plural summonses Gm | @B Oxford Advanced Lamers Distonay) 92, Two summonses 72 wart errr 27. (8) o doren copies doves of copies #7 ht et Fa A dozen Two dozen 30m A hunked / Two hundred sf 3% are ‘of wr sar vet ert Fey Dozens Hundreds % arg of wt wim eer ty a i) Gowen mangoes Cer 4 Si) fa, (in Dozens of mangoes Et 81%) sunounding $52 suroundings TS ‘Fate surounding H Adjucive & from ané Qi & a Grd aH =); 33— (Patnaandits surrounding countryside Adjective Noun {ry surroundings — Plural Noun ¢ freer ox at 9 Veet ore & a ae wt at"; 29.10) 30.8) 3.0) 32.(a) 3 @) 4.8) 38.) 36.) A Miror of Common Exrors othe cundings_ ofthis mascum Noun sceneries & CH scenery Grrl sre fee TE eam 10231 vee a th tins 5 ed hae orate ae 6 ee Hs hale [We Collcive Noun & aft 7 Uncounable FE ‘fe eet est ame hal Coombe & aH 8, af Eat aft a ain two aes safer rer 8; a Wis ait Ie back. Goer ae eT #) v NOUN (coestve) Allis ir is black + NOUN Goletive) fea Gi) Two eso Ram's heod ae white Two NOUN PLURAL) pooties % AEB pieces of poeuy = poms Sm arm & fora ser stom 1028 inestie % 72H intestines w= wity ee with lotestines 3 571 Plural BY % Bar $1 AHA the somal intestine the large intestine wt 8 oH eH Plural form 5g SAAS FS IT Nouns HTB spectacles (FPR) / glasses (FPR), manners (eraer), siches GIFS, AA) scissor, rouse bricks 3 ee pieces of brick or arte bri stone, ion, jee 7% Uncouniable Nouns &; 3 — © This bunglow is made of brielistone cic. FY sone GF Countable Noun ar & wk eer ont Bae a Tae MBH threw a stone in the water. OT iron "1 plural irons Ber $, St am ond ore a ere offsprings % 28 offspring Bem “Oftspring’ Rrews anf ar & Singular AR Plural SAT H anwh A ager tr £1 33 — (© Her first ofspring (= frst chil ‘could not survive (i) Her two offspring. regard ® wR regards ww wits or wes wr safe 4 kindly thoughts and wishes ® Peg regards =r ‘fer ara &, arc SATE % convey my respects regards, wishes Sa = wit fm ara Gi ‘Wat ===) child =) weA Mimar of Common Errors 37. (D) (i) the ong of #1 WMT the eadman % Wee 78 Ber ‘sifee ratte fire ote ar ew et beadman Gfarm) ert (ii) #3 one of % az the Readmen (@t headman 7 plural @) 0 weit fesar st ar & fey ah esis 3 ar aT se Bt er aren ta (i) The headman of this panchayat is kind, (Fe tira aterm cag ti fru, i) One ofthe headmen of these ten panchayats is ng. ere dere & shed #8 ew eT ty 38. (D) urgent work % Gee an Gx Farr Fe em free arect & fe a tho 13 ver 109 ero ah 39. (©) me ge ti 40, (E) arr aye 41. (A) ype 3 ¥eS types wr the Ber HAAR These / “Tose / cen ether a Demonseaive Adjectives ‘me Noun Frat Phurl pumber # Beads 82 These WT ace This i fren or aeat 8 frat Experssion “This type” @ arem, fry Part (B) # ‘Verb Plural Number # % 374: These types & =e am 42.8) boy % AEB hoys But with certain + Nour (Phuran; certain books Gi) certain pens Frag Acertsin + Noun (Singulag): 32 — (Acertain book. (i) Acertain pen, 43.4) specutes % Vero Single 50 Se sale atook ¢ J Sik Visb (Sing) Ging) i) Ram pats aamango. t Y sub. Verb (Sing) ing) ram (ER ae an, was % Te a Ha Placa. = iy Yous ae aM Fran Plural [Sublet Plaa)—————> Verb Phar O Bigy ae playlagibne hela tT 8, Verb ee (i) We se walkingin the feta, +> Sub. verb ey eb NOTE : wa Ef Subject Verb Agreement eet Problems TE & are, am, war, were, de, does, dare, has ru fswoit # We bo Pet Present Indefinite Tere ‘yer fom Hewes H eth is CH area am, do ea gyge ts has safe er Ratt ae Meat ee ar a (My fiend / wore / not present! there. No Ear. a B.D (fe RT Pare (pH swore ae ‘was! TAT ger fa, tf ART A Subject “My frend” Third Person, Singular Number # #1) we Fee 59 TE (a) ah eH Subject WH Singlor Noun BG Verb ‘Singular far #; 3 (6) Moti aay ae (i) book has bes bought (2) & Singutor Nous and! & a Ver Pal arts Ba ~~ (0) Ram apd Sayam have come Gi) Abook and a pen have been bought (3) #3 Singular Nouns ‘and’ 2 ¥2 tt, oe oe coh woe REDS ene a @) Back oy and gach gi) is invited aa pm ae we coach Noun each Nowe ing) ing.) () ach gy and gil ioe each Noun Noun Sing) (Sing) (a) ae & Single Nouns sani? & gad zs as eat F Verb eee (Bread ana butter is my favourite fod. BE Noms wa ten ‘Brood and user, Rice and curry, Horse and cringe, aammer and site, Crown and glory ee. NOTE: fg 88 2 Nouns 8 We @ fe etait ar se @ a Verb Paral Bor 8; 3B @ Crown and glory exist together % 6 EA Nouns A Pronouns as wel ss, in adtion wo, besides, ike, unlike, with, along with, Together wit, accompaied by, led by. heated by, guided by, contalled by. soverned by, rather than, and not a -B Wi A Vesb eT ows at Ponsua Seger th 8: 3 (i) You as wel as your sister were the wrong. (i) Be together with bis Pend is coming today. NOTE : tar to fe RH eT H Sines TE nas ate fiend B aga were wa WE Problems Fee a fh a (OAH B Subject Not only It also, Neither noe, Either oS 8 CF Vern att xe ou Subject arpare Ba 8; 3B 4 Neither you nor Lam willing to doit, {i Neither you nore is making & noise.A Mimor of Common Errors 2s 1 Fee ee safer roblems Ma an #1 Ba (i) Neither Prakash nor is! bother Past ae/expable “ ®) OF doing this / work within wo days. /No Brox © © ) [GRADIN BANK 1991] (ru soe PART (B) H were AER way we TT fr aI Verb FRE wT Subject “nor, his brother Prashant’ 3 Third Person, Singular Number * 8) (7) af Subject not atm noi 3 a8 a at Verb 3 Subject Nocera 3G 8, seis arg ae fs foe Sobecs No (0) Nor she burher frends are guilty (She and no er fiends is aul: (4 3 sees Subject Each, Bier, Singular ta; $3— {Tinted 180 boys bu miter has come, (9) Each of Either of either off Everyone of / One of cither ®t Verb ss % E_Noun Plural W& #, fey Verb Singular: 3% ——— @ Bach ofthe mangoes. tripe Noun 1) Cid One of them has played well Tt Pronoun (P.) ve Free sme Problem 28 — (The teacher asked the student / if every one of them / a ®) ‘wore ready to attend the classes every day /No Bro © © e) (ETB PART (6) ‘wer’ Be NGA “way eT “Bar wa every one of E Noun Pronoun Plural Fg et Singular er Me 0) we aM a Subject everybody. somebody, ads amadb—iancens a5 RO, aE Frehing, someting. noting. anh ety Singula Sri Fovetig mig, ang Singul Everybody knows ta ie eth ground (i Bveryody among your en tikes playing 24e_ (12) af ea Subject Many, Both, Few, A few @ @ ‘Verb Plural tra &; 8— (0 Both are bape. ca. (i) Many were invited bua few have ome. AR Bow of few of Few of Many of "6 Noun = 7 Pronoun Parla Vex Phra at; 48— (Many ofthe ges are green, y Noun i) (14) Many, A greet many, A good many % =e Now ral 3 Verb st Phra rr #; (0A great many boys are siting We ‘rt Many aan % TE Nour Singuier HX Vexb ein = @ Many a pen is. red, bobobod Many 9 Noun Verb Sing.) (Sing) (15) A numberof A large number of, Large rumbers of {WE Noun ural TH Ve sf Plural Bar 8; #3 — (A number of srs have passe ‘, The number of % 3K Noun Plural FY Vox gue 33 a (The numberof the bases is nereasig (46) Some, Some of, Ail, Al of, Enough, Most, Most of, Lost of, Alot of, Plenty of ® > Noun #f& Countable 2 Plural at f a8 Verbs Plurals $8 — (WAN men are wer. (Gi Low of players were thee. ferg, We SAB =I Noun Uncountable @ 8 ae Sin aut oh vate Seales ‘Some money is heeded. (Gi Lots of mal is avilable. (17) Hatf of, One third of, Two thirds of, Three fourths of 1 AE Noun a Countable & ae Plural Hr @ ate Verb st Plural ar &; $8 — () Half of the hotels are closed today Fg, A ATE Noun AK Uncouriabe & et ay Singular Bar ie Verb &t Singular rat th $3 — () Two thirds of the Jand has been ploughed 2 18 Mowe tan one Hs Singular Noun 3 Single Nida a () More than one rm is vacant fee, More + Plural Noun + than one % 9 Verb Plural ant 3 @) More teachers than one are Ise (19) There Fat te we wT AE Inwoductory Subjects SoH AT There We Ved ow wT There aE BT Noun = Pronoun % Number af Porson oe féc sre a (i There was a hing, (G) There were two kings. fey, te wet Veh Ure Singulr at @; $8 (Ws these boys that ame ats todayeee 2» A Mirror of Common Errors 2 Go) A Feat Numeral Adjective + Plural Noun & fires Or, gO, ay, SAE oe wT aw TM Verb tar 8 ta ( Twothousand —gupees ig a fandsome amount L Lob Numeral Noun Verb (aa) LY Ging) (3) Ten tos of coals enouh for me fiery, Hf Numeral Adjective + Plant Noun & fart afer at ve Heat Verb Paral ans BB ( Twothresand —eagees ine been spent t toe Nament Noun Verb (adi (PO) SieE. (21 af who, which war that TMT Relative Pronouns BwT RRR A TTT Verb A Amccedents Number 3 Person WE ofc Um &; $B— (1. whoam ateacher, teach here, ‘The students who are her id not do well se Fre 5 amar Problems ger YS ant #; AB (i) One of the issues / which was discussed / in the ee & By meeting / was raised by me, /No Btor. © o ® {BSRB. PATNA 1992), Bu me % Pan (B) # Sway Bae were’ wy ATT ‘@T Bis ‘which? Relative Pronoun ® Freer Amecedent the issues’ Plural & afte ras FETC Verb Plural Bom (2) FHF F Unlultilled wish, condition, desire ‘wat sch Be Fre of at if ar though, I with, We wieh ete SR WE To Bey THT BH oH FE wore’ we TH rat SE Subjoct FR Number Pesion # FH B a twist Tere abe ‘Fa fre mt amnnfia Problems ager 7B st #; Fe (i) IT was you T would have tld / the Chairman to keep aw ® oO is mouth shut, No Brox © © [BS.RB. (BANGALORE) P. 0. EXAM, 1990] Pa gas Past (A) HF swas' & SA were’ FT fer Sette Pier Unililed wish / condition desire Cord v8 ore % Flr if if / a ugh / Pwish ge ee To Be wR BA eww ‘were’ BT FT oom By (23) 2 Pronouns ‘and’ & y¥ F Verb Plural dar &; a guilty L veo ey he have disturbed me. Pro. Verb eo ‘eu Fos = sts Problems ft agar YS aa: BB @ You and 1 / am going to take part / in the meeting a @ tomorrow / No rot © © . BLDSB, 1990) tea rer Pat @) ¥ am VF ace wT HoT ‘eae Pars (A) "You" mer “ang BH SNC Bu ER Subject Plural fy) LEMS BASED ON SUBJEC" AGREEMENT Directlons » Find out the error in each of the following sentences, fam. If there txno errr, your answer is RB 1M miles beyond / that pasture was seen hundreds / of wo » cau inlting sane abs. No Er fe) De tis iced that he ite class hve no sot comer or ~ = the dovrten who ae the / ein ofthe present ‘© D social se. No Er © 4.Riu a wells sme of er ents bye fallen nove & &) o it Sonn, hashes son af an. ONO Exe ©) © 4.More tan one suze candidate! have then the oo imerview for one / ofthe popular magazine / bei (By [oy bled fom Dei, No Er © © (Bis tee any icles in dosing of is srpeis x @ oO © building / built on such a spacious / and beautiful oO campus, ‘No Eror oy ©A Mirtor of Common Errors z The aera well asi lower a folly injured 46-A bay af vaca Have Ben rand io Rp he a 5 & ® in/the ain cident which ose a ight eh faely members ner ae ose the fonds. © ( cay rig / Noor Notre © ® © 1.The request of the worker” onion that thir wages 17-Eachf the soden, whom Thive chose ke pa / «a. B) (A) B) sold einen! wee suport fava maj clr rogranes 0 Be perma / ne Cy © wD oO Notme Hata yp othe mat No or & @) (E) slong the nother forte / of India is seen / the Himalayas Teody among ts 8) w ® © «drinking / when the Manager of the hotel / was shot dead./ Iighy inh pend. / Noo mE st o> ® NoBne ” 9 Te pb ys ta i many importants toy) in ® (©) @aoriae we news /pensinng oe sudden seis of Ds nen belo hbo Be pit. Noor ew ‘®) ®) © Sen have been communicated by soe fh aan : © is ot pod s0 We have soe nen Ago wll /NO Ey hth shold el Gandhi, Nahi and Kat Ma. ©) © the should ead Gandhi Nebr and Kee Marx. augh hse bling ae nnd of pa, tae NoBor is ° 5 have been mich improvement Inter appearance. » 6 8 este the hl / wo bar eareay beni Noor a) © © sswellas cows No Bor (Be ten sys a tee oc s/t nd he oO ©) ~ (A) a hoa nt forget that we have aight to ree ho tee mora egrodaicn nd ae repose fr a 8) © ‘but / at the same time each of us / have to remember the ‘many evils growing in our society, / No Error © © o © uty ho, NoE nor 22. Not oly the dats but alo hms of ie ing © o ® (De posracions deter aay do wometing tat nay Homes ET knd andl he aed No ror incur inst? on her migbous who hota wrong /- #28 There spews umber of ew fs in he ala ‘© ow ® epiion shot fai. No Er relly do at kom where hey tae em om an vy © © ‘o 3 14.00 ofthe iggn nduil Houses in Mba ion NOB yy 8) oO Se seagectdecting sou No Err 2A. Tents ae the same problems in ti dy ody oO © sw ®) om ves 18 an ny ma for sai No oe (Bow Head of te Deparment ated / tat ani of “s ey lect on Milner tobe aang he flowing 25-THE man who canoe ht ses athe man who © jeve anything else are / insane. / No Error seek andso.e shou notre any suisse No morte eine amin sae nae. /No Ey ®