Question 1

Identify the error in the following sentence:
The proposal (A) / will be submitted (B) / to the committee (C) / next Monday. (D) / No error (E)

Accepted Answer

The sentence is grammatically correct. It uses simple future passive voice ('will be submitted') with proper subject-verb agreement, correct preposition ('to'), and an appropriate temporal marker ('next Monday').

Question 2

Identify the error in the following sentence:
The documents (A) / was signed (B) / by the director (C) / yesterday morning. (D) / No error (E)

Accepted Answer

The error is in part (B). The subject 'documents' is plural, but the verb 'was' is singular. The correct form should be 'were signed' to maintain subject-verb agreement in passive voice.

Question 3

Identify the error in the following sentence:
The project (A) / has been completed (B) / by the team (C) / in time. (D) / No error (E)

Accepted Answer

The sentence is grammatically correct. It uses present perfect passive voice ('has been completed') appropriately, with correct subject-verb agreement, proper agent introduction ('by the team'), and a correct temporal phrase ('in time').

Question 4

Identify the error in the following sentence:

The report (A) was prepared by the team (B) and it has been submitted (C) to the management yesterday. (D) No error (E)

Accepted Answer

The error is in part (C). The sentence uses 'has been submitted' (present perfect passive), but the time marker 'yesterday' requires simple past passive 'was submitted'. When a specific past time is mentioned, simple past tense must be used, not present perfect. The correct form should be: 'The report was prepared by the team and it was submitted to the management yesterday.'

Question 5

Identify the error in the following sentence:
The report (A) / was prepared by (B) / the senior manager (C) / last week. (D) / No error (E)

Accepted Answer

The sentence is grammatically correct. It uses passive voice appropriately ('was prepared by') with proper past tense ('last week'). All parts follow standard English grammar rules.

Question 6

Identify the error in the following sentence:
The new software (A) / has been developed (B) / by the IT team (C) / since three months. (D) / No error (E)

Accepted Answer

The error is in part (D). The phrase 'since three months' is incorrect. 'Since' is used with a point in time (e.g., 'since January'), not a duration. The correct form should be 'for three months'.

Question 7

The proposal (A) was rejected by the board (B) because it was not (C) thoroughly examined (D). No error (E)

Accepted Answer

There is no error in this sentence. All parts are grammatically correct. Part A uses the correct passive voice subject ('The proposal'). Part B correctly uses the passive voice construction 'was rejected by the board' with appropriate preposition 'by.' Part C correctly uses the negation 'was not' in passive voice. Part D correctly places the adverb 'thoroughly' before the past participle 'examined,' which is the standard position for manner adverbs in passive voice. The entire sentence demonstrates proper passive voice construction with correct adverb placement and negation.

Question 8

The report (A) was being prepared / (B) by the team when the manager (C) has arrived / (D) at the office. / No error

Accepted Answer

The sentence contains a tense consistency error. When two actions occur in the past with one interrupting the other, the interrupted action uses past continuous and the interrupting action uses simple past. Here, 'has arrived' (present perfect) is incorrect; it should be 'arrived' (simple past) to match the timeline of 'was being prepared.'

Question 9

The report (A) was submitted by the manager (B) before the deadline, and it (C) has been reviewed by the committee (D) yesterday. No error (E)

Accepted Answer

The error is in part (D). The phrase 'has been reviewed...yesterday' contains a tense mismatch. When using the adverb 'yesterday' (a definite past time marker), the verb must be in simple past tense, not present perfect. The correct form should be 'was reviewed by the committee yesterday.' Present perfect ('has been reviewed') is used for actions completed at an unspecified time or with relevance to the present, never with definite past time expressions like 'yesterday,' 'last week,' or 'in 2020.'

Question 10

Identify the error in the following sentence:

The research findings, which have been (A) / analyzed by experts, (B) / suggests that the new policy (C) / should be implemented immediately. (D) / No error (E)

Accepted Answer

The error is in part (C). The subject 'findings' is plural, but the verb 'suggests' is singular. The correct form should be 'suggest'. The relative clause 'which have been analyzed' does not change the number of the main subject 'findings'.

Question 11

Identify the error in the following sentence:

The report (A) / which was submitted by the team / (B) have been thoroughly (C) / reviewed by the management committee. (D) / No error (E)

Accepted Answer

The error is in part (C). The subject 'report' (singular) requires the singular auxiliary verb 'has' instead of 'have'. In passive voice constructions with relative clauses, the auxiliary verb must agree with the antecedent noun 'report', not the plural noun in the relative clause.

Question 12

Identify the error in the following sentence:

The proposal, along with the supporting documents, (A) / have been submitted (B) / by the consultant (C) / who was hired last month. (D) / No error (E)

Accepted Answer

The error is in part (B). The subject 'proposal' is singular; the phrase 'along with the supporting documents' is a parenthetical addition and does not affect subject-verb agreement. The correct form should be 'has been submitted', not 'have been submitted'.

Question 13

Identify the error in the following sentence:

The documents (A) / that were being prepared by the department / (B) is expected to be (C) / submitted before the deadline. (D) / No error (E)

Accepted Answer

The error is in part (C). The subject 'documents' is plural, but the auxiliary verb 'is' is singular. The correct form should be 'are expected to be'. The relative clause structure does not change the number of the main subject.

Question 14

Identify the error in the following sentence:

The committee members, each of whom (A) / have extensive experience, (B) / was asked to provide (C) / their recommendations on the matter. (D) / No error (E)

Accepted Answer

The error is in part (B). The phrase 'each of whom' is singular, requiring the singular verb 'has', not 'have'. Although 'committee members' is plural, the pronoun 'each' is singular and controls the verb agreement in this construction.

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