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50 Spotting the Error 'Tense'


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 1. (a) I have not seen him since twenty years / (b) and so I cannot say with certainty / (c) whether he is alive or dead / (d) No error.


2. (a) When he did not find his cook in the kitchen / (b) he asked his wife / (c) where had he gone / (d) No error.


3. (a) Although I am playing cricket / (b) for more than three years / (c) I have not been able to score a century / (d) No error.


4. (a) I do not know where could he have gone / (b) so early / (c) in the morning / (d) No error.


5. (a) By the time / (b) we got our tickets and entered the cinema theatre, / (c) the show was already begun / (d) No error.


6. (a) By the time / (b) we will get our tickets and enter the cinema theatre, / (c) the show will have already begun / (d) No error.


7. (a) Gowri told me / (b) his name after / (c) he left / (d) No error.


 8. (a) we have been / (b) celebrating many festivals / (c) since centuries / (d) No error.


9. (a) Old age and infirmity / (b) had began to / (c) catch up with him / (d) No error.


10. (a) The passer-by told us / (b) where was the marriage hall / (c) and even led us to it / (d) No error.


11. (a) I have passed / (b) the examination / (c) two years ago / (d) No error.


12. (a) Since he joined / (b) this post, he did not take / (c) any bribe / (d) No error.


13. (a) Perhaps you know / (b) that I have passed / (c) the examination in 1990 / (d) No error.


14. (a) He has read four plays / (b) written by Shakespeare / (c) by the end of his vacation / (d) No error.


15. (a) When they stole / (b) the money / (c) and where did they hide it ? / (d) No error.


16. (a) The teacher / (b) has took / (c) the responsibility / (d) No error.


17. (a) For time immemorial / (b) sea shells have been used by ma / (c) in many ways / (d) No error.


18. (a) The river is in spate / (b) and it has overflown / (c) its banks / (d) No error.


19. (a) The little boy / (b) had been waiting for his turn / (c) since a long time / (d) No error.


20. (a) This T.V. serial / (b) is going on / (c) for 3 years / (d) No error.


21. (a) In the early years of the renaissance of Bharatanatyam, hereditary dancers have their own set of accompanists/ (b) who lived with the dancers and travelled with them from place to place/ (c) when they gave performances./ (d) No error


22. (a) This is turned out to be/ (b) one of our most successful projects/ (c) and we have made quite/ (d) a large profit from it./ (e) No error


23. (a) He is given me/ (b) a lot of documents/ (c) to read before/ (d) the presentation tomorrow./ (e) No error


24. (a) Since the trip home/ (b) was expensive I/ (c) did not went home/ (d) during the holidays./ (e) No error.


25. (a) As she is late/ (b) for work yesterday she decided/ (c) to skip breakfast and/ (d)

leave for office./ (e) No error


26. (a) As soon as the CEO entered the office, the/ (b) union leaders approached him/ (c) and report the matter to him./ (d) No error


27. (a) The college/ (b) is running a computer course/ (c) since 2007./ (d) No error


28. (a) Did he tell you/ (b) why he hasn’t/ (c) come yesterday?/ (d) No error


29. (a) Last night I dream/ (b) I was a Sheikh on the 169th floor/ (c) of Burj Khalifa./ (d) No error


30. (a) She and her sister/ (b) were working here/ (c) since 1983./ (d) No error


 31. (a) Nobody saw him/ (b) since the fire broke/ (c) in his locality./ (d) No error


32. (a) By this time next year/ (b) Ramesh will take/ (c) his degree./ (d) No error


33. (a) The families/ (b) are living in Gulmohar Park/ (c) for the last two decades./ (d) No error


34. (a) My uncle/ (b) has left/ (c) for Bombay last Saturday./ (d) No error


35. (a) Good heavens !/ (b) How has she/ (c) grown !/ (d) No error


36. (a) I ate/ (b) nothing/ (c) since morning/ (d) No error


37. (a) He/ (b) is having/ (c) many friends here/ (d) No error


38. (a) When I went there/ (b) Charles is playing/ (c) a game of chess/ (d) No error


39. (a) The vaccine/ (b) when hit the market/ (c) is dogged by controversy/ (d) No error


40. (a) The victim tried to tell us/ (b) what has happened but/ (c) his voice was not audible./(d) No error


41. (a) Our history can be seen as a long evolutionary dialectical development / (b) in which there have been / (c) a painstaking forging of rational and moral self / (d) No error.


42. (a) Last year two Italian prisoners of war / (b) escapes from a prison camp / (c) in Kenya during the war / (d) No error.


43. (a) Madhuri Dixit / (b) is having / (c) a large fan following / (d) No error.


44. (a) No one heard anything / (b) about him since / (c) he left India for good / (d) No error.


45. (a) Before the teacher / (b) could finish the question / (c) the students gave the correct answer / (d) No error.


46. (a) She did not prepare / (b) her / (c) breakfast yet / (d) No error.


47. (a) Perhaps you do not know / (b) I am owning / (c) a farm house besides two bungalows / (d) No error.


48. (a) When Anand reached his village / (b) he found that / (c) the news about him preceded him / (d) No error.


49. (a) She will already return / (b) home / (c) when he arrives / (d) No error.


50. (a) Each one of them / (b) has have his share / (c) of joy and sorrow / (d) No error.



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