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SSC Spelling Error Test 49
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    Directions For Questions

    In the sentence, identify the segment which contains the grammatical error. If the sentence has no error, then select 'No error'.

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    I will try to tell to you what you must do.
    Solutions
    Option B has the grammatically incorrect part. 'Tell to you' is an incorrect way of expresssion. 'Tell' never takes 'to' with it.
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    In the sentence, identify the segment which contains the grammatical error. If the sentence has no error, then select 'No error'.

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    On holiday I prefer reading storybooks to visiting my friends. 

    Solutions

    The sentence is absolutely correct.

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    Directions For Questions

    In the sentence, identify the segment which contains the grammatical error.

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    I was laying down when the doorbell rang. 
    Solutions
    Option B has the grammatically incorrect part.
    Lie (lies, lying, lay, lain) = to put yourself in a flat position.
    Hence, lying down …….should be used here.
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    In the sentence, identify the segment which contains the grammatical error. If the sentence has no error, then select 'No error'.

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    I told the teacher that the homework set for the day was so much for us to complete.
    Solutions
    Option C has the grammatically incorrect part. Replace "so" with "too". The words too…to have a negative meaning. It means ‘more than is necessary or desirable’.
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    Directions For Questions

    In the sentence, identify the segment which contains the grammatical error.

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    Someone, they don’t know who, knocked at their door in midnight. 

    Solutions

    Option C has the grammatically incorrect part. Generally, preposition at is used with midnight not in. Therefore, it is incorrect to use the preposition "in" in the sentence.

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    Directions For Questions

    In the sentence, identify the segment which contains the grammatical error. If the sentence has no error, then select 'No error'.

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    Dinesh is accused for stealing the camera.
    Solutions
    Option B has the grammatically incorrect part. The preposition of follows the verb accused. So, 'of' should be used in place of 'for' in the given sentence.
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    Directions For Questions

    In the sentence identify the segment which contains the grammatical error. If the sentence has no error, then select 'No error'.

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    She wondered how was he going to manage if he couldn’t get a job.
    Solutions
    The sentence is grammatically incorrect and error lies in option B. The given sentence is an assertive sentence. Therefore, put the auxiliary "was" after the subject "he" to make the sentence grammatically correct.
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    Directions For Questions

    In the sentence, identify the segment which contains the grammatical error. If the sentence has no error, then select 'No error'.

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    The river has overflown its banks.
    Solutions
    Option B has the grammatically incorrect part. "Overflown" is the past form of "overfly which means to fly over something. However, the correct word to be used in the sentence is "overflowed" which is the past form of "overflow" which means to be so full that the contents go over the sides.
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    Directions For Questions

    In the sentence, identify the segment which contains the grammatical error. If the sentence has no error, then select 'No error'.

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    The principal started his lecture with a pessimistic note. 

    Solutions
    The error is in option (C). Replace 'with' by 'on' to make the sentence correct.
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    Directions For Questions

    In the sentence, identify the segment which contains the grammatical error. If the sentence has no error, then select 'No error'.

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    If they had invited us we would attend their function
    Solutions

    Option B has the grammatically incorrect part. The given sentence is a conditional sentence and we use these sentences to talk about situations in the past that did not actually happen. We use the past perfect tense in the if-clause and would have + past participle in the main clause.

    If clause:                                               Main clause

    If I had known about the rainy weather, I would not have gone hiking.

    So, the correct structure of the given sentence would be "If they had invited us we would have attended their function.

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