VERB BASIC EXERCISE

1. (a) If your jogging clothes /(b) were not made of /(c) permeable fabric you will drown/(d) in your sweat

2. (a) Owing to the heavy rains /(b) the ship drowned/(c) in the middle of the ocean /(d) No error

3. (a) The capital of Yemen/(b) is situating /(c) 2190 metres above the sea level /(d) No error

4.(a) In any case no disciplinary action/(b) are required /(c) to be taken /(d) No error

5.(a) I wasn’t /(b) at the last meeting and /(c) neither was you/(d) No error

6.(a) He remembered /(b) that his visa/(c) will be expired in a month/(d) No error

7. (a) Very soon/(b) I realized/(c) that he is at fault/(d) No error

8. (a) I think /(b) the news/(c) might true/(d) No error

9. (a) Our knowledge of history does not come to our help/(b) and sometimes we even fail to remember/(c) who

  invented America /(d) No error

10. (a) Are you/(b) used to get/(c) up early/(d) No error

11. (a) It is very cold here/(b) I should bring /(c) my woolen clothes but I didn’t/(d) No error

12. (a) We ought to /(b) honest/(c) in your dealings/(d) No error

13. (a) If you get good marks /(b) I shall happy /(c) as much as you/(d) No error

14. (a) When you were young/(b) you ought to learn /(c) good habits/(d) No error

15. (a) He returned the purse/(b) though he could keep/(c) it very easily/(d) No error

16. (a) “He may live long” /(b) his sad mother/(c) prayed/(d) No error

17. (a) The police think/(b) that he may be there/(c) yesterday at the scene of crime/(d) No error

18. (a) The Government cannot /(b) be able to contain /(c) Encephalitis by spending just 1% of GDP on Health  sector /(d) No error

19. (a) Waste material/(b) should be recycle/(c) if possible/(d) No error

20. (a) Rama must not to/(b) have treated his mistress/(c) like that/(d) No error

21. (a) The old lady/ (b) prayed that he /(c) may live long (d) No error

22. (a) She would broke/(b) a plate every day/(c) when she came to Delhi last month /(d) No error

23. (a) You need to work hard/(b) but you need not /(c) to waste time on unimportant lessons /(d) No error

24. (a) He hoped /(b) that he will/(c) pass the exam with flying colors/(d) No error

25. (a) Run fast/(b) lest you/(c) will miss the train/(d) No error

26. (a) I would rather /(b) die/(c) than beg/(d) No error

27. (a) A soldier/(b) could fight /(c) for his country and save his country’s honor/(d) No error

28. (a) I use to /(b) play hockey/(c) when I was ten year old/(d) No error

29. (a) He dare/(b) not to /(c) go there/(d) No error

30. (a) Harish needs not /(b) come here/(c) as it is getting dark/(d) No error

31. (a) When I was young/(b) I can run/(c) faster than Mohan/(d) No error

32. (a) My brother thinks/(b) that somebody must have dared/(c) him steal the scooter/(d) No error

33. (a) Being implicated in a murder case/(b) he was conclusively suspected/(c) for all the unsolved murder cases/ d) no error

34. (a) The timid creature was driven /(b) into a narrow lane/(c) where it was slewed by the kidnapper/(d) No error

35. (a) When the company offered him a purse on his retirement/(b) he refused to/(c) agree it./(d) No error

36. (a) If I leave now,/(b) I will not be able to /(c) return back before 9 p.m./(d) No error

37. (a) The assassin was convicted /(b) and ordered to /(c) be hung/(d) No error

38. (a) When calamity fell the village/(b) they faced it /(c) bravely/(d) No error

39. (a) He lay his luggage/(b) aside and lay down/(c) to rest for a while/(d) No error

40. (a) During the rainy season/(b) many rivers overflew their banks/(c) and caused great difficulty/(e)No error

41. (a) He lied on the grass/(b) for hours/(c) enjoying the cool breeze /(d) No error

 42 . (a) I keep my cool /(b) and never loose my temper /(c) even when provoked/ (d) No error

43. (a) Failure must not have /(b) permanent affect on a person/(c) because only the tough survives /(d) No error

 44. (a)I complaint against him/(b) as in spite of my repeated warnings/(c) he failed to mend his ways/(d) No error

 45. (a)The university was /(b) found in 1950/(c) when India was not self dependent in many aspects/(d) No error

46. (a)He was borne of poor parents/(b) but brought up /(c) in an affluent family/(d) No error

47. (a) He was so inquisitive/(b) that he rose many/(c) questions in the class/(d) No errors

ANSWERS WITH EXPLANATION

1. (c) Change ‘will’ into ‘would’ as the sentence is in past

2. (b) Use sank (V2), it is used for non-living thing, remove drowned

3. (b) Change ‘situating’ to ‘situated’

4. (b) Change ‘are’ into ‘is; because the subject ‘disciplinary action’ is singular

5. (c) Change ‘was’ into ‘were’. ‘You’ take ‘were and not ‘was’.

6. (c) Change ‘will be expired’ into ‘would expire’.

7. (c) Change ‘is’ into ‘was’

8. (c) Use ‘be’ after ‘might’

9. (b) Change ‘invented’ into ‘discovered’ as ‘to invent’ means ‘to make something new that was not there before

      that. ‘To discover’ means ‘to find out something for the first time which was not in the knowledge of the people’

10. (b) Change ‘get’ into ‘getting’ (Here used to denoted a habitual action)

11. (b Use ‘should have brought’. From the sentence we understand that the hidden meaning is – ‘he did not bring’

12. (a) Put ‘be’ after ‘ought to’. A modal must be followed by a main verb

13. (b) Put main verb ‘be’ after ‘shall’. A modal must be followed by a main verb

14. (b) ought to learn’ should be changed to ‘ought to have learnt’. From the sentence we understand that the hidden

       meaning is – ‘he did not learn good habits.

15.  Change ‘could keep; to ‘could have kept’. From the sentence we understand that the hidden meaning is – ‘he did

      not keep the purse’

16. (a)‘May he live long’ is right. An optative sentence starts with ‘may’

17. (b) Change ‘may’ into ‘might’ (past). ‘yesterday’ denotes past. Hence past form of ‘may’ must be used

18. (b)‘cannot’ shows ability, remove ‘be able to’. If we use both ‘able to’ and can together in a sentence, the

      sentence becomes superfluous

19. (a)‘Should be’ is followed by ‘V3’. ‘Recycled’ is the appropriate word

20. (a) Remove ‘to’ as the sentence must be in the formula ‘must + not + have + V3

21. (c) Use ‘might’ (past) in place of ‘may’ (Present) as the sentence is in past

22. (a) V1 is used after all the modals. Use ‘break’ in place of ‘broke’

23. (c) ‘Need not’ is followed by ‘V1’. Hence remove ‘to’.

24. (b) Use would (past) as the sentence is in past.

25. (c) Use ‘should’ in place of ‘will’. ‘Lest’ is followed by ‘should’.

26. (c) Use ‘than’ in place of ‘will’. ‘Lest’ is followed by ‘should’

27. (b) Use ‘must’ or ‘ought to’ in place of ‘could’

28. (a) Use ‘I used to’ in place of ‘I use to’. ‘Used to’ express pass routine action

29. (b) ‘dare not’ is followed by ‘go’ and not ‘to go’

30. (a) Use ‘need’ in place of ‘needs’. ‘Need’ is a modal here and not a main verb

31. (b) Use could (past) as the sentence is in past

32. (c) Add ‘to’ before ‘steal’

33. (b) ‘Conclusively’ means ‘putting an end to a debate, question or doubt’. The word ‘Suspect’ doesn’t go with

      ‘conclusively’ as the sentence becomes self contradictory

34. (c) Slain is the V3 form of ‘slay’. Slewed is wrong

35. (c) Use ‘Accept’ in place of ‘agree’

36. (c) Remove ‘back’. The word ‘back’ makes ‘return’ superfluous

37. (c) Use ‘Hanged’ in place of ‘hung’. Hanged means ‘to suspend by the neck’

38. (a) ‘Befell’ is an appropriate word here which means ‘to happen especially as if by fate’

39. (a) Laid is the correct word and V2 form of ‘lay’

40. (b) Overflowed is the correct word here which means ‘to flow out of a particular space because it has become surplus.

41. (a) Use ‘lay’ in place of ‘lied’

42. (b) Loose (Adj.) is not an appropriate word here. ‘Lose’ is the correct word

43. (b) Use effect (N) in place of affect (V)

44. (a) V2/V3 of complain is complained. Complaint is a noun. ‘Complaint’ means a grievance or a problem

45. (b) use ‘founded’ in place of ‘found’. V3 of found (to establish) is ‘founded’

46. (a) V3 of bear (to produce off springs) is ‘born’. V3 of bear (to tolerate) is borne

47. (b) ‘raised’ is the correct word. ‘Rose’ means to ‘get up’

VERB BASIC ERROR – (PARTS OF SPEECH) EXERCISE 2  HIGH LEVEL

Directions: Some parts of the sentences contain grammatical error. Find out the part which has an error and mark that part. If the

sentence contains no error then mark’ ‘e’ as your answer.

1. When the dentist came in my tooth stopped aching out of fear that I might lose my tooth. No error

2. Had the function not been postponed because of the strike she may have been able to participate No Error

3. When at last we got to the theatre the much publicised play was already begun. No error.

4. I am sorry I did not know you had left your coat here when you came to see me last Thursday. No error.

5. One of the biggest industrial houses in Maharashtra are declaring a lock out. No error.

6. Once he realises that he commits a mistake he admits and corrects it without delay. No error.

7. More widely popular than the hunting of deer or fox was the pursuit of the hare. No error.

8. The Hindi and the Marathi are different forms of the Sanskrit languages which were once spoken in almost every part of India. No error.

9. Children visiting the park are amused by the monkeys play in the cages. No error.

10. The committee chief warned the party members that if they persist In their obstructionist attitude they would be suspended. No error.

11. If I fail in this examination I shall give the next examination. No error.

12. When asked a question he rose his hand to catch the teacher’s attention. No error.

13. Please rest for a while and when you rest I’ll take your round the garden to show you our new roses  No error.

14. Sometimes the ministers behave as if they are ministers for all time. No error.

15. He hanged his head in shame when he came to know of his sons mischief. No error.

16. I think everyone of these men are incompetent. No error.

17. She had been a nurse for three years and then she wants to study medicine. No error.

18. People like Mahesh looks always cheerful not because of the peace of mind but merely because of successful gestures. No error.

19. Would you please request him not to open the envelope without my consent. No error.

20. They are going to start early in order that they will not be late. No error.

21. Everyone of those who come here are foolish and cannot be relied upon. No error.

22. What India needs today are more scientist technicians and planners. No error.

23. If anyone of the guests choose to leave before the ceremony is over lead him to exit quickly.

24. None of the drug addicts have good human relations at home. No error.

25. While proceeding on leave he had orally committed that he would resume after two days.No error.

26. Now-a-days he along with his friends go for a ride every evening. No error.

27. The unreasonable behaviour of his daughter was thoroughly upset Mr. Gupta No error.

28. The father with the son were mysteriously missing from the house. No error.

29. It is high time that we leave this place. No error.

30. Due to inflation the prices of essential items are arising. No error.

31. He did not and could not have understood the full facts of the case. No error.

32. Every man and woman in the village were present at the festival. No error.

33. The constant shouting of slogans do not solve the problems of the country. No error.

34. Many a bride have been burnt and killed for dowry. No error.

35. She never has allowed and never will allow her only son to join army. No error.

VERB ANSWERS & EXPLANATION

1. (a) No error

2. (d) Use might in place of ‘may’

3. (d) Drop ‘was’ and use ‘had’

4. (e) No error

5. (d) Use ‘is’ in place of ‘are’

6. (b) He has committed

7. (e) No error

8. Use ‘language in place of languages

9. (d) Use ‘playing’ in place of ‘play’

10. (b) ‘Persisted’ should be used in place of persist.

11. (c) Use ‘take’ in place of ‘give’

12. (b) ‘rose’ should be replaced with ‘raised’

13. (b) ‘Have rested’ should be used

14. (c) Use ‘were’ in place of ‘are’ becoz the sentence is conditional

15. (a) use ‘hung’ in place of ‘hanged’

16. (c) ‘is’ in place of ‘are’

17. (d) use ‘wanted’ in place of wants

18. (b) ‘looks’ should be replaces with ‘look’

19. (e) No error

20. (d) use may in place of ‘will’

21. (b) Use ‘is’ in place of ‘are’

22. (b) Use ‘is’ in place of ‘are’

23. (a) ‘Choose’ should be replaced with ‘chooses’

24. (c) Use ‘has’

25. (e) No error

26. Use ‘goes’

27. (c) Drop ‘was’

28. (b) Use ‘was’

29. (c) Use ‘left’

30. (d) the verb ‘arising’ should be replaced with ‘rising’

31. (a) Use ‘understand’ with didn’t

32. (c) Use ‘was’

33. (b) ‘don’t should be replaced with doesn’t

34. (b) Use ‘has been’

35. (d) No error