List of errors in English Language - 10 for ID

No. Quotation

1 I am having four brothers and three sisters.

2 He do not have a laptop.

3 Does she has a car?

4 That only, she is very arrogant.

5 Last before year she got very good marks.

6
He did not wrote the test last week.

 I came to office by walk.

8
What is the time in your watch?

9 The price of this mobile phone is higher than

yours.

10
His son-in-laws have come home.
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 Observati
Error Type Correction
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Present continuous tense error. I have four brothers and three sisters. -

Do not should not be used after the subject pronoun

He does not have a laptop.
(He, She, It).

The helping verb does is used at the beginning and

the main verb have denotes possession or Does she have a car?
ownership.

Saying "That only" was the wrong way to emphasize That was what I said. She is very arrogant.
what the speaker has already said.

Phrases that can be used: Month before last, Day

Year before last she got good marks.
before last, Week before last.

The helping verb 'did' is followed by the present

tense of the verb and not the past tense form. He did not write the test last week.
We can say "by car", "by bike", "by bus", "by train"
and "by flight". However, we cannot say "by walk", as
I came to office on foot.
it is the "foot" which is being used to travel and not
"walk".

In replaced with by. What is the time by your watch?

While comparing two individuals/things than is The price of this mobile phone is higher than
followed by the pronoun that. that of yours.

In plural form, it is always mothers-in-law, brothers-

in-law, sisters-in-law. His sons-in-law have come home.