INTEGRATED GRAMMAR

1. Place the correct form of the word in the blank.

While we are loath to place restrictions on language use, oxymoron usually refers
to a set of ____________ (contradict) words rather than to a contradictory person.
2. Identify the error in the newspaper headline and supply the correction, for
the following sentence:
Ahead of the hearing on Supreme court where it has to give opinion on according
to scheduled caste status to Dalit.
Use the given format for your response.
ERROR CORRECTION

3. However honest he _____, I do not trust him.

(a) is (b) may be (c) might be (d) could be
4. Select the option that identifies the error and supplies the correction for the
following line, from a health report.
Tobacco breaks down quickly in the human body, so addicts might need to smoke
or chew some on a regular basis to maintain the desired effects of nicotine on the
brain to keep their focus intact.
OPTION ERROR CORRECTION
(A) may Might
(B) or And
(C) on in
(D) their the
5. Fill in the blank by using the correct form of the word in the bracket, for the
given portion of a letter sent to the maintenance office of a gated campus.
Subject : Flaunting of safety rules
There is no checking of visitors at the main entrance gate of our society. Thus,
vendors and messengers _____ (wander) and have free access to the doorsteps of
the residents.
6. Complete the given narrative, by filling in the blank with the correct option.
All sorts of cruelties _____ upon them but the farmers remained united.
(a) are being inflicted (b) had inflicted
(c) were inflicted (d) might be inflicted
7. Fill in the blank by using the correct form of the word in the bracket, for the
given portion of a letter.
Subject : Human dependence on technology.
Through this letter, I wish to highlight our excessive dependence on technology
which _____ steadily
but surely _____ (turn) us into slaves.
8. Report the dialogue between a beggar and a woman by completing the
sentence.
Lady : Aren’t you ashamed of not working?
Bagger : Madam, begging is also a work.
An annoyed lady asked a beggar _____, to which the beggar retorted that _____
9. Identify the error in the given sentence, from a security report of a residential
area and supply the correction.
 Most of the people would have given the thief to the police so as to get rid of him
and to safeguard their household goods.
Use the given format for your response.
ERROR CORRECTION

10. Rishabh told his teacher that he had fever the previous day and that’s why he was
absent. Report the question asked by his teacher.
11. Identify the error in the given sentence and supply the correction.
Any girls are still writing the test.
Use the given format for your response.
ERROR CORRECTION

12. Select the correct option to complete the narration of the dialogue between a
husband and wife.
Ryan : I have invited four of my friends for dinner today.
Renee : Then I will invite my friends also.
When Ryan told Renee that he four of his friends for dinner that day, Renee
remarked that _____ also.
(a) had invited, would invite her friends
(b) has invited, will invite her friends
(c) was inviting, would invite her friends
(d) will be inviting, she will invite my friends
13. Identify the error next to a busy shop’s billing counter and supply the
correction, for the following.
Thank you for your patients!
Use the given format for your response.
ERROR CORRECTION

14. Select the option that identifies the error and supplies the correction for the
following line, from an article on philosophy.
‘These sights of disease, misery and death quite moved him that he at once became
a beggar and went out into the world to seek enlightenment concerning the sorrows
he had witnessed.’
OPTION ERROR CORRECTION
(A) of about
(B) quite so
(C) into around
(D) had witnessed witnessed
15. Complete the given narrative, by filling in the blank with the correct option.
But I _____ myself, traveling, doing speaking engagements and so on—I simply
got exhausted and I could do it no more.
(a) was being pushed (b) am pushing
(c) had pushed (d) kept pushing