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Kerala PSC English Grammar Book Study Materials 1 Page 172
Book's First PageCOMMON ERRORS Had you worked hard, you would have passed your Look at the sentences : exam. How long does the train take to reach Mumbai from Hence, I would have reached here is the right usage. Delhi ? 706. (3) Plural of scenery is scenery. How long do you need to do this work ? scenery : the natural features of an area. Hence, How long does it take is the right usage. Hence, beautiful scenery is the right usage 721. (3) The Possessive of one is one’s 707. (1) The work continued in the past for a period of Hence, as much as one’s own is the right usage. time. Hence, Past Perfect Continuous i.e. She had 722. (3) If prefer is followed by Noun/Pronoun/Gerund, been ill for five days is the right usage to should be used, not than or rather than. 708. (2) appeal (V.) : a formal request to a court or to some- body in authority for a judgement or a decision to be Hence, to visiting my friends is the right usage changed. 723. (2) lie (lies, lying, lay, lain) : to put yourself in a flat appealed will replace enquired. position. Hence, appealed for is the right usage Hence, lying down is the right usage 724. (4) No error 709. (2) Have a part to play : to be able to help. 725. (3) at (Prep.) is used for specifying a particular point Hence, each have a part to play is the right usage. in time. 710. (2) The structure for the use of such terms is as follows: Look at the examples given below : a ten-rupee note (ü) Let’s meet for lunch at noon a ten rupee note (×) I have a class at eight thirty on Tuesday. a five-rupee note (ü) Hence, their door at midnight is the right usage. a five-mile walk (ü) 726. (2) Use of does is unnecessary. a two-day leave (ü) Here, does Nature Operate is the right usage. Here, ten rupees is a Compound Adj. So, hyphen must be used between ten and rupee ® ten-rupee 727. (2) leap at something : to accept a chance or an opportunity quickly. and rupees will also be replaced by rupee (Singular) Hence, a ten-rupee note will not buy you is the Hence, at the opportunity is the right usage right usage. 728. (2) Here, not an Infinitive but Gerund i.e. since chemists 711. (2) an earthquake is felt and not heard. have begun using new substances is the right usage Hence, felt the earthquake is the right usage 729. (3) When Past has effect on the Present, Present Perfect should be used. 712. (4) No error Hence, has escalated in the last one year is the right 713. (2) Many a/an + Noun and More than one + Noun are usage. always followed by a Singular Verb. Hence, has come 730. (3) Here, the family was going to the party is the to India is the right usage right usage. 714. (2) comprise : be comprised of; consist of 731. (2) Here, that he had to get/that he got is the right Look at the examples given below : usage. The collection comprises 347 paintings. 732. (1) Here, Past Perfect i.e. You needn’t have told a The committee is comprised of five representatives. lie is the right usage. Hence, comprises will replace comprises of When two events have taken place in the past and an 715. (1) Knowledge and wisdom is a Plural Subject. Hence, event that occurs before another event in the past, knowledge and wisdom make (plural) is the right then Past Perfect Tense is used for it. usage 733. (2) Here, so important (Adjective) these days is the 716. (2) One of is followed by Plural Noun and Singular right usage. It is not proper to use importance (Noun) Verb here. Hence, who always gives the correct answer is the 734. (4) Neither ..... nor is correct form of connectives. right usage. Here, nor his wife is the right usage. 717. (2) It is + high time should be followed by Past Sim- 735. (4) So : to such a great degree ple. It shows present time. Hence, we renovated is the right usage. So refers to a result clause introduced by that. 718. (1) the (Def. Art.) should be used before Headmas- Hence, The process was so simple ter because there is only one Headmaster. 736. (2) No error 719. (1) Innings is used in both the numbers. 737. (4) decapitate : to cut off somebody’s head ; behead. For example % an innings or several innings. Look at the example given below : Hence, The first innings is the right usage His decapitated body was found floating in a canal. 720. (1) of an Interrogative Sentence starting with wh– Here, was found yesterday is the right usage words and How, the structure is as follows : 738. (4) The sentence shows past time. Hence, if it rained How long + do/does + subject + V1 or V1 + s or es + ...? is the right usage SEE–179