ARTICLE BASED ERRORS WITH EXPLANATION (PART 1)

1) He had no illusions (a) / of being either a (b) / distinguished or editor. (c) / No error (d)

(Ans: C. Write ‘an’ before ‘editor’, because 'e' is vowel )

2) He addressed people (a) / and tried his best to (b) / convince them that (c) / his decisions were best. (d) / No error (e)

(Ans: A. Write ‘the’ before ‘people’ because people is particularized in this sentence.)

3) Sam, who was born on (a) / the Marina’s shore, says (b) / he can judge a depth (c) / of water by its color. (d) / No error (e)

(Ans: C. Replace ‘a’ by ‘the’ because depth is particularized)

4) More you think (a) / of it, the worse (b) / it becomes. (c) / No error (d)

(Ans: A. Write ‘the’ before ‘more’. The correct form of this sentence is- 

"The + comparative degree Adjective + sub + verb 

The + comparative degree Adjective + sub + verb"

It denotes Parallel increase or decrease )

5) His main aim (a) / is to create a (b) / interest in hockey (c) / among school children. (d) / No error (e)

(Ans: B. Replace ‘a’ by ‘an’ because here in 'interest- i' is vowel)

6) The Hindu is (a) / one of most (b) / popular newspapers (c) / in India. (d) / No error. (e)

(Ans: B. Write ‘the’ before ‘most’ because ‘most’ is superlative degree)

7) Children go (a) to the school (b) daily at 7 am. (c)/ No error (d)

(Ans: B. Remove ‘the’ before ‘school’. When we go somewhere and the purpose is same for which that building or place was built then we never use ‘the’ before that building.)

8) Sachin has (a)/ been promoted (b)/ to the rank of (c) / the S.D.M. (d)/ No error (e)

(Ans: D. Remove ‘the’ before ‘S.D.M.’ because 'the' is never used before 'Title of, Rank of, Post of")

9) The brass is (a)/ not a very (b)/ expensive metal. (d)/ No error (e)

(Ans: A. Remove 'the' before 'brass' because we never use 'The' before 'Material Noun')

10) That is the (a)/ kind of a house (b)/ in which I (c) should like to live. (d)/ No error (e)

[Ans: B. Remove 'a' before house. Structure of this type of sentences is-

"Kind of/Sort of + Singular Countable Noun (without article) "]

11) In the present guidelines, (a)/ the bank is required to obtain (b)/ a photograph from any person (c)/ who wishes to open an account. (d)/ No error (e)

(Ans: C. Replace 'any person' by 'the person')

12) Lack of ability to read (a)/ or write is just one of the (b)/ all barriers that keep (c) the poor people under developed. (d)/ No error (e)

(Ans: Remove 'the' before poor people.)