TCS NQT Error Correction Quiz 1

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Answer - Akash crouched towards

Whenever we use the action of 'crouch' the preposition that follows it is 'down' and not towards since crouch means to bend down.
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Answer - a moment after.

Here the sentence means that after sometime the pregnant lady came out, so instead of using 'after' we need 'later'.

A moment after means something else must have happened in the past which is following another course of action.

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Answer - If you had told

The sentence here is in conditional tense where the main clause is in present conditional tense (would + have + past participle) then the if clause will take the past perfect tense.

'if = past perfect) i.e. If you had told. (had is past perfect).

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Answer - Jenny probably won't come for the rehearsal tomorrow.

Since we have used the time frame of 'tomorrow' this means that the tense here should be in future tense

Instead we have used present continuous tense here. So we change it to future. Now changing to future needs a simple negative future tense sentence, i.e. 'will + not + come), so it becomes 'won't come'.

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Answer - isn't it

The rules for a question tag sentence are:

1. The sentence and the question tag must be in the same tense.


2. If the Sentence is positive, the question tag must be negative and vice versa.


3. Always use pronouns in the question tag.


4. Use the same verb in the question as used in the main sentence

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Answer - monitor which is

Here we have two actions stated and the structure of the sentence  is in past tense. So instead of using 'monitor is' we need to use 'monitor was' because after taking a seat, Marta realized that the video monitor was already in the playback mode.

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Here we have a subject verb agreement error. Since the subject here is 'feelings' which is plural, we have used the verb 'does' which is singular. So instead of using 'does' we need to insert 'do' here to maintain the subject verb agreement structure.

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Answer - The dogs are having a good time in the park today

The sentence is talking about the dogs who are in the park today and having a good time. Hence the tense should be present continuous instead of simple present tense.

The other sentences are grammatically incorrect.
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Answer - Sheena has lived in California for 9 months

We use 'for' with a period of time in the past, present or future. Example: it refers to periods of time, e.g. 3 years, 4 hours, ages, a long time, months, years.

 

We use since with a point in time in the past. Example: They've lived in Oxford since 2004.
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Answer - footsteps grew louder

The sentence here is showing a comparison of sound when they came from the top of the stairs to the bottom. While the person was climbing down, the sound of the footsteps started to grow louder. That means we need to use a comparative form of adjective here.

hence we use 'footsteps grew louder'.

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