📑 Is page ke topics (Jump to Topic):
📌 1. Approach — 5 step checklist
- 1. Subject-verb: subject singular hai ya plural? Verb match karta hai?
- 2. Tense: time marker (yesterday, since, already) ke hisaab se tense sahi hai?
- 3. Pronoun: case (I/me), agreement (each…his), reference clear?
- 4. Modifiers: adjective vs adverb, comparison degree, few/little.
- 5. Fixed pairs & prepositions: no sooner…than, prefer…to, discuss (no about), parallelism.
- Koi galti na mile to "No error" chuno — lekin ye sabse aakhri option hai.
📌 2. High-frequency error rules
| Rule | Galat | Sahi |
|---|---|---|
| Each/every/either + singular pronoun | Each student must bring their book. | Each student must bring his or her book. |
| One ke saath one's | One should do his duty. | One should do one's duty. |
| Parallelism | He likes swimming, to read and cycling. | He likes swimming, reading and cycling. |
| Comparison same cheez ki | The climate of Shimla is better than Delhi. | …better than that of Delhi. |
| Redundancy | He returned back home. | He returned home. |
| Though…yet (but nahi) | Though he is poor but he is honest. | Though he is poor, (yet) he is honest. |
| Unless/until khud negative | Unless you do not work hard, you will fail. | Unless you work hard, you will fail. |
| Scarcely/hardly ke saath double negative nahi | I can't hardly hear you. | I can hardly hear you. |
| Superlative + of all; comparative + any other | He is taller than any boy in the class. | …taller than any other boy in the class. |
| Enjoy/avail/absent/pride — reflexive chahiye | We enjoyed at the party. | We enjoyed ourselves at the party. |
⚠️ Exam Traps:
- "Cousin brother/sister" ❌ — sirf cousin.
- "Kindly revert back" ❌ → "Kindly reply". "Return back", "repeat again", "reason is because" — redundant.
- "Ought" ke baad "to": You ought to respect elders.
📌 3. Confusable words
| Pair | Farq |
|---|---|
| lie / lay | lie = letna (intransitive: lie-lay-lain); lay = rakhna (transitive: lay-laid-laid) |
| rise / raise | rise = khud uthna; raise = kisi cheez ko uthana |
| affect / effect | affect = verb (asar daalna); effect = noun (asar) |
| principal / principle | principal = mukhya/head; principle = siddhant |
| stationary / stationery | stationary = sthir; stationery = lekhan saamagri |
| beside / besides, among / between | Prepositions page dekho |
📌 4. Practice MCQs
📝 Practice MCQs (SF Prep dwara taiyar — PYQ nahi)
Q1. Identify the part with an error: Each of the boys / have finished / their homework. Practice
सही उत्तर: (B) have finished
व्याख्या: 'Each of' singular hai → has finished (aur his homework).
व्याख्या: 'Each of' singular hai → has finished (aur his homework).
Q2. Identify the part with an error: One should keep / his promises / at any cost. Practice
सही उत्तर: (B) his promises
व्याख्या: 'One' ke saath possessive 'one's' aata hai.
व्याख्या: 'One' ke saath possessive 'one's' aata hai.
Q3. Identify the part with an error: The climate of Bengaluru / is better / than Chennai. Practice
सही उत्तर: (C) than Chennai
व्याख्या: Climate ki tulna climate se: than that of Chennai.
व्याख्या: Climate ki tulna climate se: than that of Chennai.
Q4. Identify the part with an error: Though he is rich / but he is not / happy. Practice
सही उत्तर: (B) but he is not
व्याख्या: Though ke saath 'but' nahi; 'yet' ya comma.
व्याख्या: Though ke saath 'but' nahi; 'yet' ya comma.
Q5. Identify the part with an error: Unless you do not / study regularly, / you will not pass. Practice
सही उत्तर: (A) Unless you do not
व्याख्या: 'Unless' khud negative hai; 'do not' hatao.
व्याख्या: 'Unless' khud negative hai; 'do not' hatao.
Q6. Identify the part with an error: She is taller / than any girl / in her class. Practice
सही उत्तर: (B) than any girl
व्याख्या: Same group mein tulna → any other girl.
व्याख्या: Same group mein tulna → any other girl.
Q7. Identify the part with an error: We enjoyed / very much / at the wedding. Practice
सही उत्तर: (A) We enjoyed
व्याख्या: 'Enjoy' ko object/reflexive chahiye: We enjoyed ourselves.
व्याख्या: 'Enjoy' ko object/reflexive chahiye: We enjoyed ourselves.
Q8. Identify the part with an error: He returned back / from Mumbai / last week. Practice
सही उत्तर: (A) He returned back
व्याख्या: 'Returned' mein 'back' ka arth shamil hai — redundant.
व्याख्या: 'Returned' mein 'back' ka arth shamil hai — redundant.
Q9. Identify the part with an error: My cousin brother / is coming / to stay with us. Practice
सही उत्तर: (A) My cousin brother
व्याख्या: Sirf 'cousin' — 'brother' redundant hai.
व्याख्या: Sirf 'cousin' — 'brother' redundant hai.
Q10. Identify the part with an error: She likes dancing, / singing and / to paint. Practice
सही उत्तर: (C) to paint
व्याख्या: Parallelism: dancing, singing and painting.
व्याख्या: Parallelism: dancing, singing and painting.
Q11. Identify the part with an error: I can't hardly / believe / what he said. Practice
सही उत्तर: (A) I can't hardly
व्याख्या: 'Hardly' already negative — 'can't hardly' double negative.
व्याख्या: 'Hardly' already negative — 'can't hardly' double negative.
Q12. Identify the part with an error: The book is lying / on the table / since morning. Practice
सही उत्तर: (A) The book is lying
व्याख्या: Since + abhi tak → has been lying.
व्याख्या: Since + abhi tak → has been lying.
Q13. Identify the part with an error: He laid / on the bed / for an hour. Practice
सही उत्तर: (A) He laid
व्याख्या: Letna = lie (past: lay). 'Laid' = rakha. Sahi: He lay on the bed.
व्याख्या: Letna = lie (past: lay). 'Laid' = rakha. Sahi: He lay on the bed.
Q14. Identify the part with an error: You ought / respect / your elders. Practice
सही उत्तर: (B) respect
व्याख्या: 'Ought' ke baad 'to': ought to respect.
व्याख्या: 'Ought' ke baad 'to': ought to respect.
Q15. Identify the part with an error: The price of vegetables / have risen / sharply this month. Practice
सही उत्तर: (B) have risen
व्याख्या: Subject 'price' singular → has risen.
व्याख्या: Subject 'price' singular → has risen.
Q16. Identify the part with an error: No sooner did he / reach the station / when the train left. Practice
सही उत्तर: (C) when the train left
व्याख्या: No sooner ka pair 'than'.
व्याख्या: No sooner ka pair 'than'.
Q17. Identify the part with an error: The government has raised / the prices of petrol / again this year. Practice
सही उत्तर: (D) No error
व्याख्या: 'Raise' transitive hai (prices ko badhaya) — sentence sahi hai.
व्याख्या: 'Raise' transitive hai (prices ko badhaya) — sentence sahi hai.
Q18. Identify the part with an error: The new rule will effect / all employees / from next month. Practice
सही उत्तर: (A) The new rule will effect
व्याख्या: Verb 'affect' chahiye (asar daalna); 'effect' noun hai.
व्याख्या: Verb 'affect' chahiye (asar daalna); 'effect' noun hai.
Q19. Identify the part with an error: He is one of the best player / in the team / this season. Practice
सही उत्तर: (A) He is one of the best player
व्याख्या: 'One of the' + plural noun: best players.
व्याख्या: 'One of the' + plural noun: best players.
Q20. Identify the part with an error: She has been / absent / since three days. Practice
सही उत्तर: (C) since three days
व्याख्या: Period ke saath 'for': for three days.
व्याख्या: Period ke saath 'for': for three days.