Paper I · 17 Basic English · 17.3 Usage and comprehension

17.3.1 Spotting errors and sentence improvement

Error spotting asks you to find the one part of a sentence that breaks a grammar rule, and sentence improvement asks you to replace a part with the correct form; both test the same ten rules, so check them in a fixed order.

  • TGPSC MPSO / ASO · Paper I
  • Standard level
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Key terms

  • error spotting
  • sentence improvement
  • subject-verb agreement
  • articles
  • tense
  • preposition
  • pronoun
  • degree of comparison
  • question tag
  • correct usage
  • no error

What this note covers

  1. Core factsFoundation
  2. ExplainedStandard
  3. DeeperAdvanced
  4. Common trapsFoundation
  5. Quick revisionFoundation

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