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Gerunds and Prepositions
Please find the error and give the correct word to be replaced
Ex : Error is (a ) ----- and the correct word to use is ------
1) I would like to make a demand to the hotel management that they allow people to choose the TV programme they want to watch.
(a) would like
(b) demand
(c) allow
(d) choose
2) If you buy large quantities of this product, you will be able to get a much better price than the usual detail price.
(a) quantities
(b) able to
(c) than
(d) detail
3) They say but then no one really knows that the presence of security cameras in the street deters people to behaving in a criminal way.
(a) then
(b) presence
(c) deters
(d) to
4) The hotel Direction insists that all visitors leave their rooms by 11 am at the very latest on the day of departure.
(a) Direction
(b) leave
(c) by
(d) day of departure
5) I'm absolutely sure that that's the man whom has been following me around all day long.
(a) absolutely
(b) that's
(c) whom
(d) all day long
6) You can easily tell that the parents paid a lot of attention to those children because they have excellent ways.
(a) easily
(b) paid
(c) those
(d) ways
7) I've just been on the bathroom scales and I know I've got to eat less because I am weighing far too.
(a) I've just been
(b) scales
(c) I've got to
(d) I am weighing
8) I advised him about the low ceilings in the house but he took no notice and hit his head three times.
(a) advised
(b) about
(c) in
(d) no notice
9) The first thing she did when she got to the hotel was to put her rings and other values in the safe provided.
(a) got
(b) put
(c) values
(d) provided
10) You must really make an effort; stop making excuses and try saving some money each month from wages this year.
(a) must
(b) making
(c) saving
(d) wages
ANSWERS
correct sentence:
I would like to make a request to the hotel management that they allow people to choose the TV programme they want to watch.
Correct entry: request
The error was: (b) demand
Answer 2
correct sentence:
If you buy large quantities of this product, you will be able to get a much better price than the usual retail price.
Correct entry: retail
The error was: (d) detail
Answer 3
correct sentence:
They say but then no one really knows that the presence of security cameras in the street deters people from behaving in a criminal way.
Correct entry: from
The error was: (d) to
Answer 4
correct sentence:
The hotel Management insists that all visitors leave their rooms by 11 am at the very latest on the day of departure.
Correct entry: Management
The error was: (a) Direction
Answer 5
correct sentence:
I'm absolutely sure that that's the man who has been following me around all day long.
Correct entry: who
The error was: (c) whom
Answer 6
correct sentence:
You can easily tell that the parents paid a lot of attention to those children because they have excellent manners.
Correct entry: manners
The error was: (d) ways
Answer 7
correct sentence:
I've just been on the bathroom scales and I know I've got to eat less because I weigh far too.
Correct entry: I weigh
The error was: (d) I am weighing
Answer 8
correct sentence:
I warned him about the low ceilings in the house but he took no notice and hit his head three times.
Correct entry: warned
The error was: (a) advised
Answer 9
correct sentence:
The first thing she did when she got to the hotel was to put her rings and other valuables in the safe provided.
Correct entry: valuables
The error was: (c) values
Answer 10
correct sentence:
You must really make an effort; stop making excuses and try to save some money each month from wages this year.
Correct entry: to save
The error was: (c) saving
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