[BINNY]

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
Edited by: BINNY

[Tan]

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---is the error
word id retail price

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---is the error
people to behave..

is that the way u want us to answer these..

[BanuM]

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



(b) that's - is the error

[Anusha_j]

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
those is the error. correct : their


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


correct : try to save

[sidhu]

Hi binny,

I m very happy & kind to u as ur doing good job,excellent man, keep doing it.

[AjayKumar.Kataram]

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