TOEFL · English · Vocabulary — Spot the Error

Exercise and reference answers

Questions

1. Statement parts

   1. The
   2. scientist
   3. drawed
   4. several
   5. conclusions
   6. from
   7. the
   8. data
   9. .

   Correction

   drew (irregular past)

   Incorrect part

   drawed

2. Statement parts

   1. She
   2. is
   3. one
   4. of
   5. the
   6. childs
   7. attending
   8. the
   9. program
   10. .

   Correction

   children

   Incorrect part

   childs

3. Statement parts

   1. The
   2. information
   3. were
   4. clearly
   5. stated
   6. in
   7. the
   8. passage
   9. .

   Correction

   was (information is uncountable)

   Incorrect part

   were

4. Statement parts

   1. He
   2. is
   3. more
   4. smarter
   5. than
   6. his
   7. brother
   8. .

   Correction

   smarter (drop 'more')

   Incorrect part

   more

Instructions

Tap the grammatical error in each sentence.