ERROR-DETECTION (ADVERB) 

By-Satyendra Tiwari 
1. We are going (a)/ directly to Mumbai, (b)/ so we will not be (c)/ able to meet you (d)/ 
No error (e). 
2. They came direct to the conclusion (a)/ after her death that (b)/ they would have to 
leave the (c)/ town as soon as possible (d)/ No error (e). 
3. It is true that you have performed (a)/ well this time and we (b)/ hope you to exceed 
in future (c) /as well (d)/ No error (e). 
4. Before the trial, (a)/ she was put to an interrogation so (b)/ that they might know as 
to (c)/ why she had killed the colonel (d)/ No error (e). 
5. I would have accepted it (a)/ gladly if you had (b)/ given me anything (c)/ else than 
the money (d)/ No error (e). 
6. Soldiers are trained on both mental (a)/ and physical level, (b)/ so that they cannot 
act or (c)/ behave cowardly before their enemies (d)/ No error (e). 
7. You are requested to kindly (a)/ grant me leave for three days, (b)/ because my 
mother is (c)/ seriously ill and I need to go to her (d)/ No error (e). 
8. It was raining (a)/ very hard, yet she came (b)/ out and ran fastly (c)/ to get to 
another shop (d) / No error (e) 
9. He gets only disturbed (a)/ when he thinks (b)/ about you because (c)/ he still loves 
you intensely (d)/ No error (e). 
10. The success of an organization (a)/ largely depends on the well (b)/ articulated 
values it works (c)/ on to meet the present demands (d)/ No error (e). 
11. Tendulkar hit the ball so hardly (a)/ that the fielders around him (b)/ could not 
budge even a bit (c)/ and it went over the boundary for six (d) / No error (e). 
12. That the Kalidas was not a much (a)/ learned man, though he (b)/ wrote an epic like 
(c)/ Abhigyanshakuntalm is great riddle for us (d)/ No error (e). 
13. I am completely fed up with your (a)/ coming so lately at night, (b)/ and saying that 
you have (c) / taken dinner with a friend of yours (d)/ No error (e). 
14. People dislike him not because (a)/ he lived miserly but because he did not (b)/ have 
any benevolent (c)/ approach towards others (d)/ No error (e). 
15. Not  only  he  insulted  me  but  (a)/  he  also  forced  me  to  (b)/  resign  the  post  for  (c)/ 
which I had struggled a lot (d)/ No error (e). 
16. So carefully he manages (a)/ the whole operation that (b)/ all the high authorities of 
the (c)/ organization never forget to admire him in a meeting (d)/ No error (e). 
17. Only yesterday I received (a)/ the advices from the head (b)/ quarters located at one 
(c)/ of the most beautiful cities in America (d)/ No error (e). 
18. No sooner he came out (a)/ his office than quite a few (b)/ number of his employees 
gathered (c)/ around him to request him not to leave that company (d)/ No error (e). 
19. Hardly it matters to a person (a)/ who has never (b)/ thought of what society (c)/ 
thinks about him (d)/ No error (e). 
20. When I was in London, (a)/ I used to take coffee thrice a day (b)/ and it really perked 
me (c)/ to work with extra energy (d)/ No error (e) 
21. When I insisted on his revising (a)/ thoroughly the lesson, (b)/ he refused to do so 
because (c)/ he did not like the way I said it to him (d)/ No error (e). 
22. I request you kindly to grant (a)/ me leave for three days, (b)/ because I have to (c) 
go to see my sick mother (d)/ No error (e). 
23. She asked me how (a)/ I dared to prevent her (b) / people from not entering (c)/ the 
central cabin (d)/ No error (e). 
24. She came here on yesterday and (a)/ told me to call you up and (b)/ remind you of 
the money (c)/ you had borrowed from her (d)/ No error(e). 
25. I cannot even imagine how (a)/ she turned up on last Monday, (b)/ while she was 
supposed (c)/ to be here today only (d)/ No error (e). 
26. I think you (a)/ all must have been informed that (b)/ your examination is going to 
(c) start from next Tuesday (d)/ No error (e). 
27. When I reached Mumbai to meet him, (a)/ a friend of his told (b)/ me that he had 
passed (c)/ away in the previous year only (d)/ No error (e). 
28. I am really surprised (a)/ to know that you somehow (b)/ managed to meet her in 
last (c)/ week and discussed everything with her (d)/ No error (e). 
29. I want to tell you frankly (a)/ that I am none the wise (b)/ for the kind of explanation 
(c)/ you seem to expect from me (d)/ No error (e). 
30. I full well know that (a)/ not two men think alike, (b)/ so their attitudes and 
manners (c)/ cannot be the same (d)/ No error (e). 
31. Not only other country (a)/ but India can excel itself (b)/ to that extent. So it is (c)/ 
supposed to be the next super power (d)/ No error (e). 
32. She did not ask me (a)/ to complain against him, (b)/ because she wanted to punish 
(c)/ him in her own way (d)/ No error (e). 
33. You were not wrong (a)/ in speaking the truth (b) / before that judge, otherwise he 
(c)/ would have been convicted and punished by now (d)/ No error (e). 
34. Let me tell you that (a)/ I love and respect you so such (b)/ because you are nearly 
(c)/ like a father to me (d)/ No error (e). 
35. I nearly wish (a)/ I too would have bought (b)/ one like that, because (c)/ it is really 
a very useful thing (d)/ No error (e) 
36. You know we are now (a)/ cut off from the real world, (b) so, what will happen (c)/ 
when we have nearly nothing to eat (d)/. No error (e). 
37. He is working hardly day (a)/ and night so that he (b)/ may be as successful (c)/ as 
his friend (d)/ No error (e). 
38. Hard does he think of cheating (a)/anyone, so you can (b)/ say that she is (c)/ a girl 
of good character (d) No error (e). 
39. I have rung him (a)/ up five times yet but (b) have not been (c)/ able to talk to him 
(d)/ No error (e). 
40. I know that he has (a)/ changed himself completely, (b)/ but she yet does (c)/ not 
like him at all (d)/ No error (e). 
41. She met me five (a)/ years ago and has (b)/ been in regular (c)/ contact with me ever 
(d)/ No error (e). 
42. We had a lunch together (a)/ last year only (b)/ and we have (c)/ been together yet 
(d)/ No error (e). 
43. I shall ever remember (a)/ you regardless of the (b)/ fact that you have now (c)/ no 
love for me at all (d)/ No error (e). 
44. You cannot expect (a)/ any treat from him because (b)/ he has hardly (c)/ money on 
him (d)/ No error (e). 
45. We all know that (a)/ he scarcely works hard, (b) / however, he has succeeded in 
(c)/ obtaining good marks in the examination (d)/ No error (e). 
46. Nothing like (a)/ this has happened (b)/ in this city, so you (c)/ need not bother 
much about it (d)/ No error (e). 
47. I simply (a)/ want to know (b)/ if you have (c)/ been to a foreign before (d)/ No error 
(e). 
48. I have never (a)/ been to Mumbai earlier, (b)/ so I have no idea (c)/ about the life in 
this city (d)/ No error (e). 
49. It was ten years before (a)/ that I met her first and (b)/ we also had lunch (c)/ 
together in a restaurant (d)/ No error (e). 
50. He lived with me five months (a)/ before but these (b)/ days he is living (c)/ with his 
fiancée (d) / No error (e). 
51. Before man lived in a cave (a)/ and ate the flesh of animals (b)/ for which they had 
to (c)/ hunt a forest from morning till evening (d)/ No error (e). 
52. I think you have read (a)/ this book earlier, therefore (b)/ you know a lot about this 
(c)/ concept of the market gimmick (d)/ No error (e). 
53. I am shocked to know (a)/ that he told you that his (b)/ father along with his wife 
(c)/ had committed suicide six years ago (d)/ No error (e). 
54. I have already told (a)/ you not to come so lately, (b)/ because the new boss is (c)/ 
noticing our check-in and check-out everyday (d)/ No error (e). 
55. The reason for his not being (a)/selected is that he reported (b)/ lately and the 
interview board (c)/ took it in a negative way (d)/ No error (e). 
56. She has seen this movie (a)/ lately and is going to (b)/ watch it again with (c)/ her 
friends this evening (d)/ No error (e). 
57. We received this message lately, (a)/ but we have not (b)/ been able to forward (c)/ it 
to the higher authorities yet (d)/ No error (e). 
58. Till lately we believed (a)/ that it was the Aryans (b_)/ who first invaded (c)/ India 
and established their realm here (d)/ No error (e) 
59. Off late, not only people (a)/ living in India but also those living (b)/ in other 
countries are facing the problems (c)/ caused by the economic slowdown (d)/ No 
error (e). 
60. I have met her as lately as (a)/ last month and (b) / I have always been (c)/ talking 
to her ever since (d)/ No error (e). 
61. The train is (a)/ running lately so (b)/ we must not wait (c)/ for them (d)/ No error 
(e). 
62. My friends have arrived just now (a)/ and they are getting (b)/ ready for the show in 
(c)/ the green room (d)/ No error (e). 
63. He just said that (a)/he had finished the work before (b)/ the concerned authority 
(c)/ reached there for inspection (d)/ No error (e) 
64. Everybody knows that (a)/ it seldom or ever rains (b)/ over here (c)/ the way it is 
raining today (d) / No error (e) 
65. The Hindus seldom if never visit (a)/ this temple because (b)/ it is a controversial 
site and (c)/ they believe that is actually a mosque (d)/ No error (e). 
66. He managed to work early but (a)/ it has not been (b)/ done so properly (c)/ as 
expected (d)/ No error (e). 
67. All the people who (a)/ have been invited to the (b)/ party are expected to arrive (c)/ 
early (d)/ No error (e). 
68. The meeting started (a)/ a bit sooner, therefore (b)/ many of us could not hear the 
(c)/ inaugural speech delivered by the chairman (d)/ No error (e). 
69. You are supposed (a)/ to be here earlier today (b) / because it is you who (c)/ have 
to manage everything at the reception party (d)/ No error (e). 
70. What I do not like about (a)/ you is that you leave the (b)/ office quickly after (c)/ it 
is 5 P.M. (d)/ No error (e). 
71. The train was about to move away, (a)/ so I soon got into it (b)/ and asked my (c)/ 
friends to come by the next train (d)/ No error (e). 
72. I have already spent (a)/ two and half an hour (b)/ sitting idle here and (c)/ now I 
am not going to wait for you any more (d)/ No error (e). 
73. It was more than (a)/ six o'clock in the evening, (b)/ so I quickly wrote the articles 
(c)/ and sent them to my boss (d)/ No error (e) 
74. Firstly he should think (a)/ over the meaning (b)/ of the words (c)/ and then use 
them (d)/ No error (e). 
75. The technician reminded (a)/ him of having a thoroughly cleaning (b)/ of the 
machine after (c)/ each use (d)/ No error (e).