Conjunction Errors Exercise

1. (a) You are quite cynical/ (b) when you say that the reason why we have/ (c) such

a large turnout is because we are serving refreshments./ (d) No error.

2.(a) That store/ (b) hadn’t hardly/ (c) any of those goods./ (d) No error.

3. (a) I needed that money/ (b) so desperately, it was/ (c) like manna from heaven when it arrived./ (d) No error.

4. (a) The period/ (b) between 1980 to 1990/ (c) was very significant in my life./ (d)

No error

5. (a) No sooner had the hockey match started/ (b) when it began/ (c) to rain./ (d) No

error.

6. (a) She is very/ (b) beautiful/ (c) but intelligent./ (d) No error.

7. (a) Your success in the IAS examinations depends not only on/ (b) what papers

you have selected/ (c) but on how you have written them/ (d) No error.

8. (a) No sooner had/ (b) he arrived then/ (c) he was asked to leave again./ (d) No

error.

9. (a) I haven’t been/ (b) to New York before and/ (c) neither my sister./ (d) No error.

10. (a) Scarcely had/ (b) I arrived than/ (c) the train left./ (d) No error.

11. (a) The reason why/ (b) he was rejected/ (c) was because he was too young./ (d)

No error.

12. (a) Unless you do not give/ (b) the keys of the safe/ (c) you will be shot./ (d) No

error.

13. (a) None of the diplomats at the conference/ (b) was able either to/ (c) comprehend or solve the problem./ (d) No error.

14. (a) I have found that he is/ (b) neither willing/ (c) or capable./ (d) No error.

15. (a) We are extremely pleased/(b) for excited as well to invite you/(c) to attend the

meeting./(d) No error.

16. (a) When her son got a job/ (b) then she was/ (c) very happy./ (d) No error.

17. (a) Bread and butter/ (b) is/ (c) all we want./ (d) No error.

18. (a) The cost of the new/ (b) machines is likely to/ (c) be so high as ten/ (d) times

the existing ones./ (e) No error.

19. (a) He walked as faster/ (b) as he could so that/ (c) he would not miss the train to

work./ (d) No error.

20. (a) She was running/ (b) a very high fever/(c) and thus her mother takes her to

the doctor./(d) No error.

21. (a) No sooner the teacher/ (b) enter the class/ (c) than the students stood up./ (d) No

error.

22. (a) Unless/ (b) you will work hard,/ (c) you cannot pass./ (d) No error.

23. (a) Keep him at an arm's lenght/ (b) lest you may not repent/(c) in the long run./(d)no error

25. (a) Unless you do not meet/ (b) all the requirements/ (c) your application will be

rejected./ (d) No error.

26. (a) How do you manage to speak/ (b) to her with/ (c) so great patience./ (d) No error.

27. (a) No sooner she had realized/ (b) her blunder than she began/ (c) to take

corrective measures./ (d) No error.

28. (a) She was not/ (b) so well versed in/ (c) English that we had expected./ (d) No error.

29. (a) Mr. Sinha, my friend, philosopher and guide not only stopped coming/ (b) here

but also going to any place/ (c) which is related to his wife’s life./ (d) No error.

30. (a) Neither the doctor nor the nurses/ (b) were asleep when/ (c) the injured was

brought to the hospital./ (d) No error.

31. (a) As soon as the peon rings the bell, then all/ (b) the students come to the

assembly room/ (c) for prayer./ (d) No error.

32. (a) Hardly had he come out of the bus/ (b) then the bomb exploded/ (c) and shattered the bus into pieces./ (d) No error.

33. (a) Scarcely had I bought/ (b) the ticket when the train/ (c) left the platform with

a hissing sound./ (d) No error.

34. (a) Many of the freedom fighters/ (b) are so respectful as Gandhiji/ (c) if not more. /

(d) No error.

35. (a) This is perhaps the same place who/ (b) was chosen by us/ (c) for the picnic./

(d) No error.

36. (a) She asked me that why I was/ (b) not preparing for the/ (c) Civil Service

Examinations./ (d) No error.

37. A) Run fast/ (b) lest you will/ (c) lose the race/ (d) No error.

38. (a) As Amir Khan is a perfectionist,/ (b) so he always insists/ (c) on retakes till he

is satisfied with the shot./ (d) No error.

39. (a) You must either/ (b) work hard/ (c) else be prepared to lead a miserable life./

(d) No error.

40. (a) I don’t know if any of the students/ (b) of our school is going/ (c) to pay any

heed to the principal’s order or not./ (d) No error.

41. (a) This is not such a/ (b) complicated problem who cannot be solved/ (c) with

determination./ (d) No error.

42. (a) Although these books/ (b) are not useful but the students buy them/ (C) because their seniors did so./ (d) No error.

43. (a) He did not/ (b) succeed in the   examination,/ (c) yet he had worked hard and had adopted the right strategy./ (d) No error.

44. (a) He has lots/ (b) of money and/ (c) he will not help any one/ (d) No error.

45. (a) Because he is intelligent,/ (b) therefore he gets good/ (c) marks in all the

examinations./ (d) No error.

46. (a) Both the rich alongwith/ (b) the poor are affected equally/ (c) when prices of

petrol and diesel increase./ (d) No error.