NUMS — Medical & Dental Entry Test

NUMS English — Sentence Correction and Error Identification (Set 5)

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30 NUMS English

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The first 5 questions of this test, with the correct answer and explanation.

Q1. Identify the part of the sentence that contains an error: The doctor (A) / suggested me (B) / a week's rest (C) / after the surgery. (D)
- A. (B) suggested me ✓
- B. (A) The doctor
- C. (C) a week's rest
- D. (D) after the surgery.
Answer: A. (B) suggested me
Explanation: 'Suggest' does not take an indirect object like this; it should be 'suggested to me' (or 'advised me').
Q2. Identify the part of the sentence that contains an error: He gave (A) / a informative (B) / talk on (C) / dengue fever. (D)
- A. (A) He gave
- B. (C) talk on
- C. (D) dengue fever.
- D. (B) a informative ✓
Answer: D. (B) a informative
Explanation: 'Informative' begins with a vowel sound, so the article must be 'an'.
Q3. Identify the part of the sentence that contains an error: I am knowing (A) / this surgeon (B) / for ten (C) / years now. (D)
- A. (B) this surgeon
- B. (C) for ten
- C. (A) I am knowing ✓
- D. (D) years now.
Answer: C. (A) I am knowing
Explanation: 'Know' is a stative verb and is not used in the continuous form; it should be 'I have known'.
Q4. Identify the part of the sentence that contains an error: She is (A) / good in (B) / mathematics and (C) / physics. (D)
- A. (A) She is
- B. (B) good in ✓
- C. (C) mathematics and
- D. (D) physics.
Answer: B. (B) good in
Explanation: The correct collocation is 'good at' a subject.
Q5. Identify the part of the sentence that contains an error: The committee (A) / has decided (B) / to postponed (C) / the meeting. (D)
- A. (A) The committee
- B. (B) has decided
- C. (C) to postponed ✓
- D. (D) the meeting.
Answer: C. (C) to postponed
Explanation: After 'to' the base form is used: 'to postpone'.

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Q6. Identify the part of the sentence that contains an error: She is interested (A) / to join (B) / the debating (C) / society. (D)
- A. (B) to join
- B. (A) She is interested
- C. (C) the debating
- D. (D) society.
Q7. Identify the part of the sentence that contains an error: He is one (A) / of the best (B) / student in (C) / the class. (D)
- A. (A) He is one
- B. (B) of the best
- C. (D) the class.
- D. (C) student in
Q8. Identify the part of the sentence that contains an error: If you will (A) / need any help, (B) / please let (C) / me know. (D)
- A. (B) need any help,
- B. (C) please let
- C. (A) If you will
- D. (D) me know.
Q9. Identify the part of the sentence that contains an error: The cost (A) / of medicines (B) / have risen (C) / sharply this year. (D)
- A. (A) The cost
- B. (B) of medicines
- C. (C) have risen
- D. (D) sharply this year.
Q10. Identify the part of the sentence that contains an error: The nurse had (A) / went home (B) / before the (C) / doctor arrived. (D)
- A. (A) The nurse had
- B. (B) went home
- C. (C) before the
- D. (D) doctor arrived.
Q11. Identify the part of the sentence that contains an error: Me and (A) / my sister (B) / are going to (C) / the clinic. (D)
- A. (A) Me and
- B. (B) my sister
- C. (C) are going to
- D. (D) the clinic.
Q12. Identify the part of the sentence that contains an error: I wish (A) / I can speak (B) / French (C) / fluently. (D)
- A. (A) I wish
- B. (C) French
- C. (D) fluently.
- D. (B) I can speak
Q13. Identify the part of the sentence that contains an error: She was (A) / accused for (B) / stealing the (C) / necklace. (D)
- A. (A) She was
- B. (C) stealing the
- C. (D) necklace.
- D. (B) accused for
Q14. Identify the part of the sentence that contains an error: He ran (A) / quick to (B) / catch the (C) / bus. (D)
- A. (A) He ran
- B. (C) catch the
- C. (B) quick to
- D. (D) bus.
Q15. Identify the part of the sentence that contains an error: Having finish (A) / the experiment, (B) / the students (C) / left the lab. (D)
- A. (B) the experiment,
- B. (A) Having finish
- C. (C) the students
- D. (D) left the lab.
Q16. Which sentence is grammatically correct and keeps a proper word order?
- A. He asked me what was my name.
- B. He asked me what is my name was.
- C. He asked me what my name was.
- D. He asked me what did my name was.
Q17. Which sentence makes a logical comparison?
- A. The climate of Quetta is colder than that of Karachi.
- B. The climate of Quetta is more colder than Karachi's.
- C. Quetta's climate is colder than Karachi.
- D. The climate of Quetta is colder than Karachi.
Q18. Which of these sentences about Salma's residence uses 'for' or 'since' correctly?
- A. She has lived here for five years.
- B. She is living here for five years since.
- C. She lives here since five years.
- D. She has lived here since five years.
Q19. Which sentence uses 'whom' correctly?
- A. Whom is waiting at the reception?
- B. Whom wrote this report?
- C. Whom do you think is the winner?
- D. To whom should I address the application?
Q20. Which of the following is a complete sentence and not a fragment?
- A. The students who had revised carefully.
- B. Passing the exam after careful revision.
- C. The students who had revised carefully passed.
- D. Because the students had revised carefully.
Q21. Choose the sentence in which the tenses are used consistently.
- A. She opens the register, found the record and calls the patient.
- B. She opened the register, finding the record and calls the patient.
- C. She opened the register, finds the record and called the patient.
- D. She opened the register, found the record and called the patient.
Q22. Choose the best replacement for the capitalised part of the sentence: The senior doctor prevented his assistant TO GO into the ward.
- A. for going
- B. to going
- C. from to go
- D. from going
Q23. Choose the best replacement for the capitalised part of the sentence: He lives in a house which ITS windows are broken.
- A. of which its
- B. whose
- C. which
- D. that its
Q24. Choose the best replacement for the capitalised part of the sentence: Neither the tablets nor the syrup HAVE helped him.
- A. are
- B. were
- C. has
- D. have been
Q25. Choose the best replacement for the capitalised part of the sentence: It is high time you START preparing for the entry test.
- A. started
- B. starting
- C. will start
- D. have started
Q26. Choose the best replacement for the capitalised part of the sentence: The match was cancelled BECAUSE OF the pitch was wet.
- A. on account
- B. due to
- C. because
- D. owing
Q27. Choose the best replacement for the capitalised part of the sentence: The officer was received BY GARLANDS at the airport.
- A. with garlands
- B. from garlands
- C. by the garlands of
- D. through garlands
Q28. Choose the correctly spelt word meaning 'something that happens'.
- A. ocurrence
- B. occurrence
- C. occurance
- D. occurence
Q29. Choose the correctly spelt word meaning 'a place to stay or live in'.
- A. accomodation
- B. acommodatoin
- C. acommodation
- D. accommodation
Q30. Choose the correctly spelt word meaning 'not joined or together'.
- A. separete
- B. separat
- C. separate
- D. seperate