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In the following questions a part of sentence in bold type may be incorrect. You have to select the correct option from 'A', 'B','C', and 'D'. Choose the option 'E' if no correction is required.

1. He thought that I am going to sing a song.
  A.  that I had gone
  B.  that I was going
  C.  that I have gone
  D.  that I had been going
  E. No correction required
     
   
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2. They tend to have problem to fall asleep.
  A.  problem in
  B.  sing a song in
  C.  snoring in
  D.  a hard time falling
  E. No correction required
     
   
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Don’t use 'to' form of a verb after “problem.” Use 'a hard time' and then the 'ing' form of the verb.

3. I need few minutes to discuss about this problem.
  A.  discuss
  B.  think upon
  C.  get solved
  D.  come across
  E. No correction required
     
   
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I need few minutes to discuss this problem. There is no need to use 'about' after discuss.

4. Our data shows that most of customers are satisfied.
  A.  most customers
  B.  many customer
  C.  most of the customers
  D.  few of customers
  E. No correction required
     
   
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After most of, you need to have an article like “the” or a possessive pronouns like “my/his/our/their etc.

5. You still can’t believe how clever she is.
  A.  how much clever
  B.  too much
  C.  that too clever
  D.  that how much useless
  E. No correction required
     
   
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Use only 'how' before adjectives like 'stubborn'. We use how much / how many with nouns like how much money etc.

6. I liked video games when I was child.
  A.  when I were child
  B.  when I was a child
  C.  during childhood
  D.  if I were child
  E. No correction required
     
   
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When using a noun, you need an article like I was a child, she is a girl, I am a boy etc.
7. An important part of my life have been the friends who helped me a lot.
  A.  has been the friends
  B.  had the friends
  C.  were the friends
  D.  are the friends
  E. No correction required
     
   
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The subject and verb of a sentence must agree with one another in number, whether they are singular or plural. Here in this sentence the subject is singular hence its verb must also be singular. 'An imporatnat part of my life' is singular, therefore use 'has been'.

8. I can't believe its Friday today.
  A.  if it is
  B.  it were
  C.  it was
  D.  it's
  E.  No correction required
     
   
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Use an apostrophe with it’s only when the word means it is or it has. Without the apostrophe, it means belonging to it.
9. Hardly she reached the platform when the train arrived.
  A.  had she been reached
  B.  did she reach
  C.  had she reached
  D.  she had reached
  E.  No correction required
     
   
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Use past participle after 'hardly'
10. I was not punished nontheless I was guilty.
  A.  despite
  B.  even though
  C.  being
  D.  in spite of
  E.  No correction required
     
   
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Even though is more emphatic, putting stronger emphasis on the contrast between the two clauses it connects.
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