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 Never tell a lie..
no error

In a fix, in a hurry, in a nutshell, make a noise, make a foot, keep a secret, as arule, at a stone’s throw, a short while ago, at a loss, take a fancy to, take aninterest in, take a liking, a pity, tell a lie.



these are the phrasal verbs which should be  used properly.

(B)Do not make a noise.(c) Twelve inches make a foot

to lose heart, to set foot, to give ear, at home, last but not least, to catch fire, in hand, set on fire, by car/bus etc, at last, by mistake, in danger, to take heart. THESE ARE THE PHRASAL VERBS WITH WHICH WE DONT USE ARTICLES


He gave me an advice.

remove AN

Advice,Accommodation, Baggage, Luggage, News, Permission, Progress, Scenery,
Weather, Traffic, Knowledge, Music, Wine, Equipment,Information, Poetry,
Furniture, Hair, Business, Mischief, Bread, Stationery Crockery, Postage,
Wastage, Money, Jewellery, Breakage, Work, Evidence.
THESE ARE THE SOME WORDS USUALLY WITH THEM WE DONT USE A/AN 

we can use A/AN if we add some extra information to those uncountable noun,,

(a) I have a piece of information for you.
(b) I ate a slice of bread.
(c) He gave me a piece of work to do

What sort of a man is he !

What sort of man is he !

'kind of', 'sort of', 'type of', 'variety of'AFTER THESE WORDS WE SHOULD NOT USE ARTICLES

The Punjab.
WITH NAME IF STATE WE SHOULD NOT USE ARTICLE.. BUT THE PUNJAB IS EXCEPTION.

The Soviet UnionNO ERROR

WITH ANY COUNTRY NAME WE SHOULD USE THE, BUT IF THERE ARE WORDS LIKE Union, United, Republic & Kingdom THEN WE CAN USE THE

God resides in heaven.

NO ERROR

THE THINGS WHICH ARE UNIQUE WE ADD "THE" WITH THEM,,THERE ARE SOME EXCEPTION,,WE MUST NOT USE "THE" WITH THEM

Heaven, Hell, God, Parliament

(a) The world is in danger due to green house effect.
(b) Go to hell.
(c) God resides in heaven.
(d) The Bill was passed in Parliamen

NO ERROR IN ABOVE SENTENCE

We must protect environmentEnvironment ,AND Atmosphere  WE MUST USE "the" WITH THEM

(a) The atmosphere consists of three layers.
(b) We must protect the environment

(a) It is too heavy a box for me to carry

NOERRORso, as, too, how, quite

IF THESE ABOVE WORDS ARE BEFORE THE ADJECTIVE THEN WE MUST USE ARTICLE (A/AN)

(a) The loss of jobs/ (b) is regarded by some as an necessary evil/ (c) in the fight
against inflation./ (d) No error.B. A NECESSARY EVIL

(a) It is a/ (b) quarter to ten/ (c) by my watch./ (d) No errorremove A, we should not use A prior to Quarter to ten

(a) Gita doesn’t usually/ (b) wear jewellery but yesterday/ (c) she wore ring./ (d) No
error.ring is singular countable noun,,so use A .. A ring

(a) The police asked us/ (b) about our movements/ (c) on a night of crime./ (d) No
error.

night of crime,, its  definite time,, so use THE .. on the night of crime.

(a) In science the credit goes to a man/ (b) who convinces the world,/ (c) not to the
man to whom the idea first occurs./ (d) No errorA.

the man

the man will be used,,,because that man will be particular one

(a) It is only after/ (b) the match is over/ (c) that people realize/ how exciting it is./ (d) No errorb.here it is not mentioned which match,, so use A instead of THE

(a) Of the two/ (b) sisters, she/ (c) is better./ (d) No error.if we need to choose one in between two,, then with comparative degree we use THE,

so THE better is Right

(a) It is unfortunate enough/ (b) to lose few friends we make/ (c) during our school
days./ (d) No error.

use THE,, because here we are talking about those frnds which me made in  our school days,, and those are particular ones also.. and those are countable,so use the few

(a) There were a number of intelligent gentlemen at the party/ (b) but it was Mr.
Subramaniam, an eminent scientist,/ (c) who remained a centre of attraction./
(d) No errorc ,, the centre of attraction

(a) I have been/ (b) informed that/ (c) Mr. Sharma, the director and the chairman
will visit Patna the following month./ (d) No error.

here mr. sharma has two designations,, so use the only before the director..not before the chairman,, 

if we use the director and the chairman it means there are two persons..

(a) He is/ (b) the best worker/ (c) of the factory but unfortunately least paid./ (d) No error.least is superlative degree of LESS, so use THE before least...THE LEAST  is right

(a) He has come out/ (b) with an unique proposal/ (c) for his friends (d) No errorunique ,,,yunik,, so use A instead of AN

(a) When the house was/ (b) set on the fire, all the people/ (c) started shouting at
the top of their voices./ (d) No error.

to lose heart, to set foot, to give ear, at home, last but not least, to catch fire, in hand, set on fire, by car/bus etc, at last, by mistake, in danger, to take heart. THESE ARE THE PHRASAL VERBS WITH WHICH WE DONT USE ARTICLES

(a) Little knowledge/ (b) of medicine that he possessed/ (c) proved to be a blessing
for him when he was in great pain./ (d) No error.

the little or a little both right

(a) It was/ (b) by a mistake/ (c) that he injured her hand./ (d) No error.

to lose heart, to set foot, to give ear, at home, last but not least, to catch fire, in hand, set on fire, by car/bus etc, at last, by mistake, in danger, to take heart. THESE ARE THE PHRASAL VERBS WITH WHICH WE DONT USE ARTICLES

a) These orders of/ (b) the Manager/ (c) may put the lives of two thousand workers
in a danger./ (d) No error.

to lose heart, to set foot, to give ear, at home, last but not least, to catch fire, in hand, set on fire, by car/bus etc, at last, by mistake, in danger, to take heart. THESE ARE THE PHRASAL VERBS WITH WHICH WE DONT USE ARTICLES

a) The most happy/ (b) marriage would be/ (c) a union of a deaf man and a blind
woman./ (d) No error.

THE UNION,,,

(a) John suggested to/ (b) the children of his village that they should/ (c) go to the
school regularly and do their home work sincerely./ (d) No error.C.

WHEN WE GO TO SOME PARTICULAR PLACE FOR PARTICULAR REASON,, WE DONT USE THE WITH THEM,,

STUDY>>SCHOOL

PRAYER>CHURCH

POOJA> TEMPLE

PRISON> JAIL

(a) Some people say that/ (b) her husband is in the jail/ (c) and so she lives
alone./ (d) No error.B.

WHEN WE GO TO SOME PARTICULAR PLACE FOR PARTICULAR REASON,, WE DONT USE THE WITH THEM,,

STUDY>>SCHOOL

PRAYER>CHURCH

POOJA> TEMPLE

PRISON> JAIL

(a) The Greek peoples/ (b) are considered/ (c) very brave/ (d) No errorPEOPLES MEANS DIFFERENT RACE PEOPLE SEPARATELY..

AND HERE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT GREEK ONLY,, SO USE THE GREEK PEOPLE

OR THE GREEK

(a) His father/ (b) asked him to go/ (c) to the temple every morning/ (d) No error

.C.

WHEN WE GO TO SOME PARTICULAR PLACE FOR PARTICULAR REASON,, WE DONT USE THE WITH THEM,,

STUDY>>SCHOOL

PRAYER>CHURCH

POOJA> TEMPLE

PRISON> JAIL

(a) There was little/ (b) milk in the refrigerator and she gave it/ (c) to her crying son./
(d) No error.HERE a LITTLE,, VERY SMALL QUANTITY

(a) He leads/ (b) a very luxurious life / (c) so he goes to every part of India by a car./ (d) No error.BY CAR WILL BE RIGHT,,NOT MENTIONED WHICH MODEL OR COMPANY

(a) Thanks to an effort/ (b) and persistence of the doctors, the victims of the blast/
(c) have been able to start a normal life again./ (d) No error.USE THE PRIOR TO EFFORT,,

(a) In a hour’s time/ (b) I will be back/ (c) but now I have to go./ (d) No error.

HOUR (AUR) SO USE AN

(a) Terrorist organizations/ (b) kill innocent people/ (c) to spread a violence./ (d)
No error

VIOLENCE is uncountable,, so remove A

(a)Whole world is/ (b) today facing the threat of extinction/ (c) due to the inventions
of Science./ (d) No erroruse THE prior to WHOLE

a) The answer/ (b) to all the sufferings of / (c) human beings lies in the Science./ (d)
No errorWITH ANY SUBJECT WE DONT USE ARTICLES,, SO REMOVE THE,, ONLY SCIENCE WILL BE USED

(a) This is/ (b) most important/ (c) lesson which we will have to study very
carefully./ No error.THE MOST

(a)The Ganges/ (b) is for North India/ (c) what Krishna is for South India./ (d) No error.WE USE the PRIOR TO NAMES OF RIVER.. SO use the krishna

(a) I like to travel/ (b) by the air as/ (c) I am a very busy person./ (d) No error.by air is right

(a) The Chairman and the Trustee/ (b) was removed from his/ (c) post because he
had misappropriated the fund./ (d) No error.the chairman and the trustee  ,,two the,,so both are diffrennt,,Use WERE instead of was

if you are thinking like this then u r wrong,,because here we are talking about one person,, read full sentence,, so use the chairman and trustee

(a) She found/ (b) herself in a trouble/ (c) when she saw the stalker following her
persistently./ (d) No error.in trouble is right

(a) All the people/ (b) of India know that/ (c) Gandhi ji was a very wise and a noble
soul./ (d) No error. Gandhi ji was a very wise and  noble soul.

(a) The man/ (b) is the only creature/ (c) that is endowed with the art of humour./
(d) No error.

here man means all human  beings,, so THE  not Required  here.

(a) It is very difficult/ (b) to find out the number of/ (c) the creatures living on the
earth./ (d) No error

remove the prior to creatures.because,, we already used the prior to number of,,

so correct is " the number of creatures

(a) While climbing/ (b)the hill, to his amazement , the/ (c) poor man found the box
of pearls./ (d) No error.here a box of pearls,, reason being that,, he was not prior knowledge that it was box of pearls

(a) The blast derailed the lives / (b)of many people but in an year/ (c) time leaving
apart the victims,no one remembered anything/ (d) No error.b

year ( yir not ear) so use A year

(a)Cowards die/ (b) several times,/ (c) the braves die but once/ (d) No error.c,the brave

(a) Akbar became a heir/ (b)to the throne at/ (c) a young age of thirteen/ (d) No error.an heir or the heir both right

(a) The both brothers/ (b) are safe now/ (c) and are recuperating./ (d) No errorboth the is right,, after both we can use the,,not before it

(a) When the principal entered the classroom/ (b) all boys shook/ (c) in their shoes/
(d) No error.all the boys

(a) Father in him/ (b) could not bear the condition of/ (c) his ailing daughter/ (d) No error.the father

if we want to show quality of some relatives then use THE,, so THE  FATHER

(a) Let judge in you/ (b) decide what/ (c) punishment should be given to him/ (d) No errorlet the judge in you..

if we want to show quality of some relatives then use THE,, so THE  FATHER

(a) My teacher said that/ (b) Sun is a/ (c) star/ (d) No error.the sun is a star.

(a) Due to its beauty/ (b) Kashmir is known as/ (c) Switzerland of India/ (d) No error.the switzerland,,,

a) Most of the people of Southern India/ (b) do not know/ (c) the Hindi/ (d) No error.c.remove the,,,only hindi,,

(a) He went for the lunch/ (b) at 1 p.m. and then/ (c) returned/ (d) No error.

A.remove the,,, use only,,LUNCH,,,

(a) The honesty/ (b) is/ (c) a virtue./ (d) No error.A.WITH ABSTRACT NOUN WE DONT USE  THE,, SO REMOVE THE,,

a) Every morning the Sun/ (b) rises/ (c) in east/ (d) No error.THE EAST

(a) When I met him/ (b) the couple of days back/ (c) he was writing a new
book,/ (d) No error.

B,, CHANGE THE TO A.