2. Error Identification Directions:

2. Error Identification
Directions: Four parts of each sentence below are underlined and marked with the
numbers 1, 2, 3, and 4. Identify the underlined part that makes the
sentence incorrect.

26. The minutes of last month’s meeting will deliver to all the board members
1 2 3
for approval before the next meeting.
4
27. A few tiny primitive moths have chewing mouth parts for which they feed on pollen
1 2 3 4
and spores.
28. The most troublesome types of pollution are the sewage of cities or the wastes of
1 2 3
industrial plants.
4

29. One must bear in mind that in the early stages of learning a new language,
1 2
students often return to something as childhood.
3 4
30. Some viruses can be transmitted from a sick to a well person only through close
1 2 3
person contact.
4
31. Quality customer-service leaders know that what their team members want and
1 2 3
provide it.
4
32. The majority of settlers on the continent were farmers, supported themselves
1 2 3
as much as they could by their own labors.
4
33. Electronics are one of the most recent and most exciting branches of electrical
1 2 3 4
science which is taught at most universities.
34. The soldiers who had been marching across the desert nearly died of thirst and
1 2 3
being exhausted.
4
35. The first passenger elevator was installed in a New York hotel; he traveled up and
1 2 3 4
down on a giant screw.
36. Most people were unhappy about the government, but they became
1 2
determined to protest against it.
3 4

37. It is important for understanding that people are not weak or old-fashioned if
1 2 3
they experience dissatisfaction caused by change.
4
38. A sudden losing of weight and the slow aging of the body result from many
1 2 3
of the fat cells being absorbed into the body to be used as energy.
4
39. It is required that government plays an important role in stopping
1 2
depressions and recessions in industrialized countries.
3 4
40. Large downtown department stores often spend vast amounts of money try to have
1 2 3
the best window displays in their community.