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In every recruitment examination of banks or other government organizations, the candidates will definitely get questions on the topic of spotting error in English section. These of questions are framed to test the ability of candidates to draft reports or letters in English as per the needs of the organization. There should not be any grammatical error in these reports and letters. To attempt error spotting questions you must be alert and good at spotting errors. These questions can fetch very good marks to you or can make you feel miserable at the time of examination. In any competitive examination, you get 5-10 questions approximately on this topic. In this article, we are going to discuss some of the useful tips which will help the candidates in spotting errors easily during the examination.
The basic reason of including these questions in the examination is to test the Grammar base of the candidates. Lets find out some of the useful tips for these questions below:
Read Whole Sentence: Do not be in hurry read the entire sentence before answering the question. Usually a given sentence is divided into four sections, so it is essential to read the full sentence in order to know the idea behind it. Then after reading the sentence attempt the question.
Read the Sentence a Bit Louder: This will help you as by reading it loudly you will detect the error easily. When you read the sentence loudly you also hear it and through this you get to know about the part containing the error.
Brush Up Your Grammar Skills: For attempting these questions this is really important to have very good grammar skills. Without good grammar you can not attempt the questions based on this topic. By brushing up your skills you can easily score good marks.
Solve Previous Question Papers: Every examination has some pattern for the questions from every topic. For this the candidates should solve the previous years' question papers. By doing so they will not only get to know about the examination pattern but will also gain confidence.
Read Newspaper: Develop a healthy reading habit through this you will be able to spot the error easily. By reading your understanding of the language will improve and so ypu will be able to attempt these questions correctly.
Practice more and more: As practice makes a man perfect this is important for the candidates to practice these questions more and more. This will help you in building confidence and answering the questions quickly.