She would rather stay at home than attend the ceremony.
No error. Would rather + base verb + than + base verb is correctly used.
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He behaves as if he is the owner of the entire building.
No error. As if + present tense is grammatical when the speaker treats the comparison as potentially factual. For a clearly unreal meaning, as if…
She talks as though she knew everything about the matter.
No error. The past form after as though can indicate an unreal or doubtful present comparison.
It is time we started preparing for the examination.
No error. After It is time, a past form can express that something should happen now.
She wishes she had applied for the scholarship earlier.
No error. Wish + past perfect correctly expresses regret about a past action.
Unless the department extends the deadline, no further applications will be accepted.
No error. Unless correctly introduces a negative condition.
If the candidate had checked the instructions carefully, he would not have made this mistake.
No error. This is a correct third conditional: if + past perfect followed by would have + past participle.
The candidates were unaware of the change in reporting time.
No error. Unaware of is correctly used.
The candidate is confident that she will qualify for the interview.
No error. Confident that + clause is correct.
The employee was found guilty of professional misconduct.
No error. Guilty of is the correct collocation.
She is capable of managing several projects simultaneously.
No error. Capable of + gerund is correctly used.
The team succeeded in completing the project ahead of schedule.
No error. Succeed in completing is correct.
The officer insisted on seeing the original documents.
No error. Insist on + gerund is the correct construction when demanding an action.
The candidate objected to the revised examination schedule.
No error. Object to + noun is correct.
She has become accustomed to dealing with difficult situations.
No error. Accustomed to + gerund is correct.
The old building is used to store examination materials.
No error. Here is used to store expresses purpose, not familiarity with an activity. The infinitive is correct.
He is used to work under considerable pressure.
When be used to means be accustomed to, to is a preposition and takes a gerund. Correct: He is used to working under considerable pressure.
The committee has yet to announce its final decision.
No error. Have yet to + base verb means that an expected action has not happened so far.
Not only the teacher but also the students were dissatisfied with the arrangement.
No error. The nearer subject students is plural, so were is appropriate.
Either the application form or the supporting documents are missing.
No error. The nearer subject supporting documents is plural, so are is correct.
The course is designed not only to improve accuracy but also increasing speed.
Parallelism requires to improve and to increase. Correct: The course is designed not only to improve accuracy but also to increase speed.
I would rather revise the notes than watch television.
No error. Would rather + base verb + than + base verb is correct.
The revised syllabus is shorter than the previous one.
No error. The previous one correctly refers to the previous syllabus.
Of the three proposals, the second is the most practical.
No error. A superlative is appropriate when comparing three proposals.