Directions: Each item in this section has a sentence with three underlined parts labelled as (a), (b) and (c). Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in any underlined part and indicate your response on the Answer Sheet against the corresponding letter i.e., (a) or (b) or (c). If you find no error, your response should be indicated as (d).
My mother is thinking (a) / that I should (b) / stop drinking. (c) / No error (d)
- Aa
- Bb
- Cc
- Dd
Explanation
Think in the sense of holding an opinion is a stative verb and is not used in the continuous tense. The correct form is my mother thinks, expressing her current opinion. Is thinking would suggest an ongoing mental process, which is unnatural for opinions. The stative-verb rule makes part a the error.