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).
It would be nice to have (a) / a good evening stroll (b) / after five hours of office. (c) / No error (d)
- Aa
- Bb
- Cc
- Dd
Explanation
The error is in "an European". "European" begins with the consonant sound /j/ (as in "you"), so the indefinite article must be "a", not "an": "a European". There is no error in "The man", "is" or "honest" ("honest" takes "an" because the 'h' is silent, and it is correctly preceded by "is" here). Hence option B.