2024 · Q75
Each item in this section has a sentence with three underlined parts, labelled as (a), (b) and (c). Read each sentence to determine 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).
(a) The news regarding (b) the earthquake survivors (c) are very disturbing. (d) No error
EnglishSpotting Errors
- A(a)
- B(b)
- C(c)
- D(d) No error
Explanation
The error is in part (c): ‘news’ is a singular uncountable noun, so it takes a singular verb — ‘The news... is very disturbing’, not ‘are’. The plural-sounding form misleads, but ‘news’ is grammatically singular. Hence the error is in (c).