2025 · Q17
Each item in this section has a sentence with three underlined parts labelled (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), (b) or (c). If you find no error, your response should be indicated as (d).
As soon as the clock / chimed to announce the hour at midnight / she sprung up from her bed.
EnglishSpotting Errors
- AAs soon as the clock
- Bchimed to announce the hour at midnight
- Cshe sprung up from her bed.
- DNo error
Explanation
Part (c) uses the wrong verb form: the simple past of 'spring' is 'sprang' ('she sprang up'), while 'sprung' is the past participle used with an auxiliary ('she had sprung up'). Parts (a) and (b) are correct. The verb-form error in (c) makes C the answer.