Directions: Each item in this section has a sentence with three underlined parts labelled (a), (b) and (c). Read each sentence to determine whether there is an error in any underlined part and indicate your response on the answer sheet against the above-mentioned corresponding letter. If there is no error, indicate your response as (d).
(a) A group of wayfaring tourists
(b) who had trudged for hundreds of kilometres
(c) has finally arrived at the destination.
(d) No error
- AA group of wayfaring tourists
- Bwho had trudged for hundreds of kilometres
- Chas finally arrived at the destination.
- DNo error
Explanation
The subject of the sentence is the singular collective noun "group" ("a group of wayfaring tourists"), so the singular verb "has finally arrived" agrees correctly — the plural "tourists" sits inside a prepositional phrase and does not govern the verb. The relative clause "who had trudged" correctly takes the plural "had" for its antecedent "tourists". With subject-verb agreement intact throughout, there is no error, so (d) is the answer.