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 accordingly. If there is no error, indicate your response as (d).
**Paridhi knew she still had to buy the groceries**/ **pick up dry-cleaning**/ **and prepare the presentation for the next day's meeting.**/ **No error.**
- AParidhi knew she still had to buy the groceries
- Bpick up dry-cleaning
- Cand prepare the presentation for the next day's meeting.
- DNo error.
Explanation
The three coordinated activities governed by "had to" must be strictly parallel, and parts (a) and (c) both carry the definite article ("the groceries", "the presentation"). Part (b), "pick up dry-cleaning", drops the article its parallel partners carry, breaking the parallel structure — it should read "pick up the dry-cleaning". The error is therefore in part (b).