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).
**Neither of the two boys**/ **have done**/ **his homework.**/ **No error.**
- ANeither of the two boys
- Bhave done
- Chis homework.
- DNo error.
Explanation
The error is in part (b). “Neither” is grammatically singular even when it refers to two people, so it takes a singular verb: “Neither of the two boys has done his homework.” The plural verb “have done” violates subject-verb agreement. Part (a) correctly pairs “neither” with “of the two boys”, and the singular possessive “his” in (c) agrees with the singular “neither”. Hence (b) is the faulty part.