2026 · Q5
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).
**She said that**/ **she will help me**/ **in this matter.**/ **No error.**
EnglishSpotting Errors
- AShe said that
- Bshe will help me
- Cin this matter.
- DNo error.
Explanation
The error is in part (b). By the sequence-of-tenses rule, when the reporting verb is in the past (“said”), the reported clause shifts “will” to “would”: “She said that she would help me.” Keeping “will” after a past reporting verb is ungrammatical. Parts (a) and (c) contain no fault, so (b) is the erroneous part.