Multiple choice

Directions: The sentence below has been divided into four parts. One of the parts may have an error of grammar or diction. Select the part having the error. If there is no error, choose option (e).

(a) In the present age we see parallels in the manufacture (b) of such needless, and often harmful, things like trinkets (c) and gewgaws, cars and cameras, televisions, jets, and (d) computers, which only waste resources and spew forth pollution (e) No error

  1. a

  2. b

  3. c

  4. d

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

'Trinkets and gewgaw' convey the same idea, but cars and cameras don't. Other articles are all joined by comma. Therefore, the correct usage will be 'trinkets and gewgaws, cars, cameras….'