Multiple choice

Directions: The sentence below is divided into four parts. Select the part with an error.

  1. The woodcutter smiled smugly,

  2. picked up his axe

  3. and fell the tree

  4. with one ferocious stroke.
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C Correct answer
Explanation

'Fell' as an intransitive verb is the second form of 'fall' or drop. But the sense conveyed here is 'cut down' for which the appropriate transitive verb is 'fell' and the second form of fell is 'felled'.

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