Multiple choice

Directions: The following sentence has been split into four parts. One of the parts may have an error of grammar or syntax. Select the part having the error. If there is no error, select (5).

  1. The chairman and managing director was

  2. not very happy with the performance

  3. of their team as it could not achieve

  4. the target set by them.
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A Correct answer
Explanation

Reading the sentence as a whole gives us an idea ('their team' and 'them') that 'chairman' and 'managing director' are different persons. The correct usage would be 'The chairman and the managing director were…'

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