Multiple choice

Directions: The following sentence has four parts marked (A), (B), (C), (D) and (E). One of the parts may contain an error and if so, identify the part that contains the error and choose the letter corresponding to that part from the given options. If the sentence does not contain any error, mark (E) as your answer.

She saw the (A)/ handicapped man crossed (B)/ the busy road without (C)/ any help from bystanders. (D)/ No error (E)

  1. (A)

  2. (B)

  3. (C)

  4. (D)

  5. (E)
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B Correct answer
Explanation

This is the correct option as this part of the sentence has the error. Here, ‘crossing’ should be used in place of ‘crossed’ because crossing is the present participle of the verb 'cross' and 'crossed' is the past participle. There is an error of tense disagreement in the verb of this segment.

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