Multiple choice

Directions: Each question in this section has a sentence with three underlined parts labeled (a), (b) and (c). Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in any underlined part and indicate your answer in the answer sheet against the corresponding letter i.e. (a) or (b) or (c). If you find no error, your answer should be indicated as (d).

(a) He is proficient in Hindi (b) and can speak English, (c) but he does not know to read and write English. (d) No error

  1. (a)

  2. (b)

  3. (c)

  4. (d)
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C Correct answer
Explanation

The sentence segment should be ‘but he cannot read and write English’. ‘Cannot’ denotes ability or lack of ability in reading and writing English. The use of ‘he does not know’ is not required as the modal auxiliary verb to be used here is ‘can’ or ‘cannot’ since it gives more information about the ability of the main verb that it governs.

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