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) Each of the boys (b) were to blame (c) for the accident. (d) No error

  1. (a)

  2. (b)

  3. (c)

  4. (d)
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B Correct answer
Explanation

The correct sentence segment will be was to be blamed. The use of each one is done as a singular entity and to establish subject verb agreement the verb used will be singular too, hence, the use of singular verb was.

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