Multiple choice

Direction: Part of the sentence or the entire sentence is underlined; beneath each sentence are five ways of phrasing the underlined part are given. Choice 1 repeats the original phrasing; the other four choices are different. If you think the original phrasing produces a better sentence than any of the alternatives, select choice A; if not, select one of the other choices.

No boy or girl were planning to go Goa for picnic.

  1. No boy or girl were planning to go Goa for picnic

  2. To the picnic to Goa, no boy or girl were planning to go

  3. None boy and girl was planning to go to the picnic to Goa

  4. No boy or girl was planning to go for the picnic to Goa

  5. Neither the boy nor the girl were planning to go to Goa for picnic
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D Correct answer
Explanation

(4): The problem lies in Subject and Verb agreement. If two or more singular subjects are joined by 'or' then they take a singular verb. Wrong negative word usage is done in (3) and (5) options.

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