Multiple choice

Direction: Part of each 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.

The teacher told the children that a number of mistakes is made by each one of them.

  1. a number of mistakes is made by each one of them

  2. a number of mistakes was made by each one of them

  3. each one of them had done a number of mistakes

  4. a number of mistakes were made by each one of them

  5. the number of mistakes are made by each one of them
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

'A number of' is always treated as plural. Hence, option (4) is the best one.

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