Multiple choice

Directions: The following question has a sentence with three parts labelled (a), (b) and (c). Read the sentence to find out whether there is any error in any part and indicate the letter of that part as your answer. If you find no error, your answer should be indicated as (d).

(a) The gardener (b) forbade the children (c) not to pluck the flowers. (d) No error

  1. (a)

  2. (b)

  3. (c)

  4. (d)
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C Correct answer
Explanation

(c) is the correct answer. The words “not to” should be replaced by “to” as the negative sense has already been conveyed by using the word 'forbade'.

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