Multiple choice

Directions: The following sentence may contain an error. You have to find that part of the sentence which contains the error. If there are no errors, choose ‘No error’ as your answer. Not only they need clothing, but they are also short of food and water.

  1. not only they need

  2. clothing

  3. but they are also

  4. short of food and water

  5. no error
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A Correct answer
Explanation

It should be ‘not only do they need’. When a negative expression goes at the beginning of a sentence, it should be followed by auxiliary verb + subject. In this case, the sentence should read: Not only do they need clothing, but they are also short of food and water.

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