Multiple choice

Directions: The following sentence contains either a single error or no error at all. The sentence does not contain more than one error. If the sentence contains an error, select the underlined part that must be changed to make the sentence correct. If the sentence is correct, select choice (E). In choosing the answer, follow the requirements of standard written English.

Several guests (A) noticed that Mr. Peter (B) fell back (C) in his chair and (D) gasping for breath. (E) No error

  1. (A)

  2. (B)

  3. (C)

  4. (D)

  5. (E)

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

'Gasped' should be used instead of 'gasping'. Past tense will be used in order to maintain the parallelism of the sentence as ‘noticed’ has been used in the beginning.