Multiple choice

Directions: Some parts of the sentence are underlined. One of the parts may have an error. Find out which part of the sentence has an error. Your answer is (4) if there is no error.

After gaining 10 kilos, (1)/ she has started to abstain (2)/ to eat anything that is fried. (3)/ No error (4)

  1. (1)

  2. (2)

  3. (3)

  4. (4)
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Use ‘from eating’ in place of ‘to eat’. Some words ‘insist’, ‘persist’, ‘abstain’, ‘refrain’, ‘fond’, ‘keen’, ‘succeed’, ‘prohibit’, ‘confident’, ‘prevent’ and ‘hinder’ are followed by a gerund along with prepositions.

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