Multiple choice

Directions: The following sentence tests your ability to recognize grammar and usage errors. The sentence contains either a single error or no error at all. If the sentence contains an error, select anyone from the underlined part that must be changed to make the sentence correct. If the sentence is correct, select choice (E). In choosing your answer, follow the requirements of standard written English.

Anthropologists (A) agree that our (B) early ancestors who inhabited the tropics (C) probably have natural protection (D) against the sun. (E) No error

  1. (A)

  2. (B)

  3. (C)

  4. (D)

  5. (E)

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

(C) marks an error as 'probably have' (present tense) is not in tandem with 'who inhabited' (past tense). Therefore, 'probably had' is the correct answer.