Multiple choice

Directions: The following sentence tests your ability to recognise grammar and usage errors. The sentence contains either a single error or no error at all. The error, if there is one, is underlined and lettered. If the sentence contains an error, select the one 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.

In this (A) entire novel the (B) two first chapters (C) are (D) the most interesting ones. (E) No error

  1. (A)

  2. (B)

  3. (C)

  4. (D)

  5. (E)
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B Correct answer
Explanation

 When a cardinal number and an ordinal number modify the same noun, the ordinal number always precedes the cardinal number. The ordinal (first, second) etc. are generally preceded by the definite article ‘the’. So, the correct sequence should be '.... the first two chapters...'

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