Question : Directions: In the following question, some parts of the sentence have errors, and some are correct. Find out which part of the sentence has an error. The number of that part is the answer. If a sentence is error-free, your answer is "No Error."
Everyone were happy to hear about his success.
(1) to hear
(2) about his success.
(3) No Error
(4) Everyone were happy
Option 1: (1)
Option 2: (2)
Option 3: (3)
Option 4: (4)
Correct Answer: (4)
Solution : The error is in the fourth option.
"Everyone were happy" contains an error. The correct form is "Everyone was happy". "Everyone" is a singular pronoun and should be followed by the singular verb "was" as per the subject-verb agreement.
Therefore, the correct sentence is, "Everyone was happy to hear about his success."
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