Question : Select the sentence that has a spelling error.
A- A fisherman, enfeebled with age, could no longer go out to sea so he began fishing in the river.
B- Every morning he would go down to the river and sit there fishing the whole day long.
C- In the evening, he would sell whatever he had caught, buy food for himself and go home.
D- One hot afternoon, while he was bemoaning his fate, a large bird alited near him.
Option 1: One hot afternoon, while he was bemoaning his fate, a large bird alited near him.
Option 2: In the evening, he would sell whatever he had caught, buy food for himself and go home.
Option 3: A fisherman, enfeebled with age, could no longer go out to sea so he began fishing in the river.
Option 4: Every morning he would go down to the river and sit there fishing the whole day long.
Correct Answer: One hot afternoon, while he was bemoaning his fate, a large bird alited near him.
Solution : The first option is correct.
The sentence with a spelling error is option D:
One hot afternoon, while he was bemoaning his fate, a large bird alited near him
.
The correct spelling of the word is
alighted,
not
alited
.
In this context,
alighted
is used to describe the bird descending or landing near the fisherman.
Therefore, the correct sentence is: One hot afternoon, while he was bemoaning his fate, a large bird alighted near him .
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