Question : The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.
He reached quickly because / five miles were not / a long distance for / a young man like him.
Option 1: He reached quickly because
Option 2: a long distance for
Option 3: five miles were not
Option 4: a young man like him
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Correct Answer: five miles were not
Solution : The third option is correct.
Five miles is treated as a singular subject, and thus, it should take a singular verb was.
Therefore, the correct sentence is: "He reached quickly because five miles was not a long distance for a young man like him."
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Niyati will reached / the conference / venue / by now.
Option 1: venue
Option 2: Niyati will reached
Option 3: by now
Option 4: the conference
A pack of wolves / were chasing / the deer / in the forest.
Option 1: the deer
Option 2: A pack of wolves
Option 3: were chasing
Option 4: in the forest
The / God / is / omniscient.
Option 1: is
Option 2: The
Option 3: God
Option 4: omniscient
The little boy / hurted himself / when he fell off / his bicycle.
Option 1: hurted himself
Option 2: his bicycle
Option 3: when he fell off
Option 4: The little boy
After a long trek / through the forest, / we arrived to the camp/around 8 p.m.
Option 1: After a long trek
Option 2: around 8 p.m.
Option 3: through the forest
Option 4: we arrived to the camp
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