Question : The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error He went / to the bed / with a / slight fever.
Option 1: slight fever
Option 2: to the bed
Option 3: with a
Option 4: He went
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Correct Answer: to the bed
Solution : The error lies in the second option.
The correct preposition to use in this context is to bed rather than to the bed.
The expression to bed is idiomatic when referring to going to sleep or lying down, and it doesn't require the article the.
Therefore, the correct sentence is," He went to bed with a slight fever".
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Question : The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error. The girl lay down / on the bed / besides her mother / and went to sleep.
Option 1: on the bed
Option 2: besides her mother
Option 3: The girl lay down
Option 4: and went to sleep
Question : The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error. Daniel sat on / his new bike / and went afar / a ride.
Option 1: a ride
Option 2: his new bike
Option 3: and went afar
Option 4: Daniel sat on
Question : The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error. Here / come / the bus / for Lucknow.
Option 1: for Lucknow
Option 2: the bus
Option 3: come
Option 4: here
Question : The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.
He was unable / to help me because / he had been failed / to arrange the money.
Option 1: to help me because
Option 2: to arrange the money
Option 3: he had been failed
Option 4: he was unable
Question : The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error. He often / persists to ask / awkward questions / at the board meetings.
Option 1: he often
Option 2: persists to ask
Option 3: awkward questions
Option 4: at the board meetings
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