Question

A sentence can be formed when A, B, C, and D are put in an order. Identify the part which has an error.

• A. When the young boy
• B. was accused
• C. to steal,
• D. he started to cry.

Answer 1

Answer: (C)

to steal,

The correct sentence would be " when the young boy was accused of stealing he started to cry." After accused we put the preposition 'of' followed by a verbal noun or gerund. So, instead of 'to steal' it would be 'of stealing'. 'Stealing' is a gerund here, because it is the 'ing' form of the verb 'steal' and functions as a noun.