Question

Choose the part that has an error in it. (In case of no error, choose option E.)

Because the garden was $\underset{A}{\underset{–}{untended}}$, the windows $\underset{B}{\underset{–}{hadno}}$ shutters, and the lawn $\underset{C}{\underset{–}{overrun}}$ by weeds, people $\underset{D}{\underset{–}{passingby}}$ the old house assumed that it was unoccupied. $\underset{E}{\underset{–}{Noerror}}$

• A. A
• B. B
• C. C
• D. D
• E. E

Answer 1

The correct option is C C

Here, "overrun" clashes with the tense pattern of the rest of the sentence: "overrun" does not correspond with "untended" and "had no shutters" thus creating a lack of parallelism. Thus C carries the error.