Question

Find out the error in each of the following sentences, if any. If there is no error, your answer is 'E'.
The prisoners walked slowly (A) for they knew that as (B) soon as they cross the gate, (C) the jailor would ask them to jog. (D) No Error.(E)

• A. A
• B. B
• C. C
• D. D
• E. E

Answer 1

Answer: (C)

C

Here, "cross" distorts the structure of the sentence as it does not correspond with "walked": it must be changed to "crossed". As part C carries the error, option C is the answer.