The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.
Holiday homework / are essential to keeping / students busy / during the vacation.
The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.
Holiday homework / are essential to keeping / students busy / during the vacation.
are essential to keeping
are essential to keeping
during the vacation
during the vacation
students busy
students busy
Holiday homework
Holiday homework
Correct Answer:
are essential to keeping
are essential to keeping
the error lies in option A
are essential to keeping should be replaced with is essential to keep
Subject verb agreement rule:
The basic rule states that a singular subject takes a singular verb while a plural subject takes a plural verb.
here the given subject is singular,
