Directions: item in this section has a sentence with three underlined parts labelled (a), (b) and (c). Read sentence to find out whether there is any error in any underlined part and indicate your response in the Answer Sheet against the corresponding letter, i.e., (a) or (b) or (c). If you find no error, your response should be indicated as (d). Ten thousand dollars is (a) / the prize money being offered (b) / by the game show hosts. (c) / No error (d)
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Analyzing the Sentence for Grammatical Errors
The question asks us to identify if there is any error in the given sentence, which is divided into three parts, or if there is no error at all.
The sentence is: Ten thousand dollars is (a) / the prize money being offered (b) / by the game show hosts. (c) / No error (d)
Let's break down each part of the sentence to check for grammatical correctness.
Part (a): Ten thousand dollars is
This part contains the subject and the verb. The subject is "Ten thousand dollars". When a sum of money, a period of time, or a distance is treated as a single unit or amount, it takes a singular verb. Here, "Ten thousand dollars" is being referred to as a single amount of prize money. Therefore, the singular verb "is" is correctly used with "Ten thousand dollars".
- Subject: "Ten thousand dollars" (treated as a single unit)
- Verb: "is" (singular verb)
- This part is grammatically correct in the context of expressing a single sum of money.
Part (b): the prize money being offered
This part functions as a phrase describing "Ten thousand dollars". "Being offered" is the present participle form of the verb "offer", used here in a passive structure to indicate that the prize money is in the process of being offered. This construction is grammatically sound and makes sense in the context of prize money in a game show.
- Phrase describing the prize money.
- "being offered" is a correct passive participle construction.
- This part is grammatically correct.
Part (c): by the game show hosts.
This is a prepositional phrase indicating the agent performing the action (offering the prize money). "By" is the correct preposition to introduce the agent in a passive voice construction ("being offered by..."). "The game show hosts" is a grammatically correct noun phrase.
- Prepositional phrase indicating the agent.
- "by the game show hosts" correctly identifies who is offering the money.
- This part is grammatically correct.
Conclusion on Sentence Error
After examining each part of the sentence, we find no grammatical errors in parts (a), (b), or (c).
Part (a) correctly uses the singular verb 'is' with 'Ten thousand dollars' treated as a single sum.
Part (b) correctly uses the passive participle phrase 'being offered'.
Part (c) correctly uses the prepositional phrase 'by the game show hosts'.
Since there are no errors in any of the underlined parts, the correct response is (d) No error.
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