Parts of the following sentence are given as options. Identify the part that contains a grammatical error.
My little cousins enjoyed to splash / in the puddles outside our gate / on the first rainy evening / of the monsoon.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → My little cousins enjoyed to splash
The trouble is “to splash”. A verb that comes after “enjoy” takes the -ing form, never “to” + verb. So it must be enjoyed splashing.
Option 1: My little cousins enjoyed to splash — Error. “enjoyed to splash” should be “enjoyed splashing”.
Option 2: in the puddles outside our gate — No error.
Option 3: on the first rainy evening — No error. “On” is right before a particular day or evening.
Option 4: of the monsoon — No error.
Corrected: My little cousins enjoyed splashing in the puddles outside our gate on the first rainy evening of the monsoon.