Identify the part of the sentence that contains an error.
The steel tiffin box that Meenu Bua / gave my brother on his birthday / keeps his lunch warm and / is very lighter than his old one.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → is very lighter than his old one
The last part says “very lighter”. This is wrong. “Very” is used before the plain adjective, as in “very light”. It cannot come before a comparative such as “lighter”. A comparative is made stronger with much, so the part must say much lighter.
Option 1: The steel tiffin box that Meenu Bua — No error.
Option 2: gave my brother on his birthday — No error. “Gave my brother” is right. The person can come straight after “give”.
Option 3: keeps his lunch warm and — No error.
Option 4: is very lighter than his old one — Error. “very lighter” should be “much lighter”.
Corrected: The steel tiffin box that Meenu Bua gave my brother on his birthday keeps his lunch warm and is much lighter than his old one.