Spot the Error in the sentence:
My sister-in-law who lives in Mumbai have, come to stay with us
(A) My sister-in-law who
(B) lives in Mumbai
(C) have come
(D) to stay
(E) with us
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → (C) only
Subject-verb agreement:
- The verb agrees with the subject, not with words that come between them.
- The subject is "My sister-in-law", a singular noun. "Who lives in Mumbai" only describes her.
- A singular subject takes has: "My sister-in-law who lives in Mumbai has come to stay with us."
Example: My friend who lives next door has gone to Delhi.
(A) My sister-in-law who — No error.
- A singular subject followed by the relative pronoun who.
(B) lives in Mumbai — No error.
- "Lives" agrees with "who", which stands for the singular "sister-in-law".
(C) have come — Error.
- "have" should be has.
- Correct form: has come
(D) to stay — No error.
- "Come to stay" is a normal verb + to-infinitive of purpose.
(E) with us — No error.