Which of the following statements is incorrect?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → There is a cattle into the field.
Errors in the sentence:
- This sentence has three errors:
- Cattle is a plural noun with no singular form, so it cannot take "a";
- for the same reason it cannot take "is";
- into shows movement, whereas the sentence describes position, which needs "in".
- Corrected: There are cattle in the field.
Example: The cattle are grazing near the river.
Why the Other Options are Incorrect?
Option 1: The lion and the unicorn fought for the crown. — Incorrect.
- Correct use: this is a correct sentence, a line of a well-known nursery rhyme.
- The two subjects take the past tense "fought".
Option 2: Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall. — Incorrect. Correct use: this is a correct sentence, the opening line of the nursery rhyme.
Option 3: Here is the watch that you asked for. — Incorrect.
- Correct use: the singular "watch" agrees with is.
- "Ask for" is the right phrasal verb, so the sentence is correct.