Choose the part of the following sentence that contains an error:

It is the quarter to ten by my watch.

It is the

The correct answer is Option (1) → It is the

The correct sentence is: It is a quarter to ten by my watch.

The error is in the part “It is the” because we do not use the definite article “the” when telling time with expressions like quarter to, quarter past, or half past. The correct form is “It is a quarter to ten by my watch” or simply “It is quarter to ten by my watch.”