Identify the part of the sentence that contains an error.
Before the school bus left for the zoo, / our class teacher asked / the two first rows of students / to show her their water bottles.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → the two first rows of students
When a number like “two” and an order word like “first” come together, the order word comes first. We say the first two rows, which means rows one and two. “The two first rows” is the wrong order.
Option 1: Before the school bus left for the zoo, — No error.
Option 2: our class teacher asked — No error.
Option 3: the two first rows of students — Error. “the two first rows” should be “the first two rows”.
Option 4: to show her their water bottles — No error. “Her” stands for the teacher and “their” for the students, so both are right.
Corrected: Before the school bus left for the zoo, our class teacher asked the first two rows of students to show her their water bottles.