Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

English

Chapter

Grammar: Idioms

Question:

In the sentence identify the segment which contains a grammatical error.

Our twenty-first century society expects all relevant information to simply be handing to us.

Options:

Our twenty-first century society

handing to us.

to simply be

expects all relevant information

Correct Answer:

handing to us.

Explanation:

The grammatical error in the sentence "Our twenty-first century society expects all relevant information to simply be handing to us" is in the phrase "handing to us".

The verb "hand" is in the present participle form, which is used to form the progressive tense. However, the sentence is in the passive voice, which is formed with the verb "to be" + past participle. So, the correct form of the verb is "handed".

The correct sentence is "Our twenty-first century society expects all relevant information to simply be handed to us."

Here is the corrected sentence:

Our twenty-first century society expects all relevant information to simply be handed to us.