Find out which part of the sentence has an error. If there is no error, choose ‘No error’.
One of my cousins in Kerala / lives on a small farm / where coconuts and pepper are grown.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → No error
The tempting part is “One of my cousins ... lives”. Some students think “cousins” needs the plural verb “live”. But the subject is “one”, not “cousins”. “One of” is followed by a plural noun, and the verb stays singular. So the sentence has no error.
Option 1: One of my cousins in Kerala — No error. “One of” is rightly followed by the plural noun “cousins”.
Option 2: lives on a small farm — No error. The subject is “one”, so the singular verb “lives” is right.
Option 3: where coconuts and pepper are grown — No error. “Coconuts and pepper” are two things joined by “and”, so the plural verb “are grown” is right.