Choose the sentences that contain an error:
(A) Our milkman is a honest man who never adds water to the milk.
(B) I will return your umbrella when I see you on Monday.
(C) There were too much mistakes in Rehan’s first Hindi essay.
(D) The cattle are resting in the shade of the neem trees behind the dairy.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → (A) and (C) only
(A) Our milkman is a honest man who never adds water to the milk. — Incorrect.
- “A” or “an” depends on the first sound of the next word, not its first letter.
- The “h” in “honest” is silent, so the word begins with a vowel sound.
- Correct form: Our milkman is an honest man who never adds water to the milk.
(B) I will return your umbrella when I see you on Monday. — Correct.
- After “when”, the simple present is used for a future action.
- So “when I see you” is right, not “when I will see you”.
(C) There were too much mistakes in Rehan’s first Hindi essay. — Incorrect.
- “Much” goes with things we cannot count.
- “Mistakes” can be counted, so it takes “many”.
- Correct form: There were too many mistakes in Rehan’s first Hindi essay.
(D) The cattle are resting in the shade of the neem trees behind the dairy. — Correct.
- “Cattle” is always plural.
- So the plural verb “are” is right.