Parts of the following sentence are given as options. Identify the part that contains a grammatical error.
More than one page of my notebook were / torn out by my little brother / while he was making / paper boats in the rain.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → More than one page of my notebook were
“More than one” means two or more, but it is followed by a singular noun, “page”. The verb also stays singular. So “were” is wrong, and it must be was.
Option 1: More than one page of my notebook were — Error. “were” should be “was”.
Option 2: torn out by my little brother — No error.
Option 3: while he was making — No error.
Option 4: paper boats in the rain — No error.
Corrected: More than one page of my notebook was torn out by my little brother while he was making paper boats in the rain.