Spot the Error
A. Copernicus proved
B. that Earth
C. moves
D. round
E. the sun
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → B only
"The" before a unique object:
- The definite article is used before things of which there is only one: the earth, the sun, the moon, the sky.
- This sentence: the sentence already says "the sun", and "Earth" needs the same article: "that the Earth moves round the sun".
Example: The moon goes round the earth.
A. Copernicus proved — No error.
- The simple past proved reports a past event.
B. that Earth — Error.
- The article is missing: that the Earth.
- Correct form: Copernicus proved that the Earth moves round the sun.
C. moves — No error.
- A universal truth stays in the simple present even after a past reporting verb.
D. round — No error.
- Round (or around) shows movement in a circle.
E. the sun — No error.
- The sun correctly takes the definite article.