Sentences given below contain one or more mistakes. Find the underlined part which may contain the error.
1In the United States alone, more than 40,000 people die every year in car accidents, and hundreds of thousands more ............... personal and financial injury.
Wrong!
The simple present "suffer" matches the general fact expressed by "die every year."
2No matter how efficient, how safe, or how ..............., trains cannot offer the thrill and sense of empowerment provided by the car.
Wrong!
After "No matter how," the correct statement word order is "inexpensive they are."
3Though their intelligence and ............... long lifespan are traits shared by the other great primates, the social behavior and general lifestyle of orangutans is quite different.
Wrong!
The adverb "relatively" modifies the adjective phrase "long lifespan."
4............... made Jack Kerouac the most celebrated member of the Beat Generation were his autobiographical novels and wayward travels.
Wrong!
The noun-clause pronoun "What" can be the subject of the sentence and means "the things that."
5The Romans perfected the art of building arch bridges and ............... them throughout the Roman Empire.
Wrong!
The past-tense verb "built" is parallel with "perfected."
Answers
- In the United States alone, more than 40,000 people die every year in car accidents, and hundreds of thousands more suffer personal and financial injury.
- No matter how efficient, how safe, or how inexpensive they are, trains cannot offer the thrill and sense of empowerment provided by the car.
- Though their intelligence and relatively long lifespan are traits shared by the other great primates, the social behavior and general lifestyle of orangutans is quite different.
- What made Jack Kerouac the most celebrated member of the Beat Generation were his autobiographical novels and wayward travels.
- The Romans perfected the art of building arch bridges and built them throughout the Roman Empire.
