The roof besides them had a A great hole smashed through it B and pieces of glass was lying C scatte...........

English Language Ph-1&2 (RBI) Error correction

In the given question, a sentence is divided into four parts. There are errors in three parts. Choose the part which doesn’t have an error. If all the four parts are correct, mark E, i.e. ‘All are correct’ as the answer.

The roof besides them had a (A) great hole smashed through it, (B)/ and pieces of glass was lying (C)/ scattered on every direction. (D)

All are correct

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Explanation:

Out of the given parts, part B is error free. The word ‘beside’ functions as a preposition and its most common definition is ‘at the side of; next to’ while the word ‘besides’ is defined as ‘in addition to, as well; moreover, furthermore’. In the part A, the roof is next to them, therefore, ‘beside’ must be used rather than ‘besides’. In the part C, the subject is pieces of glass which is plural, therefore, plural verb i.e. ‘were’ must be used to maintain the subject- verb agreement. The part D is erroneous because of the presence of preposition ‘on’. The correct preposition to go with ‘scattered’ is ‘in’. Therefore, only part B is error-free.