The teacher instructed the students A to have a thoroughly reading B of each chapter C mentioned in ...........

English Language (SBI-CL) Error correction

Direction: Read the sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. If the given sentence is correct as it is, the answer is ‘No error’.

Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any.

The teacher instructed the students (A)/ to have a thoroughly reading (B)/ of each chapter (C)/ mentioned in the syllabus. (D)

The teacher instructed the students

to have a thoroughly reading

of each chapter

mentioned in the syllabus.

No error

Explanation:

The error lies in the second part of the sentence. Thoroughly should be replaced by thorough. Thoroughly has been derived the term thorough. Thoroughly is used as an adverb and means in a thorough or complete manner. Thorough is used as an adjective and means carefully without missing or omitting any detail. The word reading has been used as a noun and should be qualified by an adjective.