Question

Choose the part of the sentence that has an error.
The two first lessons in the English reader are interesting to read.
A. The two first
B. Lessons in the English reader
C. Are interesting
D. To read

Answer 1

Hint: A sentence is a combination of words placed in a definite order so that it makes sense and delivers a complete meaning. Whenever these sentences are not in order, the meaning of the sentence is unclear. Therefore, a meaningful sentence would be the one which is grammatically correct.

Complete answer:
1. In order to find the error in the given sentence, we need to examine the sentence thoroughly and understand the different words used in it and their origin as well.
2. Every sentence can be divided into three parts. The first is the subject, then comes the verb and lastly the object. Here, the verb is placed is ‘read' and is placed at the end.
3. The object of the sentence is in the middle, that is 'the English reader' and the subject is at the beginning.
4. Now if we have a look at the subject, we can see that the word 'two' has been placed before 'first'. This has changed the context on which this word is used. Here it resembles a noun, however then also the sentence is not perfectly arranged.
5.Here, if we interchange the positions of the two words, that is, of 'two' and 'first', then both the words would be successfully used as adjectives of the word 'lessons'. Therefore, the first option contains the error of the given sentence.

Hence the correct answer is option ‘A'.

Note:Additionally, if we have a look at the terms for which we have suggested to interchange, we will notice that the former one is an ordinal number and the latter one is cardinal. And generally, when both of these numbers are used together as adjectives then ordinal numbers are placed before the cardinal ones. So, the corrected sentence will be: “The first two lessons in the English reader are interesting to read”.