Question

identify the error in the following sentence-
America’ first roller coaster ride, which opened in (A) 1884 at Coney Island, Brooklyn and capable of(B)a top speed(C) of only (D) six miles per hour. No error(E).
a) A
b) B
c) C
d) D
e) E

Answer 1

Hint: To identify any error in any given sentence one must check all the parts of speech correctly placed and all the punctuation marks correctly used.

Complete answer:
While checking for errors in any sentence, one must read the entire sentence, examine each choice individually, check verbs and pronouns first (since they are most likely to include errors). In the given question, we have to find the error in the underlined parts. We can clearly see that the sentence in the question is incomplete, which means that it has a subject but no verb in it.
Now, let us examine all the given options to find out the correct answer :
Option ‘a’ is A – opened in. This is the correct part of the sentence and includes no error. Hence this is not the correct option.
Option ‘b’ is B – and capable of. In this part of the sentence, there is no use of any verb which is necessary to complete the sentence. In place of ‘and capable of' there should be ‘was capable of'.
Option ‘c’ is C – top speed. This is also an incorrect option because there is no error in this part of the sentence.
Option ‘d’ is D – only. This word is correctly placed with no error. So, this is also an incorrect option.
Option ‘e’ is E – No error. We will choose this option if there is no error in the given sentence. But since there is an error and we have detected it, we cannot choose this option.
As we have analyzed all the given options, we can easily figure out the correct answer. The error in the given sentence is in part B.So, the correct answer is “Option b”.

Note:
We should read the given sentence thoroughly to find out any errors. Even if we do not find any errors in our first read, we must check all the given options to be sure.