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Question : Select the most appropriate option to improve the underlined segment in the given sentence.If there is no need to improve it, select ‘No improvement required’.

Each of the naughty boys were punished by the Principal.

Option 1: No improvement required

Option 2: were punish

Option 3: was punishing

Option 4: was punished


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Correct Answer: was punished


Solution : The correct choice is the fourth option .

Explanation : The original sentence, "Each of the naughty boys were punished by the principal," contains a subject-verb agreement error. The correct form should use the singular verb " was " instead of the plural verb "were", since "each" is followed by the singular form of the verb as per the subject-verb agreement.

So, the correct sentence would be: "Each of the naughty boys was punished by the principal."

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