Question : The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.
The ship sink / in the sea / and had / no survivors.
Option 1: in the sea
Option 2: and had
Option 3: The ship sink
Option 4: no survivors
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Correct Answer: The ship sink
Solution : The error lies in the third option.
The verb "sink" is in the present tense, while the sentence describes a past event—the sinking of the ship. When narrating past events, the correct form is to use the past tense. So, the correct form is "The ship sank " to convey that the sinking of the ship occurred in the past. Using the present tense in this context is grammatically incorrect and does not match the temporal context of the sentence.
Therefore, the correct sentence should be: The ship sank in the sea and had no survivors.
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