Question

Each sentence is divided into 4 parts. One part of the sentence contains an error. Indicate the part which has the error.

The minister's speech / published / in the newspaper.

1. in the newspaper
2. published
3. The Minister's speech
4. no error
5.

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 2 : published

The erroneous part is published.

• The simple past tense is used when we talk about things that happened or existed before now.
• The structure is given below:
  • Subject + V2 + object. (Active Voice)
  • Object + was/were + V3 + by + subject. (Passive Voice)
• Example:
  • ​He won the car race. (active voice)
  • The car race was won by him. (passive voice)
• Since the sentence is in the past tense and follows the passive voice structure, the verb form 'was published' will be used instead of 'published' in the part given in the 2nd option.
   

​ Correct Sentence: The minister's speech was published in the newspaper.