Question

Identify the part of the sentence that is incorrect.

The shopkeeper told us/that the prizes/ will be exhibited/the next day.

Questions 128 to 150. Answer each question by choosing the correct answer from the options given.

• A. The shopkeeper told us
• B. that the prizes
• C. will be exhibited
• D. the next day

Answer 1

Answer:

C. will be exhibited

The incorrect part of the sentence is: "will be exhibited".

The correct sentence should be:
"The shopkeeper told us that the prizes would be exhibited the next day."

This is because when reporting what someone said in the past (indirect speech), the verb tense should generally shift back. Since the reporting verb ("told") is in the past tense, the future tense "will" should be changed to "would."