Improve the underlined part of the sentence. Choose ‘No improvement’ as an answer if
the sentence is grammatically correct.
The Government has been building more schools to provided education at the
secondary level.
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Correct answer: A
Explanation
The correct answer is option 1 i.e. provide education at.
Error Concept: Incorrect verb form: provided (past tense) used after “to”, which requires the base form of the verb.
What is wrong: The verb “provided” is in the past tense, but after the infinitive “to”, we always use the base form of the verb.
Grammatical Concept: After “to”, we use V1 (base form) of the verb.
Incorrect: to provided
Correct: to provide
How to correct: Replace “provided” with “provide”.
Correct phrase/ correction: to provide education
Final sentence: The Government has been building more schools to provide education at the secondary level.
Hence, the chosen option will be correct.