In the following question, some part of the sentence may have errors. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If a sentence is free from error, select ‘No Error’.
Our school administration should seriously consider (1)/ given students more responsibility and empowering (2)/ the student council to play more than a symbolic role. (3)/ No error (4)
Show answer & explanation
Correct answer: B
Explanation
The correct answer is option 2 i.e. Given students more responsibility and empowering.
The error lies in part 2 of the statement because of the different form of the verb.
Concept-
- We need to replace 'given' with 'giving' to make the statement grammatically correct.
- 'And' takes the same forms of the verb before and after it.
- 'Giving' and 'empowering' are in the same form.
- So we need to use 'giving' at the place of 'given'.
The correct sentence will be-
Our school administration should seriously consider giving students more responsibility and empowering the student council to play more than a symbolic role.