The following sentence has been divided into parts. One of them may contain an error. Select the part that contains the error from the given options. If you don’t find any error, select ‘No error’ as your answer.
(a) The more it rains,/ (b) worse/ (c) the roads become/ (d) No error
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Correct answer: B
Explanation
The correct answer is option 2 i.e. (b) worse
The sentence is intended to show a proportional comparison using the structure:
'The more... the more/less/better/worse...'
Let’s break it down:
(a) The more it rains,
Correct — This is the first half of the comparative structure.
(b) worse
Incorrect — It should be 'the worse', because in this correlative comparative structure, both parts must include 'the':
The more it rains, the worse the roads become.
(c) the roads become
Correct — This is the second clause and fits grammatically after 'the worse'.
(d) No error
Because there is an error in part (b), this is not the right answer.