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, mark ‘No error’ as your answer.
My friend, / Priya looks more cheerful today / as she celebrates her birthday.
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Correct answer: C
Explanation
The correct answer is option 3 i.e. No error.
Error Concept: No incorrect usage of tense, punctuation, article, or subject-verb agreement found in the sentence.
What is right:
'My friend, Priya' correctly uses a comma to indicate an appositive (additional information about the noun).
'Looks more cheerful today' is the appropriate comparative form of the adjective “cheerful.”
'As she celebrates her birthday' correctly uses the present tense to indicate an ongoing action.
Grammar Concept:
This sentence follows the rules of correct sentence construction—proper apposition, comparative structure, subject-verb agreement, and tense consistency.
Correction: No correction is needed as all segments are grammatically accurate.
Corrected phrase: No correction required.
Final sentence: My friend, Priya looks more cheerful today as she celebrates her birthday.
Hence, the chosen option is correct.