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.
She wanted telling her grandfather / her marks but / he had gone for a walk.
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Correct answer: B
Explanation
The correct answer is option 2, i.e. She wanted telling her grandfather.
Error concept: Use of verb form
What is wrong: The phrase "wanted telling" is grammatically incorrect.
Grammatical concept: After the verb "want", we use the infinitive form (to + verb), not the -ing form of the verb.
Incorrectness of the concept in context: Here, "telling" is in the -ing form, which is wrong after "wanted".
How to correct: We should use "to tell" instead of "telling".
Correct phrase/ correction: She wanted to tell her grandfather
Final sentence: She wanted to tell her grandfather her marks, but he had gone for a walk.
Hence, the chosen option is correct.