The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.
He told / his senior, 'I / will sung a song / at the party tonight.'
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Correct answer: D
Explanation
The correct answer is option 4 i.e. will sung a song
Error concept: incorrect verb form
What is wrong: The verb “sung” is incorrectly used with “will”.
Grammatical concept: After “will”, we always use the base form of the verb (V1) to indicate future tense.
Incorrectness of the concept in context: Here, “sung” is the past participle of sing, but in future tense with will, we need sing.
How to correct: Replace “will sung” with “will sing”
Corrected phrase: will sing a song
Final sentence: He told his senior, 'I will sing a song at the party tonight.'
Hence, the chosen option is correct