The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.
My brother performed / extremely good / in the class test / held yesterday
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Correct answer: D
Explanation
The correct answer is option 4 i.e. extremely good.
Error concept: The error is related to adjective vs adverb usage.
What is wrong: “performed” is a verb and needs an adverb to modify it. “good” is an adjective, but it should be “well” which is an adverb.
Grammatical concept: Adverbs are used to modify verbs. Adjectives are used to modify nouns and pronouns.
Incorrectness of the concept in context: “extremely good” is wrong because an adjective is used instead of an adverb.
How to correct: We should replace “good” with “well.”
Correction: extremely well.
Final sentence: My brother performed extremely well in the class test held yesterday.