The given sentence is divided into four segments. Select the segment with the grammatical error.
I was surprised / to see my / daughter, Manya, riding her / new bicycle confident.
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Correct answer: D
Explanation
The correct answer is option 4 i.e. new bicycle confident.
Error concept: Wrong word form usage.
What is wrong: The adjective “confident” is incorrectly used instead of the adverb “confidently.”
Grammatical concept:
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Adjectives describe nouns.
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Adverbs describe verbs.
Here, the verb is “riding,” so it requires an adverb, not an adjective.
Incorrectness of the concept in context: Saying “riding her new bicycle confident” is grammatically wrong because “confident” cannot modify the verb “riding.”
How to correct: Replace “confident” with “confidently.”
Correct phrase/ correction: new bicycle confidently
Final sentence: I was surprised to see my daughter, Manya, riding her new bicycle confidently.
Hence, the chosen option is correct.