The following sentence has been divided into three parts. One of them may be…
2019
The following sentence has been divided into three parts. One of them may be incorrect. Choose the incorrect part from the given options.
Sentence:
I could not understand / his speech / so I did not know French.
- A.
No error
- B.
so I did not know French
- C.
I could not understand
- D.
his speec
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Correct answer: B
The sentence expresses cause and effect. The speaker means that they couldn’t understand the speech because they didn’t know French — not the other way around.
Hence, the correct sentence should be:
✅ I could not understand his speech because I did not know French.
So, the error lies in part 2 (“so I did not know French”), where “so” should be replaced with “because.”
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