Which of the following phrases given below each sentence should replace the…
2023
Which of the following phrases given below each sentence should replace the phrase printed in bold letters to make the sentence grammatically correct? Choose the best option among the five given alternatives that reflect the correct use of phrase in the context of the grammatically correct sentence. If the sentence is correct as it is, mark (e) i.e., “No correction required” as the answer.
Although the Constitution doesn’t provide for a fixed number of sessions or days of sitting, three sessions are typical held in each calendar year.
Answer: B. sessions are typically held in each — ConceptIn sentence-correction, an adverb (not an adjective) is what modifies a verb or a past participle, and it tells you how the action happens. Separately,…
- A.
session are typically held in each
- B.
sessions are typically held in each
- C.
sessions are typically hold in each
- D.
sessions is typically held in each
- E.
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Correct answer: B
Concept
In sentence-correction, an adverb (not an adjective) is what modifies a verb or a past participle, and it tells you how the action happens. Separately, a plural subject takes a plural verb (subject-verb agreement), and a passive construction needs the past participle, not the base form, of the main verb.
Application
The bold span is “three sessions are typical held in each calendar year.” Walk it word by word:
The subject “sessions” is plural, so the plural verb “are” is right and must stay.
“typical” is an adjective, but here it sits before the participle “held” and is meant to describe how the sessions are held — that job belongs to the adverb “typically.” So “typical” → “typically.”
“are … held” is a correct passive: the auxiliary “are” plus the past participle “held”. That stays intact.
Putting it together, the corrected phrase is “sessions are typically held in each,” which fixes the lone adjective-for-adverb error while leaving the agreement and the passive verb untouched.
Contrast
Replacing the plural subject with the singular “session” breaks agreement with “are.”
Writing “hold” after “are” is wrong: the passive needs the participle “held,” not the base form.
“sessions is” is a plural subject with a singular verb — a clear agreement error.
Leaving the sentence unchanged keeps the ungrammatical adjective “typical” before “held,” so a correction is in fact required.