In the following question, a sentence is divided into four parts. Identify the part that contains a grammatical or idiomatic error, or select 4 if there is no error: Do you wanted (1)/ to discuss this (2)/ project today or can (3)/ we do it tomorrow? (4)

Difficulty: Easy

Correct Answer: 1

Explanation:


Introduction / Context:
This question checks your understanding of auxiliary verbs (helping verbs) and how they combine with main verbs in questions. The sentence is a polite question about discussing a project now or later. You must find the part of the sentence where the verb form is incorrect, or decide that the sentence has no error.


Given Data / Assumptions:
- Sentence parts:
- (1) Do you wanted
- (2) to discuss this
- (3) project today or can
- (4) we do it tomorrow?
- The sentence is clearly intended to be a present-time question.


Concept / Approach:
The key concept is how do is used as an auxiliary verb to form questions in the simple present tense. When do (or does/did) is used as a helping verb, the main verb must be in its base form (want), not in the past form (wanted) or -ing form. Therefore, structures like Do you wanted...? are incorrect; we should say Do you want...?, or in past tense, Did you want...? The remaining parts of the sentence deal with infinitives and modal verbs, which appear correct.


Step-by-Step Solution:
Step 1: Look at part (1): Do you wanted. Here, do is an auxiliary in the present, but wanted is a past tense form. This combination is grammatically incorrect.Step 2: The proper form in simple present is Do you want, where want is in the base form.Step 3: Check part (2): to discuss this. This is a correct infinitive phrase completing the meaning of want.Step 4: Consider part (3): project today or can. The phrase project today or can introduces an alternative with the modal can, which is fine.Step 5: Part (4): we do it tomorrow? correctly follows the modal can (as in or can we do it tomorrow?).Step 6: Therefore only part (1) contains the error, and the corrected sentence begins with Do you want to discuss this....


Verification / Alternative check:
We can rewrite the full corrected sentence: Do you want to discuss this project today or can we do it tomorrow? This is a smooth, natural question. Another version in past tense would be Did you want to discuss this project today or could we do it tomorrow?, but that would require changing do to did and can to could. Since only want needs to match the auxiliary do in the original simple present, part (1) is clearly the erroneous segment.


Why Other Options Are Wrong:
- Part (2) to discuss this is grammatically correct and properly linked to want.
- Part (3) project today or can is fine as part of the larger phrase project today or can we....
- Part (4) we do it tomorrow? correctly follows the modal can.
- Since we have identified a definite error in part (1), No error cannot be correct.


Common Pitfalls:
Learners sometimes forget that once an auxiliary like do or did is used, the main verb must stay in its base form. They may say Do you went...? or Do you wanted...? instead of Do you go...? or Did you want...? Another common problem is mixing present and past tenses in the same question without a good reason. Always check that the auxiliary and the main verb agree in tense and that only one of them carries the tense marking.


Final Answer:
The incorrect segment is part 1. The sentence should start with Do you want to discuss this project today or can we do it tomorrow?

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