English grammar error-spotting (adverb placement and direction after movement): Read the sentence split into four labeled parts and select the erroneous part only if there is one; otherwise choose ‘‘No error’’. Sentence: ‘‘After leaving his office / he went directly / to a restaurant. / No error.’

Verbal Ability Spotting Errors Difficulty: Easy
Choose an option
  • A
    After leaving his office
  • B
    he went directly
  • C
    to a restaurant.
  • D
    No error.

Answer

Correct Answer: No error.

Explanation

Grammar checkThe participial opener ‘‘After leaving his office’’ modifies the subject ‘‘he’’ correctly. The adverb ‘‘directly’’ properly modifies ‘‘went’’ and the prepositional phrase ‘‘to a restaurant’’ gives destination. No agreement, tense, or idiom errors are present.

Final AnswerNo error.

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