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English grammar error-spotting (cleft sentence with ‘‘It is … that …’’ relative clause): Read the four parts and choose the erroneous one only if present; otherwise mark ‘‘No error’’: ‘‘It is the newspaper / that exposes us to the widest range / of human experiences and behaviour. / No error.’

Difficulty: Easy

It is the newspaper
that exposes us to the widest range
of human experiences and behaviour.
No error.

Correct Answer: No error.

Explanation:

Grammar checkThe cleft construction ‘‘It is … that …’’ is correct; subject–verb agreement ‘‘newspaper … exposes’’ is correct; the prepositional phrase ‘‘of human experiences and behaviour’’ is idiomatic. No grammatical/idiomatic error to flag.

Common pitfalls

Changing ‘‘exposes’’ to ‘‘expose’’—that would break agreement.
Forcing ‘‘which’’ for ‘‘that’’—both are acceptable in such object clauses.

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