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    Question

    Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. Mark the part with the error as your answer. If there is no error, mark ‘No error’ as your answer (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).

    She stops by the (A)/corner store to pick up a few

    things(B)/ and gives a much-deserved scold (C)/to a young kid caught shoplifting (D).  
    A She stops by the Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B corner store to pick up a few things Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C and gives a much-deserved scold Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D to a young kid caught shoplifting Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E No error Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    Here, the gerund ‘scolding’ is correct. She stops by the corner store to pick up a few things and gives a much-deserved scolding to a young kid caught shoplifting.               

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