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    Question

    Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical/contextual 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).

    In response, (A)/the unions called after the (B)/mass memorial service that was (C)/originally scheduled last year (D).

    A In response Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B the unions called after the Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C mass memorial service that was Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D originally scheduled last year Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E No error Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    The phrasal verb ‘call after’ means ‘Give a newborn baby the same name as someone else.’ The correct phrasal verb is ‘called off’, which means ‘to decide that a planned event will not happen, or to end an activity because it is no longer useful or possible’. In response, the unions called off the mass memorial service that was originally scheduled last year.

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