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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).

    I hope to make up (A)/athletics and would like to

    (B)/compete in either the (C)/100 metre or 200 metre sprint (D).
    A I hope to make up Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B athletics and would like to Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C compete in either the Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D 100 metre or 200 metre sprint Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E No error Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    The word ‘make up’ means ‘to forgive someone and be friendly with them again after an argument or disagreement’. This phrasal verb is inappropriate here. The correct phrasal verb is ‘take up’. It means ‘to begin to do something’. I hope to take up athletics and would like to compete in either the 100 metre or 200 metre sprint.

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