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Direction: In the following questions, some parts of the sentences have errors and some have none. Find out which part of a sentence has an error. The number of that part is your answer. If there is No error, then your answer is (4) i.e. No error.

  1. Solve the question according to given instruction
    1. Due to the heavy rains
    2. the ship drowned
    3. in the middle of the ocean.
    4. No error
Correct Option: B

sank will replace drowned because –
sink (Verb) is used for Objects
drown (Verb) is used for living things
Look at the examples given below :
The children were drowned after falling into the river.
The ship sank to the bottom of the sea.
Hence, the ship sank is the right usage



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