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Direction: In the following questions some 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, the answer is (4), i.e., No error.

  1. Solve the question according to given instruction
    1. The period
    2. between 1980 to 1990
    3. was very significant in my life.
    4. No error
Correct Option: B

between 1980 and 1990/from 1980 to 1990 will replace between 1980 to 1990 because –
between (Prep.) indicates a period of time that separates two days, years, events, etc.
between is used with and
from(Prep.) is used for showing when something starts from is used with to
to is never used with between
Look at the examples given below :
We shuttled between New York to Chicago. (×)
We shuttled between New York and Chicago. ( )
We are open from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. every day



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