Directions: Identify the segment in the sentence which contains the grammatical error.
The diagrams should be draw and label neatly.
- Ashould be
- Bdraw and label
- Cneatly
- DThe diagrams
Solution & Step-by-step Explanation
The sentence structure utilizes the passive auxiliary form 'should be'. Therefore, it must be accompanied by the past participle (V
3
) form of the verbs to maintain parallel structure.
'draw' should be corrected to 'drawn' and 'label' should be corrected to 'labelled'.
The correct sentence is: "The diagrams should be drawn and labelled neatly."
3
) form of the verbs to maintain parallel structure.
'draw' should be corrected to 'drawn' and 'label' should be corrected to 'labelled'.
The correct sentence is: "The diagrams should be drawn and labelled neatly."