Question

Spot the errors and rewrite the sentences correctly
(a) Ten years are a long time.

(6) For the last three weeks the shop is closed.

(c) How long it takes to send a letter to australia.

(d) One of the thieves were arrested.

(e) Neither the passenger nor the driver were injured in the accident.​

Answer 1

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(a) Ten years is a long time.

(6) For the last three weeks, the shop had been closed.

(c) How long does it take to send a letter to Australia?

(d) One of the thieves was arrested.

(e) Neither the passenger nor the driver was injured in the accident.

Answer 2

The correct sentences are:

• a) Ten years is a long time. (Time is singular and hence 'is' replaces 'are' in the sentence)
• b) Since the last three weeks the shop is closed. ('Since' is used to refer to an action that started in the past and has been going on. 'For' is used in case of future tense.)
• c) How long does it take to send a letter to Australia? (In this sentence 'does' was missing)
• d) One of the thieves was arrested. (Only one singular thief got arrested so we should use 'was'. If many thieves got arrested, we would use 'were'.)
• e) Neither the passenger nor the driver was injured in the accident. (Both passenger and driver are singular, so 'was' should be used instead of 'were'.)