Which one of the following sentence is incorrect: I he cook wanted to know whether the fish was fresh and whether the meat was tender The cook wanted to know whether the fish was fresh and was the meat tender
FPSC Past Papers / All — Multiple-choice practice
- A. I he cook wanted to know whether the fish was fresh and whether the meat was tender
- B. Is the fish and the meat tender? Asked the cook?
- C. None of these
- D. The cook asked “ is the fish fresh? Is the meat tender?
- E. The cook wanted to know whether the fish was fresh and was the meat tender
Correct answer
The cook wanted to know whether the fish was fresh and was the meat tender
Explanation
Explanation The cook wanted to know whether the fish was fresh and was the meat tender This sentence is grammatically incorrect because it mixes indirect and direct speech structures incorrectly. Correct indirect speech would be: "The cook wanted to know whether th e fish was fresh and whether the meat was tender." The phrase "was the meat tender" should be "whether the meat was tender" to maintain proper indirect speech structure
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