Question

    I. The British economy is no long the worst performing

    Group of Seven economy. II. The changes mean that the British economy has gotten nearer to clawing back the 9.7% shrinkage it experienced last year. III. The biggest driver of Britain's upward revision in the second quarter were household spending. Each question consists of three sentences and some sentences are grammatically incorrect or inappropriate. Read each sentence to find out the error in the sentence (s) and select the option that indicates the grammatically incorrect and inappropriate sentence (s). Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any. 
    A Only II Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Only III Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C I and III Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D I, II and III Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E All sentences are correct. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    I- here, the adjective ‘longer’ is correct. The British economy is no longer the worst performing Group of Seven economy. III- here, ‘the biggest driver’ is the subject. So, instead of ‘were’, ‘was’ is correct. The biggest driver of Britain's upward revision in the second quarter was household spending.

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