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      Question

      Governments usually tend to being miserly (1)/ with

      information, and on (2)/ questions related to national security (3)/ they are more stridently so (4)/ No error (5) A sentence has been divided into four parts, one of which may contain an error. Identify that fragment and mark it as your answer. Mark (5) if the sentence contains no error. 
      A 1 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
      B 2 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
      C 3 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
      D 4 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
      E no error Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

      Solution

      The phrase "tend to being miserly" is incorrect. The correct expression should be "tend to be miserly." The infinitive form "be" should follow "tend to." The corrected sentence should read: "Governments usually tend to be miserly with information..."

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