Question
Read each sentence to find out whether there is any
grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. Mark the part with the error as your answer. If there is no error, mark ‘No error’ as your answer (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any). She performed so graceful (A)/ during the audition that (B)/ the judges immediately (C)/ selected her (D)/ for the lead role. No error (E)Solution
The word "graceful" is an adjective, but it is incorrectly used to modify the verb "performed".
Verbs should be modified by adverbs, not adjectives.
The correct adverb form of "graceful" is "gracefully".
Corrected sentence: She performed so gracefully during the audition that the judges immediately selected her for the lead role.
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