Question
The following sentence has been divided into four
segments. Identify the segment that contains an error. The children were playing outside / when the rain started / and they quickly ran to / the house to shelter.Solution
The error is in "the house to shelter."
The correct phrase should be "the house for shelter", as the preposition "for" is needed to indicate the purpose of running to the house.
Therefore, the correct sentence is: "and they quickly ran to the house for shelter."
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