English » Spotting Errors

The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.

It is not worth / having the trouble / to write to him / as he never replies.

A

as he never replies

B

to write to him

C

It is not worth

D

having the trouble

Solution

option D has the error in it,

the right phrase is take the trouble 

and not have the trouble 

so the correct sentence should be it is not worth taking the trouble...

note - these are some fixed phrases one has to learn.