English » Spotting Errors

The following sentence has been divided into parts. One of them may contain an error. Select the part that contains the error from the given options. If you don’t find any error, mark ‘No error’ as your answer.

The fisheries sector / have grown significantly / in the last one year.

A

have grown significantly

B

No error

C

The fisheries sector

D

in the last one year

Solution

the error lies in  the option A 

have should be replaced with has 

according to subject verb agreement singular verb qualifies the singular subject and plural verb qualifies the plural subject

the fisheries sector is a singular subject so it will take verb has and not have.