English » Spotting Errors

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

What would / happen if / human beings were / govern by robots?

A

human beings were

B

happen if

C

What would

D

govern by robots

Solution

the error lies in option D,

govern by robot should be replaced with governed by robots.

the given sentence is in passive construction and in that we use 3rd form of the verb

so third form of the verb govern should be used.