Explanation

• The sentence: “The jury have given the final verdict unanimously.”
• “Jury” is a collective noun. In English, collective nouns are usually treated as singular when considered as a single unit.
• Therefore, the verb should be “has” instead of “have.”

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Explanation

• The sentence: “Neither the prime minister nor his cabinet members is in the hall.”
• When using “neither…nor”, the verb agrees with the nearest subject.
• Here, the nearest subject is “cabinet members” (plural), so the verb should be “are” instead of “is.”

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Explanation

• The sentence says: “We purchased an colorful umbrella last week.”
• The article “an” is used before words that start with a vowel sound.
• “Colorful” starts with a consonant sound (c), so the correct article should be “a”.

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Explanation

• The subject news is singular, so the correct verb should be was instead of were.
• Correct sentence: The news that you shared with me was false.

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Explanation

• Using Although already shows contrast, so but is redundant and incorrect.
• Correct sentence: Although my brother worked very hard, he failed the entry test.

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Explanation

• In the if-clause of a conditional sentence (first conditional), we use the present tense, not "will."
• Correct sentence: If the employees work hard, they will get a salary raise.

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Explanation

• “Most” is used for superlative degree (comparing more than two).
• Here we are comparing two subjects (English and Chemistry), so we need comparative degree.
• Correct form: more interesting … than
• Correct sentence: English is more interesting than Chemistry.

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Explanation

• The subject students is plural, so the correct verb form should be don't instead of doesn't.
• Correct sentence: Intelligent students don't like to waste time.

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Explanation

The verb structure is incorrect; it should be “Nelson Mandela won his people’s reverence.”

The word “was” is wrong and must be removed.

Explanation

The correct word is “barefoot”, not barefeet (which is incorrect in standard English).

So Barefeet is the erroneous part in the sentence.