CDS 2026 (I) English, question 112

Topic: Spotting errors

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Directions · Q111 to Q115

Each item in this section has a sentence with three underlined parts labelled (a), (b) and (c). Read each sentence to determine whether there is an error in any underlined part and indicate your response on the Answer Sheet accordingly. If there is no error, indicate your response as (d).

Q112

Either my brothers or my friend are coming to receive me at the airport.

  1. (a) Either my brothers
  2. (b) or my friend
  3. (c) are coming to receive me at the airport.Correct answer
  4. (d) No error.

Solution.

Answer: (c) are coming to receive me at the airport.

  1. When either ... or joins two subjects, the verb agrees with the nearer subject.
  2. The nearer subject is my friend, which is singular, so are must become is.
  3. Correction: Either my brothers or my friend is coming to receive me at the airport.