Which one of the following sentences does not contain a serious verb error?
1. They staying there now.
2. She want a promotion.
3. If I was younger, I'd pursue another line of work.
4. We had sang that hymn last week.
Cheryl, if you read those out loud, you will quickly figure out which ones don't even sound right. (By the way, they are all wrong.)
1. They are staying there now.
2. She wants a promotion.
3. If I were younger, I would pursue another line of work.
4. We sang that hymn last week.
I hope this helps a little more. Thanks for asking.
The correct sentence without a serious verb error is option 4: "We sang that hymn last week."
To determine the correct answer, we need to identify the sentence that does not have a verb error.
1. "They staying there now" - This sentence contains an error. The present continuous form of the verb "stay" should be used, which is "are staying." The correct sentence would be: "They are staying there now."
2. "She want a promotion" - This sentence also contains an error. The verb "want" is in the present tense, but it should be in the present simple third person singular form, which is "wants." The correct sentence would be: "She wants a promotion."
3. "If I was younger, I'd pursue another line of work" - This sentence contains a verb error. The verb "was" should be changed to "were" to maintain the correct subjunctive form. The correct sentence would be: "If I were younger, I'd pursue another line of work."
4. "We had sang that hymn last week" - This sentence contains a verb error. The past tense of "sing" is "sang," and the auxiliary verb "had" is not needed. The correct sentence would be: "We sang that hymn last week."
Therefore, the sentence that does not contain a serious verb error is option 4: "We sang that hymn last week."