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

They will go to bed / early since they / have to get up / at five on the morning.

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SSC CGL 2022 Tier-I Official Paper (Held On : 02 Dec 2022 Shift 3)

Answer 1

The erroneous part of the sentence is: at five on the morning

Key Points

The error here lies in the use of the preposition.
Replace "on" with "in" to make the sentence correct.
“In” and “on” are both time-based prepositions. We can use them in different ways when we want to talk about specific periods.
We use in with morning, afternoon, evening and night when we are referring to a general time.
- For example- I always work best in the morning.
But we use on when we talk about a specific morning, afternoon, etc., or when we describe the part of the day.
- For example- On the morning of the 19th, I will have to rush to school.
The given sentence is talking about a general time in the morning, so the preposition "in" should be used here.
Therefore, the correct answer is option 2, which contains the error in it.

Corrected sentence: They will go to bed early since they have to get up at five in the morning.