She collected / some armful of medicines and / poured them down a drain. / No error
- (a)She collected
- (b)some armful of medicines and
- (c)poured them down a drain.
- (d)No error
Correct — B, 'some armful of medicines and.' 'Armful' is a singular countable noun, so it takes the article 'an', not the quantifier 'some' — it should read 'an armful of medicines' (or the plural 'some armfuls of medicines').
- (a)She collected — Error-free — a correct subject-plus-past-tense verb.
- (c)poured them down a drain. — Error-free — 'poured them down a drain' is a correctly formed past-tense clause.
- (d)No error — Wrong — segment (b) misuses 'some' before the singular countable noun 'armful', which needs 'an'.
An error-spotting item on articles and determiners — a singular countable noun such as 'armful' takes 'an', whereas 'some' pairs with plural or uncountable nouns.
No directly related past PYQ was found.
- practice — not a real PYQ
Fill in the blank: She carried ____ armful of books into the room.
- (a)some
- (b)an
- (c)many
- (d)few
Answer(b) an — 'armful' is a singular countable noun and takes the article 'an'.
- practice — not a real PYQ
Spot the error: (a) He gave me / (b) some advices / (c) about the exam. / (d) No error
- (a)He gave me
- (b)some advices
- (c)about the exam.
- (d)No error
Answer(b) some advices — 'advice' is uncountable, so it should be 'some advice' (no plural 's').