Whenever the sky is clear, you can see the stars in the night.
- (a)Whenever the sky is
- (b)clear, you can see
- (c)the stars in the night.
- (d)No Error
Correct — C, 'the stars in the night.' The fixed adverbial for this general sense is 'at night', so the phrase should read 'the stars at night'. 'In the night' is used only for one particular night's events (I woke up in the night), not for a habitual, general statement, making segment (c) the error.
- (a)Whenever the sky is — Error-free — 'whenever' correctly opens a clause of general time.
- (b)clear, you can see — Error-free — the adjective 'clear' and the modal 'can see' are correctly used.
- (d)No Error — There is an error — the general sense needs 'at night', not 'in the night' — so 'No Error' is not the answer.
This is an error-spotting item on time expressions — 'at night' is the fixed adverbial for the general period of darkness, while 'in the night' refers to a specific night's happenings.
No directly related past PYQ was found.
- practice — not a real PYQ
Spot the error: (a) Owls usually / (b) hunt for their prey / (c) in the night. / (d) No error
- (a)Owls usually
- (b)hunt for their prey
- (c)in the night.
- (d)No error
Answer(c) in the night — a general habitual statement takes 'at night'.
- practice — not a real PYQ
Choose the correct expression: The temperature drops sharply ___.
- (a)on night
- (b)at night
- (c)in night
- (d)by night time
Answer(b) at night — the fixed adverbial for the general period of darkness.