In the following question, some part of the sentence may have errors. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If a sentence is free from error, select 'No Error'. Music, as well as Fine Arts were (1) introduced as a (2) part of the school curriculum (3) / No error (4)?

Option 1 : 1

The correct answer is 1, i.e. the error lies in this part.

• The error lies in the incorrect usage of the auxiliary verb 'were'.
• 'Were' needs to be replaced with 'was'.
• Whenever two nouns are joined with 'as well as', the verb of the sentence must agree with the preceding noun.
• If the noun is plural then the corresponding verb will be plural and if the noun is singular then the corresponding verb will also be singular according to subject-verb agreement.
• Here, in the given sentence, the noun 'Music' is singular therefore, 'were' needs to be replaced with 'was'.

Thus, the correct statement is: Music, as well as Fine Arts was introduced as a part of the school curriculum.

• Auxiliary verbs: Auxiliary verbs are the verb useds in forming the tenses, moods, and voices of other verbs. The primary auxiliary verbs in English are be, do, and have; the modal auxiliaries are can, could, may, might, must, shall, should, will, and would.