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'.  The Hellenistic period covering the period of Mediterranean (1)/ history between the death of Alexander the Great in (2)/ 323 BC and the emergence of the Roman Empire. (3)/ No error (4) ?

Option 1 : 1

The correct answer is '1' i.e. error lies in the first part of the sentence.

In the first part of the sentence, the usage of 'covering' is incorrect Instead, use 'covers'

• In the given sentence, the subject is 'the Hellenistic period' hence for the subject we need a singular verb that is not given in the sentence.
• 'Covering' is a gerund that is used as the subject or the object of the sentence it is not used as a verb. Hence, change it not the present simple tense i.e. 'covers'
• In part B, the usage of 'between' is correct because in part C there is the conjunction 'and' hence this makes a correlative pair.

So the correct sentence is- The Hellenistic period covers the period of Mediterranean history between the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC and the emergence of the Roman Empire.