Question

Correct the underlined part in the given sentence:

Mary isn't at home. She has gone shopping.

• A. No error
  
• B. Is going
  
• C. Will go
  
• D. Went
  

Answer 1

Answer: (A)

No error

The first and second sentences are connected in action.

The first states that 'Mary is not at home.' It states a fact and hence is in simple present tense.

The second sentence states what Mary is doing while she is not at home.

Option A: She 'has gone' shopping states an action 'has gone' in the present perfect tense. It indicates an action that began in the past and has completed in the present. The action 'has gone' agrees in tense with the action 'is not at home'. Hence the underlined part has no error and option A is correct.

Option B: 'Is going' states an action that has not yet happened. (The present continuous sometimes states a future event.)

It does not state an action in the present.

Option C: Similarly, 'will go' states a future action.

Option D: 'Went' states an action that completed in the past. But the sentence must state a current action.

Hence options B, C and D are incorrect.