Question

Correct the underlined part of the sentence, if necessary:

Where have you been last evening?

• A. did you be
  
• B. no error
  
• C. will you be
• D. were you

Answer 1

Answer: (D)

were you

Option B: 'Have you been' is in present perfect tense. It indicates an action that began in the past and completed in the present.

We do not mention a specific time when we use the present perfect tense. Since the time is already mentioned here 'last evening', and the underlined part is 'have you been', it is the latter that must be changed.

Hence the sentence has an error and option B is incorrect.

Option D: 'Were' in 'were you' is in simple past tense. It agrees with the sentence in tense: 'last evening' refers to the day before, an event in the past. Hence option D is correct.

Option A: 'Did you be' is grammatically incorrect. The word 'be' cannot follow the verb 'do' in standard English.

Option C: 'Will you be' is in future tense. It states an action that is yet to happen.

The given sentence states an action that has already happened.

Hence options A and C are incorrect.