Question

Direction: Read the sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number corresponding to that part will be your answer. If the given sentence is correct as it is, mark the answer as ‘No error’. Ignore the errors of punctuation if any.

Here was an (1)/ old - fashioned pump (2)/ for drawing water (3)/ from a well! (4)

• A. 1
• B. 2
• C. 3
• D. 4
• E. No error

Answer 1

The correct option is A 1

Present tense is used in exclamatory sentences starting with here and there to express what is actually taking place in the present.

Therefore, ‘was’ must be replaced with ‘is’ to form a grammatically correct sentence.

Hence, option A is the correct answer.