Question

Find out the error in the following sentence, if any. If there is no error, your answer is 'E'.
The commander thought (A) that the gates should (B) be locked (C) as it is eight o'clock. (D) No Error.(E)

• A. A
• B. B
• C. C
• D. D
• E. E

Answer 1

Answer: (D)

D

"It is eight o'clock clashes with the tense pattern of the rest of the sentence and should be changed to "it was eight o'clock. Therefore D carries the error.