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Question
Find out the error in the following sentence, if any. If there is no error, mark your answer as 'E.
When she entered (A) the room, she found that the child (B) was sleeping peacefully and (C) that the fan move slowly. (D) No Error (E)
Find out the error in the following sentence, if any. If there is no error, mark your answer as 'E.
When she entered (A) the room, she found that the child (B) was sleeping peacefully and (C) that the fan move slowly. (D) No Error (E)Open in App
Solution
The correct option is E (D)
Part D of the sentence contains the error as it is in the simple present tense while the rest of the sentence is in the past continuous tense. "......and that the fan was moving slowly" is the correct structure. Hence option D is the correct answer and the other options are incorrect as the rest of the sentence is grammatically correct. Option E is incorrect because the sentence does have an error.
Part D of the sentence contains the error as it is in the simple present tense while the rest of the sentence is in the past continuous tense. "......and that the fan was moving slowly" is the correct structure.
Hence option D is the correct answer and the other options are incorrect as the rest of the sentence is grammatically correct. Option E is incorrect because the sentence does have an error.
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