Question

In the following sentence, identify the part which has an error. If there is no error choose option D.

Whenever a person lost anything the poor folk around are suspected.

• A. Whenever a person lost anything
• B. the poor folk around
• C. are suspected
• D. No error

Answer 1

The correct option is A Whenever a person lost anything

Here 'lost' clashes with the tense pattern of the rest of the sentence. Thus "Whenever a person lost anything" is an ungrammatical construct. The correct construct should be 'whenever a person loses anything'. Thus A is the answer.