Question

Read the following sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical mistake/error in it. The error if any, will be in one part of the sentence. Mark the part with error as the answer. (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any).

As the clock struck twelve / we heard the big bang of the fire crackers / and see all the guests screaming / shouting and wishing each other with joy.

• A. As the clock struck twelve
• B. we heard the big bang of the fire crackers
• C. and see all the guests screaming
• D. shouting and wishing each other with joy
• E. No error

Answer 1

The correct option is C

and see all the guests screaming

The sentence shows past time. Hence, ‘saw’ should be used with ‘all the guests screaming’ instead of ‘see’.