Question
Download Solution PDFThe following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.
When the train pulled in/at the station, it take/Joseph some time/to get off.
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)
Detailed Solution
Download Solution PDFThe erroneous part is option 2) i.e. 'at the station, it take.'
Key Points
- The error lies in the part 'at the station, it take.'
- We can note that the first segment of the given sentence is in the past tense 'pulled in.'
- The erroneous part contains the verb 'take' which is in the present tense form, which is not consistent with the rest of the sentence that is written in the past tense.
- So we need to use the past form of the verb 'took.'
- Example:
- We took a roundabout route to avoid the accident.
- Therefore in the given sentence, we need to use 'took' in place of 'take' to make the sentence grammatically correct.
- Hence, the correct answer is option 2.
Correct sentence: When the train pulled in at the station, it took Joseph some time to get off.
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