SSC MTS 2019 PYQ — Question 10

SSC MTS Previous Year - 06 August 2019 - Shift 3 • English • Q10

Find the part of the given sentence that has an error in it. If there is no error, choose ‘No error ’.

He went up to her and asks her why she had insulted him. /No error

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Correct answer: D

Explanation

The correct answer is option 4 i.e. and asks her why.

Concept/Grammar rules

Application

We can notice that the sentence is in ‘past indefinite tense’.

Use of ‘asks’ is not correct as V2 is used in past indefinite tense.

Hence, V2 i.e. ‘asked’ must be in place of ‘asks’.

Correct sentence:

He went up to her and asked her why she had insulted him.