In the following question, some part of the sentence may have errors. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If a sentence is free from error, select 'No Error'.
I was surprised (A)/ when the hostess smiled (B)/ as if she saw me before. (C)/ No error (D)
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Correct answer: C
Explanation
The correct answer is option C i.e. as if she saw me before.
The error lies in part C of the statement because of the wrong use of the Tense.
Concept-
- We need to replace "saw" with "had seen" for making the statement grammatically correct.
- As the first part of the statement is in simple past tense we need to keep the other part in the past tense as well.
- But because of "before" we need to use Past perfect Tense.
The correct sentence will be-
I was surprised when the hostess smiled as if she saw me before.