Parts of the following sentence have been given as options. One of them may contain an error. Select the part that contains the error from the given options. If you don’t find any error, mark ‘No error’ as your answer.
He goes to Shimla every year but this year he was going to Goa.
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Correct answer: A
Explanation
The correct answer is option 1 i.e. he was going to Goa.
- The sentence is discussing a habitual action ("He goes to Shimla every year") in the present tense, so the parallel structure requires the same tense for the subsequent action ("he is going to Goa").