Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the highlighted word segment in the given sentence. If the sentence is grammatically correct, select ‘No correction’.
She is attending the conference yesterday.
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Correct answer: C
Explanation
The correct answer is option 3 i.e. attended
Error concept: Tense error
What is wrong: The sentence uses the present tense “is attending” with the past time marker “yesterday,” which is inconsistent.
Grammatical concept: The tense of the verb must agree with the time indicated in the sentence.
Incorrectness of the concept in context: “Is attending” is present continuous, but “yesterday” refers to the past.
How to correct: Change the verb to simple past tense to match the past time reference.
Correct phrase/ correction: attended
Final sentence: She attended the conference yesterday.
Hence, the chosen option is correct.