Select the word segment that can substitute the bracketed word segment correctly and complete the sentence. Select 'No correction required' if the given segment is correct.
(Did she gave) her business card to the clients at the party last night?
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Correct answer: C
Explanation
The correct answer is option 3 i.e. Did she give her business card to the clients at the party last night?
Error Concept: Related to subject-auxiliary inversion in interrogative sentences and verb form after "did".
What is wrong: The verb “gave” is the past tense of “give”. However, in questions starting with “Did” (past auxiliary), we always use the base form (V1) of the main verb—not the past form (V2).
Grammar Concept:
In interrogative sentences using “did”, the main verb must be in its base form (e.g., “Did she go?”, “Did he play?”, “Did we arrive?”). Using the past form like “gave” makes the sentence grammatically incorrect.
Incorrectness of the concept in context:
“Did she gave” uses both the auxiliary “did” and the past tense verb “gave”, which is redundant and incorrect.
Correction: Use the base form “give” after “did”.
Corrected Phrase: Did she give
Final Sentence: Did she give her business card to the clients at the party last night?
Hence, the chosen option is correct.