The following sentence has been divided into five segments. The first segment has no error. Select the option that has the segment with the grammatical error.
It began / to rain / as soon as / she steps out of / the movie theatre.
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Correct answer: C
Explanation
The correct answer is Option 3 i.e. she steps out of
Error Concept: Tense inconsistency
What is wrong: The verb 'steps' is in the present tense, but the rest of the sentence is in the past tense.
Grammar Concept: When describing two actions that happened one after another in the past, both verbs should be in the past tense.
Incorrectness of the concept in context: 'It began' is in the past tense, while 'she steps out of' is in the present, which creates a mismatch in verb tenses.
Correction: Change 'steps' to 'stepped'
Corrected phrase: she stepped out of
Final sentence: It began to rain as soon as she stepped out of the movie theatre.
Hence, the chosen option is correct.