The following sentence has been divided into parts. 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.
Yesterday, / my surgeon / operate on my knee.
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Correct answer: D
Explanation
The correct answer is option 4 i.e. operate on my knee.
Error concept: Incorrect verb form.
What is wrong: The verb “operate” is in the base form, which is incorrect after the subject in past tense context.
Grammatical concept:
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After the subject in past tense, the correct form should be “operated” (simple past).
Incorrectness of the concept in context: Saying “my surgeon operate on my knee” is grammatically incorrect because the past tense requires “operated.”
How to correct: Replace “operate” with “operated.”
Correct phrase/ correction: operated on my knee
Final sentence: Yesterday, my surgeon operated on my knee.
Hence, the chosen option is correct.