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.
Sam and Teena / had wondering / what to do this weekend.
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Correct answer: C
Explanation
The correct answer is option 3 i.e. had wondering.
Error concept: Incorrect verb form.
What is wrong: The phrase “had wondering” is grammatically incorrect.
Grammatical concept: After the auxiliary verb had (past perfect), the main verb should be in the past participle form, not the present participle (-ing form).
Incorrectness of the concept in context: Using “wondering” after had is wrong because the past perfect tense requires wondered, not wondering.
How to correct: Replace “had wondering” with “had wondered”.
Correct phrase/ correction: had wondered
Final sentence: Sam and Teena had wondered what to do this weekend.
Hence, the chosen option is correct.