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.
Lucy was annoyed to discover / that her husband / had taking her car keys.
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Correct answer: D
Explanation
The corrrect answer is Option 4 i.e had taking her car keys.
- The given sentence is in the past tense, and the error is in the third part of the sentence.
- The phrase "had taking her car keys" should be corrected to "had taken her car keys."
- The verb "had" is in the past perfect tense, which requires the third form of the verb "take," which is "taken," instead of "taking."
- The sentence is describing an action that had already occurred in the past, so the past perfect tense is appropriate.
Therefore, the correct sentence is:
"Lucy was annoyed to discover that her husband had taken her car keys."