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.
He will be / waiting for me when / I reaches his home.
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Correct answer: A
Explanation
The correct answer is option 1 i.e. I reaches his home.
Error Concept: Subject-verb agreement error.
What is wrong: The subject 'I' is singular first person, so the verb 'reaches' (third person singular form) is incorrect.
Grammar Concept: In the simple present tense, the verb form for I, you, we, they does not take -s or -es. Only third person singular subjects (he, she, it) take the -s/es form.
Incorrectness of the concept in context: The sentence is in the future continuous tense in the first part (will be waiting), and the dependent clause uses the simple present tense after when. Here, with I, we must use reach not reaches.
Correction: Replace 'reaches' with 'reach'.
Corrected phrase: I reach his home.
Final sentence: He will be waiting for me when I reach his home.
Hence, the chosen option is correct.