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.
I had never saw/ such a sight/ before I visited Switzerland.
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Correct answer: A
Explanation
The correct answer is option 1 i.e. I had never saw.
Error concept: Incorrect verb form used with the past perfect tense.
What is wrong: The verb “saw” (simple past form of see) is incorrectly used after “had” — the past perfect tense requires the past participle form, which is “seen.”
Grammatical concept:
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The past perfect tense is formed as had + past participle (V3).
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See → saw (past tense) → seen (past participle).
So, the correct phrase should be “had never seen.”
Incorrectness of the concept in context: The sentence describes an action completed before another past event (“before I visited Switzerland”), so past perfect is correct, but the verb form must also agree.
How to correct: Replace “had never saw” with “had never seen.”
Correct phrase / correction: had never seen
Final sentence: I had never seen such a sight before I visited Switzerland.
Hence, the chosen option is correct.