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.
By the time I reaching / the metro station, / the train had departed.
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Correct answer: D
Explanation
The correct answer is option 4 i.e. By the time I reaching.
- The error is in the phrase "By the time I reaching." The correct past tense form of the verb should be "reached" instead of "reaching."
- "Reaching" is the present participle form, which is inappropriate in this context.
- The sentence requires the past tense to indicate that the action was completed by a certain time in the past.
Therefore, the correct form is "By the time I reached the metro station, the train had departed."