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.
Our soldiers have being / making a clean sweep of the / sheep and poultry on the route.
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Correct answer: C
Explanation
The correct answer is option 3 i.e. Our soldiers have being
The error in the sentence is in the usage of "have being".
The correct form should be "have been".
The verb 'have been' is used in the present perfect continuous form and it's used to express an action that started in the past and is still happening now or has recently finished.
Hence, the correct answer would be 'Our soldiers have been'.