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.
(1) It is raining / (2) when they played / (3) the cricket match last night. / (4) No error
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Correct answer: B
Explanation
The correct answer is option 2 i.e. 1.
- The error is in part (1) "It is raining" because it uses the present continuous tense, which does not align with the past time reference "last night."
- The action of rain should be described using the past continuous tense to match the timeframe of the cricket match, which is in the past.
- Thus, the correct tense should be "It was raining" to properly convey that the rain was occurring during the cricket match, which took place last night.