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 has been (1) watered the plants (2) for one hour. (3) No error
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Correct answer: C
Explanation
The correct answer is option 3 i.e. 2 (watered the plants).
The sentence is: "He has been (1) watered the plants (2) for one hour."
Here, "has been watered" is incorrect because "has been" (present perfect continuous) should be followed by the -ing form of the verb, not the past participle.
The correct form is: "He has been watering the plants for one hour."
So, the error is in part (2) "watered the plants."
Parts (1) and (3) are correct.