The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.
Did the police/ find out /who break into/ your store?
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Correct answer: B
Explanation
The correct answer is option 2 i.e. who break into.
- The third part of the given sentence is erroneous in nature.
- Clearly, the given sentence is in the simple past tense.
- Thus, the past form of the verb "break" should have been used in the given sentence.
- Thus, instead of "break into", we should use "broke into".
The correct sentence is:
Did the police find out who broke into your store?