The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.
The rain will / not have stop / before the match / begins.
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Correct answer: C
Explanation
The correct answer is option 3 i.e. not have stop.
The sentence uses the future perfect tense, which requires the structure:
subject + will + have + past participle
The phrase 'not have stop' is incorrect because the verb “stop” needs its past participle form, which is “stopped.”
The correct construction should be “not have stopped”, as in:
The rain will not have stopped before the match begins.
Why the other segments are correct:
before the match – correctly indicates the time clause.
The rain will – proper future tense auxiliary.
begins – correctly in simple present because it's used in a time clause referring to the future.