The given sentence is divided into four segments. Select the option that has the segment with a grammatical error.
It was my niece / who was leaving college / last year, and / not my son.
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Correct answer: D
Explanation
The correct answer is option 4 i.e. who was leaving college
The phrase "last year" refers to a specific time in the past, indicating that the action of leaving college was completed by the end of that year. Since leaving college is a single event (rather than a continuous action), the past simple tense ("left") is appropriate here.
Past Simple is used for actions that were completed at a specific time in the past.
Hence, the correct sentence is:- It was my niece who left college last year, and not my son.