Question : Directions: In the following question, some parts of the sentence may have some errors. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If the sentence is free from error, select "No error".
By the time (1) / we got our tickets and entered the theatre, (2) / the show was already begun. (3) / No error (4)
Option 1: (1)
Option 2: (2)
Option 3: (3)
Option 4: (4)
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Correct Answer: (3)
Solution : The error lies in the third part of the sentence.
It should be in the past perfect tense since it happened before another past action (getting the tickets and entering the theatre). The past perfect tense is formed with "had" + the past participle and is used to denote the past action that happened earlier than the other, so it should be " had already begun" to correctly convey the sequence of events.
Therefore, the correct sentence is: By the time we got our tickets and entered the theatre, the show had already begun.
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