Identify the segment in the sentence which contains a grammatical error. The old lady finds it difficult to climb the steep steps of the train and asked for help.

Identify the segment in the sentence which contains a grammatical error. The old lady finds it difficult to climb the steep steps of the train and asked for help. Correct Answer finds it

The erroneous segment in the sentence is finds it . 

Key Points

• In the given sentence, the improper use of parallelism is there .
• Parallelism is the practice of lining up all your verb tenses when you have a list of them in one sentence.
• When two or more verbs have the same subject the verbs must be parallel.
  • In the above sentence , The old lady is the only subject for 2 verbs used in the sentence i.e. finds and asked. Both are indifferent tenses finds is in V1  and asked is in V2 form.
• Therefore as per the rule of conjunction with parallelism, the above sentence should be in the simple past tense as in accordance with the verb asked. 
• The structure of simple past tense: Subject + V2.
• Hence, instead of finds it , we will use found to make the sentence grammatically correct.
• So, the correct answer is Option 1.