In this question, a sentence has been divided into four parts (A), (B), (C) and (D). Read the sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error if any, will be in one part of the sentence. Mark that part as your answer. If there is no error, the answer is ‘No error’. Ignore the error of punctuation if any. She was walking (A) to the office (B) everyday when (C) she first started working. (D)
In this question, a sentence has been divided into four parts (A), (B), (C) and (D). Read the sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error if any, will be in one part of the sentence. Mark that part as your answer. If there is no error, the answer is ‘No error’. Ignore the error of punctuation if any. She was walking (A) to the office (B) everyday when (C) she first started working. (D) Correct Answer (A)
The correct answer is '(A)'.
Key Points
Reading the sentence we find that:
- The past continuous tense was walking used in part A is incorrect.
- We use the past simple, not the past continuous, to talk about past habits.
- The sentence can be made correct if we use the past simple tense walked.
The correct sentence will be: She walked to the office everyday when she first started working.
Additional Information
- The simple past tense shows that you are talking about something that has already happened.
- Unlike the past continuous tense, which is used to talk about past events that happened over a period of time, the simple past tense emphasizes that the action is finished.
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For regular verbs, add -ed to the root form of the verb (or just -d if the root form already ends in an e to create the simple past tense form.
- Play - Played
- Type - Typed
- Listen - Listened
- Push - Pushed
- Love - Loved