In the following question, some part of the sentence may have errors. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If a sentence is free from error, select 'No Error'. After the ‘Pooja’ in the temple (1)/ got over, people start (2)/ coming out to get their slippers. (3)/ No Error (4)?

Option 2 : 2

The correct answer is Option 2, i.e., ‘got over, people start’.

Part 2 of the sentence has an error because it confuses the tense of the sentence.

There are two actions which are described in the sentence: 1) the Pooja getting over and 2) people coming out.

The words ‘got over’, in Simple Past tense, tell us that the first action took place in the past.

Therefore, the second action which should follow the first (as the adverb of time ‘after’ tells us) also happened in the past.

Here, the sentence uses the Present tense for the second action (people ‘start’ coming out) and not the Past tense.