Multiple choice

Directions: This question presents a sentence, all or part of which is underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part. The first of these repeats the original; the other four are different. If you think the original is best, choose the first answer; otherwise choose one of the others.

I cannot forgive a man who fails to return money he had taken from me.

  1. to return money he had taken from me.

  2. returning money he had taken from me.

  3. to return money he had taken out from me.

  4. to return money he has taken from me.

  5. to return money he took from me.

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The sentence has error of tense; the first part of the sentence is in present tense so the latter part should also be in present (perfect) tense and not in past (perfect) tense (forgive : had taken). This option corrects this error.