Multiple choice

Directions: The following sentence may contain an error. You have to find that part of the sentence which contains the error. If there are no errors, choose ‘No error’ as your answer.

He shouted at his secretary and told her that he does not need her service.

  1. he shouted at

  2. and told her

  3. that

  4. he does not need

  5. No error
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D Correct answer
Explanation

This part should be ‘he did not need’. When the verb in the main clause is in the past tense, the verb in the subordinate clause, too, needs to be in the past tense.

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