Multiple choice

Directions: The following question tests your ability to recognize grammar and usage errors. The sentence contains either a single error or no error at all. No sentence contains more than one error. The error, if there is one, is underlined and lettered. If the sentence contains an error, select the one underlined part that must be changed to make the sentence correct. If the sentence is correct, select choice (E). In choosing answers follow the requirements of standard written English.

(A) Looking at the dilapidated condition of the building of my school, I (B) could not imagine (C) it was the same school where (D) I studied for so long. (E) No error

  1. (A)

  2. (B)

  3. (C)

  4. (D)

  5. (E)

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

The sentence bears the error of tense. Where two actions in the past are in sequence, the earlier action is put in past perfect tense. Change 'I studied' to 'I had studied' to rectify the error.