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 a book he had taken from me.

  1. to return a book he had taken from me.

  2. returning a book he had taken from me.

  3. to return a book he had taken out from me.

  4. to return a book he has taken from me.

  5. to return a book he took from me.

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D Correct answer
Explanation

Justification for (4): 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.