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Question : Directions: In the following question, some parts of the sentence have errors, and some are correct. Find out which part of the sentence has an error. The number of that part is the answer. If a sentence is error-free, your answer is "No Error".

As they climb (1) / higher, the air (2) / became cooler. (3) / No Error (4)

Option 1: (1)

Option 2: (2)

Option 3: (3)

Option 4: (4)


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Answer (1)
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Correct Answer: (1)


Solution : The error lies in the first part of the sentence.

The error is that the sentence starts in the present tense with "climb" but then shifts to the past tense with "became". This shift in tense disturbs the chronological sequence of events in the sentence.

To maintain tense consistency both the verbs of the sentence should be in simple past tense.

So, the correct sentence should be: "As they climbed higher, the air became cooler."

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