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Question : Identify the segment in the sentence which contains a grammatical error.

The concert has started when he reached the venue.

Option 1: reached the venue

Option 2: has started

Option 3: The concert

Option 4: when he


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Correct Answer: has started


Solution : The correct choice is the second option .

The sentence is in the simple past tense, referring to an event that already occurred. Thus, has should be replaced with had to maintain tense consistency in the sentence and make it grammatically accurate.

Therefore, the correct sentence is: The concert had started when he reached the venue.

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