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Question : Parts of the given sentence have been given as options. One of them may contain an error. Select the part that contains the error from the given options. If you don’t find any errors, mark ‘No error’ as your answer.
When I reached there she have already started eating.

Option 1: No error

Option 2: When I reached

Option 3: there she have

Option 4: already started eating


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Answer (1)
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Correct Answer: there she have


Solution : The error lies in the third option.

Explanation:
When narrating events in the past, the past perfect tense is used to indicate an action that occurred before another past action. In this case, had should replace have to indicate that she had already started eating before the speaker reached there.

Therefore, the correct sentence should be: When I reached there, she had already started eating.

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