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Question : The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.
I play / cricket in / my childhood / with my sister.

Option 1: my childhood

Option 2: with my sister

Option 3: I play

Option 4: cricket in


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Correct Answer: I play


Solution : The error lies in the third option .

The sentence refers to a past event during the speaker's childhood. Hence, simple past tense should be used in the sentence i.e., I played.

Therefore, the correct sentence is: " I played cricket in my childhood with my sister."

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