Question:
Parts of the following sentence have been given as options. Select the option that contains an error.
We were driving home when suddenly a deer runs across the road.
निम्नलिखित वाक्य के भागों को विकल्पों के रूप में दिया गया है। उस विकल्प का चयन कीजिए जिसमें त्रुटि है।
We were driving home when suddenly a deer runs across the road.
Options:
- a) home
- b) We were driving
- c) a deer runs across the road
- d) when suddenly
- a) home
- b) We were driving
- c) a deer runs across the road
- d) when suddenly
correct answer : c)
Explanation:
The sentence describes an action in the past continuous tense (‘We were driving…’), so the sudden action that interrupted it should be in the simple past tense. Therefore, ‘runs’ should be replaced with the past form ‘ran’. Thus, option (c) contains the error.
वाक्य भूतकाल (past continuous tense – ‘We were driving…’) में है, इसलिए बीच में अचानक हुई घटना को दर्शाने के लिए simple past tense का प्रयोग होना चाहिए। यहाँ ‘runs’ के स्थान पर ‘ran’ का प्रयोग होना चाहिए। अतः, विकल्प (c) में त्रुटि है।