2018 · Q80
Each item in this section has a sentence with three underlined parts, labelled as (a), (b) and (c). Read each sentence to determine whether there is any error in any underlined part and indicate your response on the Answer Sheet against the corresponding letter, i.e., (a) or (b) or (c). If you find no error, your response should be indicated as (d).
(a) I asked him (b) what he (c) has done (d) No error.
EnglishSpotting Errors
- A(a)
- B(b)
- C(c)
- D(d) No error
Explanation
The faulty segment is (c), 'has done.' By the sequence-of-tenses rule, when the reporting verb is in the past ('I asked him'), the reported clause shifts back: the present perfect 'has done' must become the past perfect 'had done.' The sentence should read 'I asked him what he had done.' Hence (c) is correct.