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) He suffered (b) from fever when he was interviewed (c) for the job. (d) No error
- A(a)
- B(b)
- C(c)
- D(d) No error
Explanation
The error is in part (a): the fever was in progress at the time of the interview, so the past continuous is required — ‘He was suffering from fever when he was interviewed’. The simple past ‘suffered’ does not convey the ongoing state at that past moment. Parts (b) and (c) are correct. Hence the error is in (a).