Verbal Ability - Spotting Errors - Discussion

Discussion Forum : Spotting Errors - Section 1 (Q.No. 18)
Directions to Solve

Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is 'D'. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).


18.

(solve as per the direction given above)

When the dentist came in
my tooth was stopped aching
out of fear that I might lose my tooth.
No error.
Answer: Option
Explanation:
my tooth stopped aching
Discussion:
30 comments Page 1 of 3.

Priya makarla said:   4 years ago
Why shouldn't we use had in the first sentence because that action happened first also it comes with the word "when"?
(1)

Panchami said:   5 years ago
'was' is used for unfinished action in past.
(1)

Girmay said:   5 years ago
It is Parallel sentence.

So when the 1st verb is present (past) tense next 2 verb must be present (past).
(1)

Biru said:   5 years ago
This is a simple past tense so that not require use of have/had.

Suraj said:   6 years ago
Was and 'ed' will not come together.
(6)

Rushali said:   7 years ago
Usage of had stopped aching would be wrong because we have already used stopped to indicate simple past tense.

Rosy said:   7 years ago
In case of 2 incident the first which was happened earlier should be in present/past prefect mode.
(1)

Yeswanth said:   7 years ago
I think, past perfect (doctor had come in) should be used.
(3)

Guru said:   7 years ago
Came in make any sense. So A is right I think.

Shefali Sing said:   7 years ago
No use of "was" in second sentence as both the work are simultaneously occuring thats why both should be in past indefinite.


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