Direction: Parts of the following sentence have been given as options. One of them may contain an error. Select the part that contains the error from the given options. If you don’t find any error, mark ‘No error’ as your answer.

He goes to Shimla every year but this year he was going to Goa.

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SSC GD Constable (2022) Official Paper (Held On : 31 Jan 2023 Shift 1)

Answer 1

Here, the erroneous part is "he was going to Goa."

Key Points

The error lies in the part "he was going to Goa."
The sentence is in the past tense, so the correct form of the verb 'go' would be 'went.'
The error is in the use of the present continuous tense 'he was going', which is not appropriate for a completed action in the past.
The correct answer is Option 1.

Correct sentence: He goes to Shimla every year but this year he went to Goa.