Question : Directions: In the following question, some parts of the sentence have errors, and some are correct. Find out which part of the sentence has an error. The number of that part is the answer. If a sentence is error-free, your answer is "No Error".
Although I have never seen the girl before, (1) / I recognised her at once (2)/ from her photograph. (3)/ No Error (4)
Option 1: 1
Option 2: 2
Option 3: 3
Option 4: 4
Correct Answer: 1
Solution : The error lies in the first part of the sentence.
It correctly uses the past perfect tense (had never seen) to refer to a time before the recognition, and the past simple tense (recognised) for the action that occurred later. Additionally, the use of "at once" implies immediate recognition.
Therefore the correct sentence should be: "Although I had never seen the girl before, I recognised her at once from her photograph."
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