Post Utme Lautech 2017 English Question 29

Practice objective / multiple choice question 29 from the 2017 Post Utme Lautech English examination.

Post Utme Lautech 2017 English Objective / Multiple Choice
Question 29 POST_UTME_LAUTECH • 2017 • ENGLISH • objective
SHARED STIMULUS
By the time I arrived, they were already eating dinner.

The following sentence is a grammatical error. Identify the incorrect use of verb tenses.

Answer Options

A. By the time I arrived, they had already eaten dinner.
B. By the time I arrived, they were already eating dinner.
C. By the time I arrived, they had been eating dinner.
Correct Answer D. By the time I arrived, they were eating dinner.
Correct Answer
D
Correct Option:
By the time I arrived, they were eating dinner.

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This is Post Utme Lautech 2017 English Question 29. It is one of the objective questions from the 2017 Post Utme Lautech English examination.

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