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Question 45

Which sentence contains an error in the choice between present perfect and past simple?

  1. We have met the new coach three days ago.Correct answer
  2. Tariq has belonged to the chess club for two years and is still a member.
  3. I submitted the permit application yesterday.
  4. The shop has served twenty customers so far today, and it remains open.

Explanation

The meeting sentence contains the error because three days ago is a finished past-time expression and cannot take the present perfect here. The sentence with for is correct because the stated membership continues to the present.

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