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Question 70

Which sentence contains the tense error?

  1. After Nia had watered the seedlings, she had locked the shed and had cycled home.Correct answer
  2. The lights came on, the audience found their seats and the concert began.
  3. By the time the vet arrived, the farmer had moved the calf into a warm stall.
  4. Dylan remembered that he had saved the receipt in a desk drawer.

Explanation

The allotment sentence unnecessarily keeps the past perfect for a simple succession of completed jobs. The other sentences either use the past simple for ordered events or use one past perfect to mark an event earlier than a later past reference point.

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