Question
I was tempted to turn around and check out my
competition, but better sense prevailed and I started sprinted like a gazelle. In each question below, four words are printed in bold type. One of these words given in bold may be either wrongly spelt or inappropriate in the context of the sentence. Find out the word that is inappropriate or wrongly spelt, if there is any. That word is your answer. If the sentence is correct as it is and ‘No correction is required’, mark 5) as the answer.Solution
‘sprinting’ instead of ‘sprinted’. Sprinting is the present participle whereas Sprinted is the past participle. I was tempted to turn around and check out my competition, but better sense prevailed and I started sprinting like a gazelle.
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