Question

    Directions: In each of the questions, a sentence has

    been divided into four parts, one of which may contain an error. Identify that fragment and mark it as your answer. Mark (E) if the sentence contains no error. As dish after dish arrived, I tried to (A)/ convince myself that the fried tripe slices (B)/ could been mushrooms, but the boiled calf's head encased (C)/ in grey gelatine didn't resemble anything I’d eaten before (D)/ No error (E)
    A A Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B B Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C C Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D D Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E E Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    "Could have been" is the correct past conditional form that indicates a possibility or potentiality in the past. In this context, the speaker is trying to convince themselves that the fried tripe slices might have been mushrooms.

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