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I was surprised (A) / when the hostess smiled (B) / as

Q: Answer-I was surprised (A) / when the hostess smiled (B) / as if she saw me before (C) / No Error (D)

Replace she saw me before with she had seen me before. Before is qualified by Perfect Tense. Here the sentence begins in Past Indefinite Tense, hence before will take Past Perfect Tense with it. Moreover, in case of two activities of the past, the one occurred earlier takes Past Perfect Tense. Hence option C has the error.

if she saw me before (C) / No Error (D) In these questions some of the sentences have errors and some have none. Find out which part of a sentence has an error and indicate it corresponding to the appropriate letters. If there is no error, indicate corresponding to the last option.

A I was surprised

B when the hostess smiled

C as if she saw me before

D No Error

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