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    Question

    Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. Mark the part with the error as your answer. If there is no error, mark ‘No error’ as your answer (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).

    My mother, who is sick, (A)/would have let (B)/all my friends in as long as (C)/they got rid of their bad habits (D).

    A My mother, who is sick Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B would have let Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C all my friends in as long as Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D they got rid of their bad habits Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E No error Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    This sentence is an example of the second conditional. Here, ‘would have let’ should be changed to ‘would let’. My mother, who is sick, would let all my friends in as long as they got rid of their bad habits.

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