Question

Find error in each of the following sentence and rewrite the sente
correctly.

(i) I saw the blind man to cross the road.
(ii) She is going to Mumbai yesterday.
iii) We have been learn English for five years.​

Answer 1

Answer:

I saw a blind man CROSSING the road

she is going to mumbai TODAY

We have been LEARNING english for five years

Answer 2

i. I saw the blind man crossing the road.

• The statement in the question above uses the word 'to' before cross the road. The usage of this word is incorrect in this sentence.

ii. She is going to Mumbai tomorrow.

• In the statement in the given question, after the usage of 'is going to', 'yesterday' is not applicable.
• 'Yesterday' indicates the day before that has already passed.
• 'Is going to', being a continuous present tense, cannot be used along with 'yesterday'.
• Here, 'tomorrow' is the appropriate word.

iii. We have been learning English since five years.

• When 'have been' is being used the verb after that will always be in present continuous tense.
• Instead of 'for', since should be used since it denotes a long tenure or time period. 'Since' emphasises on the time period and highlights the time period.