Question

the chief minister arrives at 8a.m and immediately left for Madurai spot the error ​

Answer 1

Answer:

The chief minister arrives at 8a.m and immediately left for Madurai : Spot the error

• The given sentence is said to spot the error and the error is : arrives. Because it will be 'arrived.' 'Arrives' doesn't complete the whole meaning of the sentence. If we write arrived, it completes the meaning of the sentence followingthe grammaticalrules. So, 'arrived' is correct not 'arrives'.

• Therefore the rewrite sentence is : The chief minister arrived at 8 a.m and immediately left for Madurai.

• The above sentence is an example of Simple Past Tense. Because the written sentence (answer) has two main verb and they are verb's past form : 'arrived' and 'left.'

Answer 2

The chief minister arrives at 8 a.m and immediately left for Madurai (spot the error)

Answer:

The chief minister arrives at 8 a.m and immediately left for Madurai.

In the above sentence, the error is the word ''arrives''.

• The sentence should be is as follows:

• The chief minister arrived at 8 a.m and immediately left for Madurai.

• We should use the past simple ''arrived'' instead of present simple 'arrives' because the given sentence is in the past tense.
• The word ''arrives'' is used for 3rd person in the present tense.

• ''Arrive'' means to reach a particular place. In the above sentence, the chief minister reached at 8 a.m and immediately left for Madurai city.