Find out which part of the sentence has an error. If there is no error, choose ‘No error’.
My grandfather is living / in a small village near Nashik / since he retired from the railways.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → My grandfather is living
The sentence says “is living ... since he retired”. This is wrong. The living began in the past and is still going on. With “since”, such an action takes the present perfect continuous: has / have + been + verb-ing. So it must be has been living.
Option 1: My grandfather is living — Error. “is living” should be “has been living”.
Option 2: in a small village near Nashik — No error.
Option 3: since he retired from the railways — No error. The simple past “retired” is right here, because it names the point when the living began.
Corrected: My grandfather has been living in a small village near Nashik since he retired from the railways.