Identify the part of the sentence that contains an error. If there is no error, choose ‘No error’.
After the long bus ride from Shimla, / Arjun felt so tired that he / laid on the sofa for two hours.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → laid on the sofa for two hours
Two verbs are mixed up here. “Lie” means to rest flat, and its past form is lay. “Laid” is the past form of “lay”, which means to put something down. Arjun only rested on the sofa. He did not put anything down, so it must be lay on the sofa.
Option 1: After the long bus ride from Shimla, — No error.
Option 2: Arjun felt so tired that he — No error.
Option 3: laid on the sofa for two hours — Error. “laid” should be “lay”.
Corrected: After the long bus ride from Shimla, Arjun felt so tired that he lay on the sofa for two hours.