Spot the error in the following sentence.
A. When the doctor came in
B. my tooth was stopped paining
C. out of fear that I might lose my tooth.
D. No error.

B

The error is in option B. The correct sentence should be:

B. my tooth stopped paining

☀ A: There is no error in option A. The sentence is grammatically correct: "When the doctor came in."

☀ B: The error is in option B. The correct phrase should be "my tooth stopped paining" instead of "my tooth was stopped paining." The verb "stopped" indicates that the action of "paining" (hurting) ceased.

☀ C: There is no error in option C. The sentence is grammatically correct: "out of fear that I might lose my tooth."

☀ D: The statement "No error" is incorrect because the error is in option B, as explained above.