The following sentence is grammatically incorrect:
A great person use to lived in this house.
Correct the sentence above by choosing the most appropriate option:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → A great person used to live in this house.
Used to + base form:
- Used to expresses a past habit or a past state that is no longer true.
- In positive sentences it is always used (with -d), never "use to".
- It is followed by the base form of the verb: used to live, not "used to lived".
- The rest of the sentence, "in this house", stays as it is.
Why the Other Options are Incorrect?
Option 1: A great person lived to use in that house. — Incorrect. "lived to use" jumbles the words and makes no sense. "This" has also been changed to "that".
Option 2: A great person used to lived in that house. — Incorrect. "used to lived" keeps the past form after "used to", and "this" has been changed to "that".
Option 4: A great person use to lived in that house. — Incorrect. Both errors of the original remain: "use to" and "lived".