Question

The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.

The workers had been repairing / the mall road in / town for / several days now.

• A. the mall road in
• B. several days now
• C. The workers had been repairing
• D. town for

Answer 1

Answer:

C. The workers had been repairing

• The sentence ends with "several days now." The word "now" indicates that the action is connected to the present. Therefore, the Present Perfect Continuous ("have been repairing") should be used instead of the Past Perfect Continuous ("had been repairing").