Common Error Correction

Directions Correct the following sentences by using the correct function of the verb.

1. She often comes to me on Sundays.
2. She just completed the letter.
3. It came to my notice lately.
4. My brother returned from training two months ago.
5. I have known him for the last twenty years.
6. I didn’t meet him this morning.
7. She hasn’t written the letter yet.
8. He had a number of books.
9. The news of his death has been declared so far.
10. The dog was barking the whole night.
11. He has been working on this problem for the last six months.
12. Last week I met him twice.
13. I found that someone picked my pocket.
14. By the time she returned, he had typed all the letters.
15. She rang me up after she decided to go.
16. How long has she been working in the office?
17. I have owned this house for the last twenty years.
18. My house faces the East.
19. Manav broke a cup last evening.
20. My mother rarely sleeps at noon.
21. They still write letters today.
22. I have owned this plot of land since my youth.
23. They found that the tap was running.
24. I can’t believe that he has been wasting time all his life.
25. They brought him home when he died.
26. We wrote the letter last evening.
27. He had worked for three hours when I met him.
28. Mahmood Gazanavi invaded India many times.
29. When I met her last year, she had been married for three years.
30. How long will you have known Ritu on her next birthday?

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