A part of the sentence may or may not have an error. Find out which part has an error and mark that part as your answer. If there are no errors, mark 'No error' as your answer. After a bad performance in her semester, Reena expected a good lecture from her mother but she / (A) stood ashamed silently when her mother reacted very calmly expect for saying / (B) that ‘its high time she should realise the need of hour in her academics’./ (C) No error / (D) Correct Answer C The correct answer is option 3 i.e. C The given sentence is erroneous because of the wrong usage of tense in part C, which is ‘should realise’ Generally to imply the meaning of ‘something should be done and that is already a bit late or to describe the unfulfilled condition, wish or desire’ v2 (simple past) is used with the expressions like –its time, its high time, it is about time etc. its time/ its high time/it is about time + subject+ verb’s past form (v2) to refer to the present moment therefore, use ‘should realise’ in place of ‘realised’ Correct sentence-‘ After a bad performance in her semester, Reena expected a good lecture from her mother but she stood ashamed silently when her mother reacted very calmly expect for saying that ‘its high time she realised the need of hour in her academics’.