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Direction: In the following questions, some parts of the sentences have errors and some are correct. Find out which part of a sentence has an error. The number of that part is your answer. If a sentence is free from error, then your answer is (4), i.e. No error.

  1. Solve the question according to given instruction.
    1. They are residing
    2. in this city
    3. for the last two decades.
    4. No error
Correct Option: A


The action had started in thePast and is still Continuing. for (Pre.) is used to say how long something has been the case. Here, the Perfect Tense is used.
Hence, They have been residing is the right usage.



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