seldom visited his (a) / He has not (b) / parents since he (c) / left ...
Error Spotting - Tense Usage
Explanation:
The given sentence talks about someone who has not visited his parents since he left the place. The error in the sentence is in the tense used. Let's analyze each part of the sentence to understand the error:
a) "seldom visited his" - This part of the sentence is in the past tense and is correct.
b) "He has not" - This part of the sentence is in the present perfect tense, which is used to talk about actions that started in the past and continue up to the present. However, in this context, we are talking about an action that was done in the past and has not been done since then. Therefore, the correct tense to be used here is the past simple tense. Hence, the error is in this part of the sentence.
c) "parents since he" - This part of the sentence is in the present perfect tense, which is incorrect as explained above. It should be in the past simple tense.
d) "left this place." - This part of the sentence is in the past simple tense and is correct.
Hence, the correct sentence should be: "He had not visited his parents since he left this place."
In this sentence, we have used the past perfect tense (had + past participle) to talk about an action that was done in the past and was completed before another action in the past (leaving the place). This tense is used to show the sequence of events that happened in the past.
Therefore, the correct answer is option B.
seldom visited his (a) / He has not (b) / parents since he (c) / left ...
Either it could be seldom or since .....cause in this sentence they both r explaining the same thing ....and sonewhat same meaning ...therefore b is correct option