English » Spotting Errors

Identify the segment in the sentence which contains a grammatical error.

My friends are gone on a trip to Goa today.

A

My friends

B

are gone

C

to Goa today

D

on a trip

Solution

option B is the right answer here,

are gone should be replaced with went

the given sentence is in active construction and time clause(today) has also given so, past indefinite tense is the correct usage.