In the following question, a sentence is divided into numbered parts. Identify the part that contains an error in verb pattern. Sentence: “Looking forward to something in anticipation is what helps us moving forward in life.”

Introduction / Context:
This question checks the correct verb pattern after the verb “helps” in a sentence about hope and progress in life. The sentence is divided into three parts. The key suspicious phrase is “helps us moving forward,” which appears in part (3) and must be tested against standard grammar rules for verbs following “help.”

Given Data / Assumptions:

• The sentence reads: “Looking forward to something in anticipation is what helps us moving forward in life.”
• Part (1) contains “Looking forward to something.”
• Part (2) contains “in anticipation is what helps us.”
• Part (3) contains “moving forward in life.”
• The standard pattern after “help” is usually “help someone do something” or “help someone to do something,” not “help someone doing something” in this type of sentence.

Concept / Approach:
The concept here is the correct complement of the verb “help.” The usual and accepted pattern is “helps us move forward,” where “move” is in the base form. Using the present participle “moving” after “helps us” is non standard in this construction. Therefore, we must find which part includes this incorrect pattern and label it as the error.

Step-by-Step Solution:

Verification / Alternative check:
Rewrite the full sentence in a corrected form: “Looking forward to something in anticipation is what helps us move forward in life.” In this version, the verb pattern is standard: subject plus “helps” plus object plus base form of the verb. There is no awkwardness or grammatical mismatch. Since only part (3) was changed, we have confirmed that this part contains the original error.

Why Other Options Are Wrong:

• Part (1): The phrase “Looking forward to something” is a correct gerund phrase functioning as a subject.
• Part (2): The words “in anticipation is what helps us” form a correct predicate and linking structure.
• “No error”: This cannot be correct because “helps us moving forward” is not the standard grammatical form.

Common Pitfalls:
Many candidates accept -ing forms where they sound natural, even when grammar rules favour the base form. Because “moving forward in life” sounds fluent by itself, it is easy to overlook the need to pair “helps us” with the base form “move.” To avoid such mistakes, students should remember that after “help someone,” the simplest and safest pattern is to use the bare infinitive “do,” “learn,” “move,” and so on.

Final Answer:
Part (3) is the correct answer, as the correct phrase should be “helps us move forward in life,” not “helps us moving forward in life.”