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SBI Clerk English Grammar Questions
Practise english grammar (english) for the SBI Junior Associate (Customer Support & Sales) Examination: 10 multiple-choice questions, each with the correct answer and a worked explanation. Click an option to check it, or “New questions” for another set.
English Grammar practice
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Q1.Choose the correct tag question: She can swim, ___?
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Answer: B — can’t she
A positive statement takes a negative tag with the same auxiliary: “can’t she?”.
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Q2.Choose the correct option: This is the best book I ___.
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Answer: A — have ever read
A superlative + experience up to now uses the present perfect: “have ever read”.
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Q3.Choose the correct comparative: This road is ___ than that one.
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Answer: C — narrower
Two-syllable adjectives ending in -ow usually take -er: “narrower”.
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Q4.Choose the correct option: He insisted ___ paying the bill.
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Answer: A — on
“Insist” takes the preposition “on” + gerund.
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Q5.Choose the correct preposition: She is good ___ mathematics.
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Answer: B — at
The idiom is “good at” a subject or skill.
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Q6.Choose the correct option: She has been working here ___ 2019.
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Answer: C — since
Use “since” with a point in time (2019) and “for” with a duration.
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Q7.Choose the correct option: I look forward to ___ from you.
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Answer: C — hearing
In “look forward to”, “to” is a preposition, so it takes a gerund: “hearing”.
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Q8.Choose the correct option: If I ___ you, I would accept the offer.
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Answer: D — were
The subjunctive “were” is used in hypothetical conditions: “If I were you…”.
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Q9.Identify the error: “Each of the students have submitted their assignment.”
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Answer: C — have submitted
“Each” is singular, so the verb should be “has submitted”.
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Q10.Choose the correct option: There is no ___ in crying over spilt milk.
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Answer: B — use
Fixed expression: “There is no use (in) doing something”.
How to approach english grammar questions
Find the subject first and make the verb agree with it, ignoring phrases in between. Watch fixed prepositions (good at, insist on, prefer to) and tense sequence in reported speech.
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SBI Junior Associate (Customer Support & Sales) Examination — conducted by State Bank of India (SBI). Recruits Junior Associates for SBI branches; the local language test applies by state.
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