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SSC CGL English Grammar Questions
Practise english grammar (english) for the SSC Combined Graduate Level 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 option: The train ___ by the time we reach the station.
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Answer: B — will have left
An action completed before a future point takes the future perfect: “will have left”.
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Q2.Choose the correct option: He insisted ___ paying the bill.
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Answer: C — on
“Insist” takes the preposition “on” + gerund.
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Q3.Identify the error: “Each of the students have submitted their assignment.”
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Answer: D — have submitted
“Each” is singular, so the verb should be “has submitted”.
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Q4.Identify the error: “One of my friend is a doctor.”
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Answer: B — my friend
After “one of” use a plural noun: “one of my friends”.
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Q5.Choose the correct option: I would rather you ___ now.
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Answer: D — left
“Would rather + subject” is followed by the past tense for present/future meaning: “left”.
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Q6.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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Q7.Identify the correct sentence.
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Answer: C — He and I went to the market.
Subject pronouns (he, I) are needed for the subject of the verb.
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Q8.Choose the correct option: There is no ___ in crying over spilt milk.
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Answer: C — use
Fixed expression: “There is no use (in) doing something”.
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Q9.Choose the correct option: I look forward to ___ from you.
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Answer: A — hearing
In “look forward to”, “to” is a preposition, so it takes a gerund: “hearing”.
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Q10.Choose the passive voice of: “The chef cooked a delicious meal.”
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Answer: D — A delicious meal was cooked by the chef.
Simple past active → “was/were + past participle” in the passive.
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.
About SSC CGL
SSC Combined Graduate Level Examination — conducted by Staff Selection Commission (SSC). Recruits graduates to Group B and C posts in central ministries, departments and offices.
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