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SSC CHSL English Grammar Questions
Practise english grammar (english) for the SSC Combined Higher Secondary 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: Let’s discuss ___ the matter tomorrow.
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Answer: B — no preposition
“Discuss” is transitive: we discuss the matter (no “about”).
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Q2.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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Q3.Identify the error: “One of my friend is a doctor.”
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Answer: A — my friend
After “one of” use a plural noun: “one of my friends”.
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Q4.Choose the correct option: Neither the manager nor the clerks ___ present.
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Answer: C — were
With neither…nor, the verb agrees with the nearer subject (“clerks”, plural) → were.
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Q5.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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Q6.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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Q7.Choose the correct option: The furniture in the house ___ new.
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Answer: D — is
“Furniture” is uncountable and takes a singular verb.
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Q8.Choose the correct option: She is senior ___ me by two years.
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Answer: D — to
Latin comparatives (senior, junior, superior, inferior) take “to”, not “than”.
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Q9.Choose the correct option: Hardly had he left ___ it started raining.
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Answer: C — when
The correlative pair is “hardly … when” (also “no sooner … than”).
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Q10.Choose the correct tag question: She can swim, ___?
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Answer: A — can’t she
A positive statement takes a negative tag with the same auxiliary: “can’t she?”.
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 CHSL
SSC Combined Higher Secondary Level Examination — conducted by Staff Selection Commission (SSC). Recruits Class 12 pass candidates for posts such as LDC, JSA and Data Entry Operator.
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