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SSC GD Constable English Grammar Questions
Practise english grammar (english) for the SSC General Duty Constable 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 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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Q2.Identify the error: “One of my friend is a doctor.”
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Answer: D — my friend
After “one of” use a plural noun: “one of my friends”.
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Q3.Choose the correct option: Scarcely ___ the room when the lights went out.
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Answer: B — had I entered
Negative adverbs at the start (scarcely, hardly) cause inversion: “had I entered”.
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Q4.Choose the correct indirect speech: He said, “I am tired.”
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Answer: C — He said that he was tired.
With a past reporting verb, the present tense shifts back: “am” → “was”.
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Q5.Choose the correct option: He prefers tea ___ coffee.
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Answer: D — to
“Prefer X to Y” is the correct pattern.
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Q6.Choose the correct article: He is ___ honest man.
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Answer: D — an
“Honest” begins with a vowel sound (silent h), so “an”.
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Q7.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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Q8.Choose the correct conditional: If it rains tomorrow, we ___ the match.
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Answer: D — will cancel
First conditional (real future possibility): if + present, will + base verb.
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Q9.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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Q10.Choose the correct option: He insisted ___ paying the bill.
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Answer: C — on
“Insist” takes the preposition “on” + gerund.
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 GD Constable
SSC General Duty Constable Examination — conducted by Staff Selection Commission (SSC). Recruits constables for the Central Armed Police Forces, SSF and Assam Rifles.
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