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SSC MTS English Grammar Questions
Practise english grammar (english) for the SSC Multi-Tasking (Non-Technical) Staff 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: A — no preposition
“Discuss” is transitive: we discuss the matter (no “about”).
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Q2.Choose the correct form: By the time we arrived, the film ___.
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Answer: A — had already started
An action completed before another past action takes the past perfect: “had already started”.
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Q3.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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Q4.Choose the correct option: Hardly had he left ___ it started raining.
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Answer: A — when
The correlative pair is “hardly … when” (also “no sooner … than”).
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Q5.Choose the correct option: The train ___ by the time we reach the station.
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Answer: C — will have left
An action completed before a future point takes the future perfect: “will have left”.
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Q6.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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Q7.Choose the correct preposition: She is good ___ mathematics.
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Answer: C — at
The idiom is “good at” a subject or skill.
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Q8.Choose the correct option: The committee ___ divided in their opinions.
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Answer: D — were
When members of a collective noun act individually (divided opinions), a plural verb is used: “were”.
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Q9.Choose the correct option: Scarcely ___ the room when the lights went out.
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Answer: D — had I entered
Negative adverbs at the start (scarcely, hardly) cause inversion: “had I entered”.
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Q10.Choose the correct option: He prefers tea ___ coffee.
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Answer: A — to
“Prefer X to Y” is the correct pattern.
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 MTS
SSC Multi-Tasking (Non-Technical) Staff Examination — conducted by Staff Selection Commission (SSC). Recruits Multi-Tasking Staff and Havaldars for central government offices.
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