sentence improvement Model Questions & Answers, Practice Test for ssc cgl tier 1 2023

Answer: (a)

As the statement is of a general nature, use of the simple present tense is correct. No continuous action at a certain period of time is suggested.

Answer: (d)

The simple past tense is to be used to keep tense continuity in the sentence. Option (c), 'had rushed' (past perfect tense), would be incorrect here as, as soon as the soldiers 'realised', they 'rushed' back (not before 'realising').

Answer: (d)

'Spectacles' (pl.) itself means a pair of lenses for correcting the eyesight. Interestingly, 'pair of spectacles' is a cricketing term used to mean a duck in both innings.

Answer: (d)

No improvement. The italicised part may also read 'working hard'.

Answer: (c)

'Since + a point in time' means 'from that point to the time of speaking'. It is then always used with a perfect tense (has + the past participle, have + the past participle or had + the past participle). For example, I have been working since six o'clock or We've been friends since our college days. The only exception is in the 'it is + period + since' construction. For example, It is ten years since I saw him.