TENSE

(SENTENCE IMPROVEMENT)

1. On one occasion he persuaded me (3) about four years

to accompany him on a shooting (4) No improvement
expedition he was planning. (SSC Section Officer (Commercial
Audit) Exam. 16.11.2003)
(1) has planned 6. Kannan asked me to go round with
(2) had planned them, but I didn't want.
(3) planned (1) don't want
(4) No improvement (2) don't want to
(SSC Section Officer (Audit)
Exam. 1997) (3) didn't want to
2. When she regained consciousness (4) No improvement
she was stretched in the ditch out, (SSC Section Officer (Commercial
Audit) Exam. 16.11.2003)
soaked to the skin.
7. He had his breakfast, when we
(1) out in the ditch stretched visited him.
(2) on the ditch outstretched (1) He had taken his breakfast
(3) outstretched in the ditch (2) He wished to have his breakfast
(4) No improvement (3) He avoided his breakfast
(SSC Section Officer (Audit)
Exam. 1997) (4) No improvement
3. “Do you remember his phone (SSC Section Officer (Commercial
Audit) Exam. 16.11.2003)
number? I don't suspect so.”
8. The doctor reassured that the
(1) don't think operation was a routine one.
(2) don't thing (1) is reassuming
(3) may think (2) reassured me
(4) No improvement (3) was reassuming
(SSC Section Officer (Commercial Audit)
Exam. 29.07.2001) (4) No improvement
4. Many workers were being held (SSC Section Officer (Commercial
Audit) Exam. 16.11.2003)
hostages.
9. It took a long time for him to realise,
(1) held to be hostages what was truth.
(2) held as hostages (1) what is truth.
(3) held like hostages (2) what was the truth.
(4) No improvement (3) what the truth was.
(SSC Section Officer (Audit)
Exam. 09.09.2001) (4) No improvement
5. He told me that he was married four (SSC Section Officer (Audit)
Exam. 14.12.2003)
years.
10. We used to get up early in the
(1) over four years morning, have breakfast and then
(2) four years ago went out to play.
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 (1) go out to play 16. I hope that I shall get a First Class.
(2) gone out to play (1) I feel that
(3) had gone out to play (2) I hope
(4) played (3) I am doing
(SSC Tex Assistant (Income Tax & (4) No improvement
Central Excise) Exam. 05.12.2004)
(SSC Tax Assistant (IncomeTax &
11. What does it matter most is the Central Excise) Exam. 12.11.2006)
quality of the goods that we require. 17. I have bought this house in 1970
(1) What it matters more for Rs. two lakhs.
(2) What does it matter more (1) had bought
(3) What matters most (2) bought
(4) No improvement (3) have been bought
(SSC Section Officer (Audit) (4) No improvement
Exam. 05.06.2005)
(SSC Section Officer (Audit)
12. It’s high time that you go home. Exam. 10.12.2006)
(1) have gone 18. I will phone you after I shall arrive.
(2) should go (1) after I shall have arrived
(3) went (2) after I arrive
(4) No improvement (3) after I arrived
(SSC Statistical Investigators (4) No improvement
Grade-IV Exam. 31.7.2005)
(SSC Section Officer (Audit)
13. By this time tomorrow, I will reach Exam. 10.12.2006)
my home. 19. It’s high time you come to a decision.
(1) will be reaching (1) came
(2) shall have reached (2) had come
(3) can reach (3) have come
(4) No improvement (4) No improvement
(SSC Section Officer (Commercial (SSC Section Officer (Audit)
Audit) Exam. 25.09.2005) Exam. 10.12.2006)
14. When we saw him last, he ran to 20. What does it matter most is the
catch a bus. quality of the goods that we require.
(1) has run (1) What it matters more
(2) was running (2) What does it matter more
(3) had run (3) What matters most
(4) No improvement (4) No improvement
(SSC Section Officer (Commercial (SSC Statistical Investigators
Audit) Exam. 25.09.2005) Grade-IV Exam. 24.06.2007)
15. She has slept for eight hours last 21. Didn’t Mr. Sharma come to the office
night. yet ?
(1) slept (1) Hadn’t
(2) had slept (2) Hasn’t
(3) has been sleeping (3) Isn’t
(4) No improvement (4) No improvement
(SSC Tax Assistant (IncomeTax & (SSC Section Officer (Commercial
Central Excise) Exam. 12.11.2006) Audit) Exam. 30.09.2007

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22. How long are you working here ? (SSC Combined Graduate Level Tier-I
Exam. 16.05.2010 (First Sitting)
(1) have you been working here ? 28. He denied that he had not forged my
(2) you are working here ? signature.
(3) were you working ? (1) would not forge
(4) No improvement (2) had forged
(SSC Section Officer (Audit)
Exam. 06.01.2008)
(3) did not forge
23. What you have been doing in the (4) No improvement
(SSC Combined Graduate Level
workshop since last month ?
Tier-I Exam. 16.05.2010
(1) have you done (Second Sitting)
(2) you have done 29. Who you said was coming to see me
(3) have you been doing this morning ?
(4) No improvement (1) you did say
(SSC Section Officer (Audit) (2) did you say
Exam. 30.10.2008) (3) did you say that
24. The enemy soldiers went back
(4) No improvement
hastily. (SSC SAS Exam. 26.06.2010)
(1) returned 30. Whenever I doubt about the
(2) retreated meaning of a word, I look up my
(3) retrenched dictionary.
(4) No improvement (1) Whenever I have a doubt
(SSC Section Officer (Audit) (2) Whenever I am in doubt
Exam. 30.10.2008)
(3) The moment I doubt
25. The police needed him for armed
(4) No improvement
robbery. (SSC SAS Exam. 26.06.2010)
(1) liked 31. I used to have very thick hair.
(2) was after (1) use to have
(3) were looking to (2) used to having
(4) No improvement (3) used to had
(SSC Tax Assistant (Income Tax & (4) No improvement
Central Excise) Exam. 14.12.2008)
(SSC CISF ASI Exam. 29.08.2010)
26. He may be poor now but he appears
32. I did not saw my cousin in Madras.
to be rich.
(1) not seen
(1) to seem rich (2) did not see
(2) rich to be (3) did not seen
(3) to have been rich (4) No improvement
(4) No improvement (SSC CISF ASI Exam. 29.08.2010)
(SSC Tax Assistant (Income Tax & 33. I did not see him since he wrote last.
Central Excise) Exam. 29.03.2009)
(1) I could not see him
27. The brown shirt wants washing.
(2) I shall not see him
(1) has to wash
(3) I have not seen him
(2) is in need of a wash
(4) No improvement
(3) requires a wash (SSC Statistical Investigators
(4) No improvement Grade-IV Exam. 12.09.2010)

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34. When we came out of the (4) No improvement
restaurant it was half past eleven. (SSC CPO (SI, ASI & Intelligence
Officer Exam. 28.08.2011
(1) When we had come out of the
39. His brother never has and never will
restaurant be dependable.
(2) After we came out of the (1) never had
restaurant (2) never has been
(3) When we have come out of the (3) was never being
restaurant (4) No improvement
(4) No improvement (SSC Stenographer
(SSC Combined Graduate Level Tier-I (Grade'C' &'D') Exam. 26.09.2010)
Exam. 19.06.2011 (First Sitting) 40. She had read Oliver Twist when she
35. We are credibly informed that the had been fourteen years old.
murderer has given himself up. (1) had become
(1) We are informed that the (2) has become
murderer has credibly given (3) was
himself up. (4) No improvement
(2) We are informed that the (SSC Data Entry Operator
murderer has given credibly & LDC Exam. 27.11.2010)
41. Mayank was working overtime for
himself up.
the last two weeks.
(3) We are informed that credibly
(1) is working
the murderer has given up
(2) is being working
himself.
(3) has been working
(4) No improvement
(SSC Combined Graduate Level Tier-I
(4) No improvement
Exam. 26.06.2011 (First Sitting) (SSC Data Entry Operator
& LDC Exam. 28.11.2010)
36. I visited my aunt just before a week.
42. Every morning I get up at 4 O' clock,
(1) a week before
but today I get up at 7 O' clock.
(2) a week earlier (1) got up
(3) a week ago (2) was getting up
(4) No improvement (3) am geeting up
(SSC CPO (SI, ASI & Intelligence
Officer Exam. 28.08.2011 (4) No improvement
37. He work hard will succeed. (SSC Data Entry Operator
& LDC Exam. 28.11.2010)
(1) who will work hard 43. Most children are liking ice-cream.
(2) who will be working hard (1) likes
(3) who works hard (2) like
(4) No improvement (3) were liking
(SSC CPO (SI, ASI & Intelligence
Officer Exam. 28.08.2011
(4) No improvement
(SSC Data Entry Operator
38. It is high time you started revising & LDC Exam. 28.11.2010)
your lessons. 44. The advancements in medical
(1) start science has proved to be a boon for
(2) had started all of us.
(3) will start (1) has proven

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 (2) had proven
(3) have proved
(4) No improvement
(SSC Stenographer (Grade
'C' & 'D' Exam. 09.01.2011)
45. She usually does not leave for work
until she finished all her chores.
(1) finishes
(2) has finished
(3) had finished
(4) No improvement
(SSC Multi-Tasking (Non-Technical)
Staff Exam. 27.02.2011)
46. The fishermen are fishing in the sea
from sunrise and will continue to do
so until sunset.
(1) have fished
(2) have been fishing
(3) were fishing
(4) No improvement
(SSC Stenographer Grade 'C'
& 'D' Exam. 16.10.2011)
47. His friends could not tell me why he
did not come to college yesterday.
(1) why had he not come
(2) why did he not come
(3) why not had he come
(4) No improvement
(SSC Stenographer Grade 'C'
& 'D' Exam. 16.10.2011)
48. The festival is likely to fall in
December,
(1) will likely to fall
(2) will be likely to fall
(3) will likely for fall
(4) No improvement
(SSC Stenographer Grade 'C'
& 'D' Exam. 16.10.2011)
49. I asked the traveller where is he
going.
(1) where he is going
(2) where was he going
(3) where he was going
(4) No improvement
(SSC Stenographer Grade 'C'
& 'D' Exam. 16.10.2011)
KD PUBLICATION SENTENCE IMPROVEMENT |
50. The bird sanctuary is about 10
kms inside from Central Delhi.
(1) was about 10 kms over
(2) is about 10 kms on top
(3) is about 10 kms away
(4) No improvement
(SSC Stenographer Grade 'C'
& 'D' Exam. 16.10.2011)
51. Rakesh didn’t knew my address.
(1) didn’t known
(2) didn’t have
(3) didn’t know
(4) No improvement
(SSC (10+2) Level Data Entry
Operator & LDC Exam. 04.12.2011
(North Zone) IInd Sitting
52. I have been living in Delhi from
1989.
(1) eversince
(2) since
(3) in
(4) No improvement
(SSC (10+2) Level Data Entry
Operator & LDC Exam. 04.12.2011
(North Zone) Ist Sitting
53. The stranger asked the little girl
what is her name.
(1) what her name is
(2) what her name was
(3) what was her name
(4) No improvement
(SSC (10+2) Level Data Entry
Operator & LDC Exam. 04.12.2011
(Eastern Zone) IInd Sitting)
54. The light went out while I read,
(1) was reading
(2) am reading
(3) had read
(4) No improvement
(SSC (10+2) Level Data Entry
Operator & LDC Exam. 11.12.2011
(Ist Sitting (Delhi Zone)
55. He said that he saw him last year,
to discuss the documents.
(1) met
(2) had seen
TENSE 5
 (3) seen (3) was ringing repeatedly
(4) No improvement (4) No improvement
(SSC (10+2) Level Data Entry (SSC (10+2) Level Data Entry Operator
Operator & LDC Exam. 11.12.2011 & LDC Exam. 21.10.2012 (IInd Sitting)
(IInd Sitting) Delhi Zone) 62. She is loving chocolate ice cream
56. The teacher told that Monday would (1) has loving
be a holiday
(2) has been loved
(1) is telling (2) has told
(3) loves
(3) said (4) might tell
(SSC Constable (GD) & Riflemen
(4) No improvement
(GD) Exam. 24.04.1912 (IInd Sitting) (SSC (10+2) Level Data Entry Operator
& LDC Exam. 28.10.2012 (Ist Sitting)
57. I am working here from 2008.
63. James had been teaching at the
(1) have been working here since university since June.
(2) have worked here from
(1) has been teaching
(3) have been working here from
(2) have been teaching
(4) No improvement
(SSC (10+2) Level Data Entry Operator
(3) is teaching
& LDC Exam. 21.10.2012 (Ist Sitting) (4) No improvement
58. The qualities which have supported (SSC (10+2) Level Data Entry Operator
& LDC Exam. 28.10.2012 (Ist Sitting)
Tilak and given him his hardearned
64. I am working here from 2008.
success have been rare in Indian
politics. (1) have been working here since
(1) gave (2) have worked here from
(2) had given (3) have been working here from
(3) have given (4) No improvement
(SSC (10+2) Level Data Entry
(4) No improvement Operator & LDC Exam. 21.10.2012,
(SSC (10+2) Level Data Entry Operator South Zone (Ist Sitting))
& LDC Exam. 21.10.2012 (Ist Sitting) 65. The qualities which have supported
59. I am having two sisters. Tilak and given him his hardearned
(1) have had success have been rare in Indian
(2) have politics.
(3) had (1) gave
(4) No improvement (2) had given
(SSC (10+2) Level Data Entry Operator
& LDC Exam. 21.10.2012 (Ist Sitting) (3) have given
60. My friend went abroad last week. (4) No improvement
(1) has gone (SSC (10+2) Level Data Entry
Operator & LDC Exam. 21.10.2012,
(2) went to South Zone (Ist Sitting))
(3) had gone 66. I am having two sisters.
(4) No improvement (1) have had
(SSC (10+2) Level Data Entry Operator (2) have
& LDC Exam. 21.10.2012 (IInd Sitting)
61. The bell was ringing and ringing but (3) had
no one picked up the phone. (4) No improvement
(SSC (10+2) Level Data Entry
(1) rang and rang Operator & LDC Exam. 21.10.2012,
(2) rang repeatedly South Zone (Ist Sitting))

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67. My friend went abroad last week. (3) was kicked the ball
(1) has gone (4) kicked the ball
(2) went to (SSC (10+2) Level Data Entry
Operator & LDC Exam. 28.10.2012
(3) had gone (1st Sitting)
(4) No improvement 73. We did a test when the lights went
(SSC (10+2) Level Data Entry out.
Operator & LDC Exam. 21.10.2012
(2nd Sitting)) (1) have been doing
68. I do not think it would not rain. (2) were doing
(1) will rain (3) had done
(2) should not rain (4) No improvement
(SSC Graduate Level Tier-I
(3) should rain Exam. 11.11.2012 (1st Sitting)
(4) will not rain 74. We hurried to the door, but nobody
(SSC (10+2) Level Data Entry is there.
Operator & LDC Exam. 21.10.2012
(2nd Sitting) (1) nobody was there
69. The carpenter did not keep his (2) nobody are there
promise that the work will be (3) nobody were there
finished before the end of the week. (4) No improvement
(1) can (SSC Delhi Police Sub-Inspector
(SI) Exam. 19.08.2012)
(2) could 75. We kept all the old paintings in a
(3) would place where they would remain safe
(4) No improvement from harm or danger.
(SSC (10+2) Level Data Entry
Operator & LDC Exam. 28.10.2012,
(1) will remain safe
South Zone (1st Sitting) (2) are safe
70. She is loving chocolate ice cream (3) may remain safe
(1) has loving (4) No improvement
(2) has been loved (SSC (10+2) Level Data Entry Operator
& LDC Exam. 04.11.2012, Ist Sitting)
(3) loves
76. The dog bite him.
(4) No improvement (1) beat him
(SSC (10+2) Level Data Entry
Operator & LDC Exam. 28.10.2012, (2) bit him
South Zone (1st Sitting) (3) bitten him
71. James had been teaching at the (4) No improvement
university since June. (SSC Multi-Tasking Staff Exam.
(1) has been teaching 10.03.2013, Ist Sitting : Patna)

(2) have been teaching
(3) is teaching
(4) No improvement
(SSC (10+2) Level Data Entry
Operator & LDC Exam. 28.10.2012,
South Zone (1st Sitting)
72. The little boy kick the ball.
(1) have been kicked by the ball
(2) has been kicked the ball
77. Since she directing the play for quite
some time, she knows the actors
really well.
(1) Since she has directed
(2) Since she has been directing
(3) Since she was directing
(4) No improvement
(SSC Multi-Tasking Staff
Exam. 17.03.2013, Ist Sitting)

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78. The building you are talking about
is not existing.
(1) have not been existing
(2) does not exist
(3) has not been existing
(4) No improvement
(SSC Multi-Tasking Staff
Exam. 17.03.2013, IInd Sitting)
79. I must quit the job now if I prefer a
better one.
(1) It’s time I quit the job if I prefer
a better one
(2) It’s time I quit the better job if I
prefer
(3) It’s time the job quits me before
I get the better job
(4) No improvement
(SSC Multi-Tasking Staff Exam.
17.03.2013, Kolkata Region)
80. They left the hotel by car where
they had been staying.
(1) They left the hotel where they
had been staying, by car.
(2) They left where they were
staying in a hotel by car.
(3) In a car they left where they were
staying in a hotel
(4) No improvement
(SSC Graduate Level Tier-I
Exam. 21.04.2013, Ist Sitting)
81. Five years ago today, I am sitting in
a small Japanese car, driving across
Poland towards Berlin.
(1) was sitting
(2) sat
(3) have been sitting
(4) No improvement
(SSC Graduate Level Tier-I
Exam. 21.04.2013, Ist Sitting)
82. Anyone who would speak with
authority on the poets of the
Renaissance must have a broad
acquaintance with the writers of
classical antiquity.
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(1) Anyone who will speak
(2) If one would speak
(3) Anyone desirous for speaking
(4) No improvement
(SSC Graduate Level Tier-I
Exam. 21.04.2013, Ist Sitting)
83. I took the cycle which he bought
yesterday.
(1) that he bought yesterday.
(2) which he had bought yesterday.
(3) that he has bought yesterday.
(4) No improvement
(SSC Graduate Level Tier-I
Exam. 21.04.2013, Ist Sitting)
84. I adapted a new method to solve the
problem.
(1) I have been adopted
(2) I adopted
(3) I was adapted
(4) No improvement
(SSC Graduate Level Tier-I
Exam. 21.04.2013, IInd Sitting)
85. Hoping not to be disturbed, I sat down
in my easy chair to read the book, I
won as a prize.
(1) I had won as a prize
(2) I have won as prize
(3) I had to win as a prize
(4) No improvement
(SSC Graduate Level Tier-I
Exam. 21.04.2013, IInd Sitting)
86. He may have grown taller when I
last saw him.
(1) from when I last saw him
(2) since I last saw him
(3) before I last saw him
(4) No improvement
(SSC Graduate Level Tier-I
Exam. 21.04.2013)
87. The clients are waiting outside since
morning and will continue to wait
until you meet them.
(1) have waited
(2) have been waiting
(3) were waiting
(4) No improvement
TENSE 8
 (SSC Graduate Level Tier-I (SSC Graduate Level Tier-I
Exam. 21.04.2013) Exam. 21.04.2013)
88. They could not tell me why did he 93. For a week last month, the team’s
not eat his lunch. 20 players were stranded because
(1) why not had he eaten the Government- issued passport is
(2) why he did not eat not up to international standards,
(3) why had he not eaten (1) Government-issued passports
(4) No improvement were not up to international
(SSC Graduate Level Tier-I standards
Exam. 21.04.2013) (2) Government-issued passports
89. He who will bid the highest will get are not up to international
the product. standards
(1) who bids the highest (3) the passports issued by the
(2) who the highest bids government were not up to
(3) who would bid the highest international standards
(4) No improvement (4) No improvement
(SSC Graduate Level Tier-I (SSC Graduate Level Tier-I
Exam. 21.04.2013) Exam. 21.04.2013)
90. John had told me that he hasn’t done 94. Since July 2008, our customers will
it yet. be able to use the ATM network of
(1) told BBY Bank, the bank that was
(2) tells acquired by us during that year.
(3) was telling (1) have been able to use
(4) No improvement (2) were using
(SSC Graduate Level Tier-I (3) will have been able to use
Exam. 21.04.2013)
(4) No improvement
91. The disparity of the GDP between the (SSC Graduate Level Tier-I
rich and the poor has broadened in Exam. 21.04.2013)
the last some decades. 95. It has been raining since morning.
(1) have widened in the last some (1) from
decades (2) for
(2) has widened in the last few (3) during
decades (4) No improvement
(3) have broadened in the last few (SSC Constable (GD)
Exam. 12.05.2013, Ist Sitting)
decades
96. Jackie has already gone to the
(4) No improvement
(SSC Graduate Level Tier-I
airport she will meet us at the
Exam. 21.04.2013) check-in-counter.
92. Fuji’s invention of super computer (1) gone to the airport and Jackie
will be enable to make Japan will meet us
supercede America in computer (2) gone to the airport and she will
technology. meet us
(1) will make Japan (3) gone to the airport she ought to
(2) will enable Japan meet us
(3) can make Japan (4) No improvement
(4) No improvement (SSC Graduate Level Tier-I
Exam. 19.05.2013)
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 97. He reached the village just when (3) should
the sun was setting. (4) No improvement
(1) When just the sun was setting, (SSC Graduate Level Tier-II
Exam. 29.09.2013)
he reached the village.
102. They have not spoken to each other
(2) When the sun was setting he since they quarrelled.
just reached the village. (1) for
(3) He just reached the village (2) because
when the sun was setting. (3) ever since
(4) No improvement. (4) No improvement
(SSC Graduate Level Tier-I (SSC Graduate Level Tier-II
Exam. 19.05.2013) Exam. 29.09.2013)
98. The gypsies had left the village a few 103. I walked back home after the movie
days ago. yesterday night.
(1) have left (1) last night
(2) would have left (2) previous night
(3) left (3) that night
(4) No improvement (4) No improvement
(SSC Graduate Level Tier-I (SSC Graduate Level Tier-II
Exam. 19.05.2013) Exam. 29.09.2013)
99. I sat down on the bench to look at 104. Seeing that she is very tired, I
the trophy I won as a prize. walked out of the room and let her
(1) I sat down on the bench to look sleep.
at the trophy I had won as a prize. (1) Seeing that she are very tired
(2) I sat down on the bench to look (2) Seeing that she was very tired
at the trophy I have won as a (3) Seeing she is tired
prize. (4) No improvement
(3) I sat down on the bench to look (SSC Graduate Level Tier-II
Exam. 29.09.2013)
at the trophy I had to win as a 105. Some people has all the luck even
prize. when they did not tried very hard.
(4) No improvement (1) Some people has all the luck
(SSC Graduate Level Tier-II
Exam. 29.09.2013)
even when they do not try very
100. Maggie took a hot bath because she hard.
was working in the garden all (2) Some people have all the luck
afternoon. even when they do not tried very
hard.
(1) is
(3) Some people have all the luck
(2) has
even when they do not try very
(3) had been hard.
(4) No improvement (4) No improvement
(SSC Graduate Level Tier-II
(SSC Multi-Tasking (Non-Tech.)
Exam. 29.09.2013) Staff Exam. 16.02.2014)
101. He is so intelligent that he could win 106. The robbers fled before the police
the quiz competition. came.
(1) will (1) arrived
(2) can (2) were coming
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 (3) had come 112. Nothing about the accident has
(4) No improvement come to her knowledge.
(SSC CGL Tier-I (1) was learnt by her
Re-Exam–2013, 27.04.2014)
(2) has been known by her
107. The hosts were taken aback when
(3) is known to her
many guests who had been invited
did not turn up for the party. (4) No improvement
(SSC CGL Tier-I Re-Exam.
(1) have been invited (2013) 20.07.2014, Ist Sitting)
(2) had invited 113. I have never been hearing from him
(3) was invited since he left for America.
(4) No improvement (1) have never heard
(SSC CGL Tier-I (2) have never been hearing
Re-Exam–2013, 27.04.2014)
(3) was never heard
108. The athletes who have won prizes
are being honoured. (4) No improvement
(SSC CGL Tier-I Re-Exam.
(1) The prize winning athletes (2013) 20.07.2014, IInd Sitting)
(2) The athletes who are given 114. The interesting tale had its
prizes beginning more than fifty years ago.
(3) The athletes who are winning (1) began
prizes (2) was started
(4) No improvement (3) initiated
(SSC CGL Tier-I (4) No improvement
Re-Exam–2013, 27.04.2014)
(SSC CGL Tier-I Re-Exam.
109. This telephone number is not (2013) 20.07.2014, IInd Sitting)
existing. 115. Your previous project was only failed
(1) has not existed because you did not persevere
(2) has not been existing yourself in it.
(3) does not exist (1) failed only because you did not
(4) No improvement persevere.
(SSC CGL Tier-I (2) failed only because you did not
Re-Exam–2013, 27.04.2014)
persevere for it.
110. I usually did not take sugar in my
(3) only failed because you did not
tea.
persevere.
(1) do not take
(4) No improvement
(2) do not takes (SSC GL Tier-I Exam.
(3) have not taken 19.10.2014, Ist Sitting)
(4) No improvement 116. I brushed my teeth every day at 7
(SSC CGL Tier-I o’clock in the morning.
Re-Exam–2013, 27.04.2014)
(1) I brushes my teeth every day at
111. We did not see this movie yet.
7 o’clock in the morning
(1) never seen
(2) I brush my teeth every day at 7
(2) have not seen o’clock in the morning
(3) never have seen (3) I brush my tooth every day at 7
(4) No improvement o’clock in the morning
(SSC CGL Tier-I
Re-Exam–2013, 27.04.2014) (4) No improvement

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 (SSC CHSL (10+2) DEO & LDC (4) No improvement
Exam. 02.11.2014, IInd Sitting)
(SSC GL Tier-II Exam. 21.09.2014)
117. When the little girl losses her doll,
123. Satish told his mother that he had
she began to cry.
been reading for six hours.
(1) losing her doll
(1) since six hours
(2) loss her doll
(2) from six hours
(3) lost her doll
(3) till six hours
(4) No improvement
(SSC CHSL (10+2) DEO & LDC (4) No improvement
Exam. 02.11.2014, IInd Sitting) (SSC CAPFs SI, CISF ASI & Delhi Police
118. Old habits die hardly. SI Exam. 28.09.2014 (TF No. 482 RN 5)
124. The housing problem in Mumbai
(1) hard
becomes more serious.
(2) too hard
(3) much hardly (1) is becoming
(4) No improvement (2) has become
(SSC CHSL (10+2) DEO & (3) become
LDC Exam. 09.11.2014) (4) No improvement
119. Sohan is pleased at the news (SSC CHSL (10+2) DEO & LDC Exam.
yesterday. 16.11.2014 , Ist Sitting TF No. 333 LO 2)
(1) has been pleased 125. One of my friends are going to
(2) had been pleased Mumbai tomorrow.
(3) was pleased (1) will
(4) No improvement (2) is
(SSC CHSL (10+2) DEO & (3) has been
LDC Exam. 09.11.2014)
(4) No improvement
120. Mr. Sharma has been living in this (SSC CHSL (10+2) DEO & LDC
city since five years. Exam. 16.11.2014, IInd Sitting
(1) for TF No. 545 QP 6)
126. When the party ended, the band pack
(2) only
up its equipment and left.
(3) from
(4) No improvement (1) will pack up
(SSC CHSL (10+2) DEO & LDC Exam. (2) will have packed up
16.11.2014, Patna Region : Ist Sitting) (3) packed up
121. Transcoding has one of the items (4) No improvement
in the new syllabus. (SSC CGL Tier-II Exam.12.04.2015
(1) is one of the items Kolkata Region, TF No. 315 RI 3)
(2) has one of the item 127. They prevented me from danger.
(3) is one of the item (1) was preventing
(4) No improvement (2) were preventing
(SSC CHSL (10+2) DEO & LDC (3) protected
Exam. 16.11.2014)
(4) No improvement
122. I don’t understand why did you not (SSC CGL Tier-II Exam.12.04.2015
call me last night. Kolkata Region, TF No. 315 RI 3)
(1) why had you not call 128. The room is smoky.
(2) why you did not call (1) by smokes
(3) why not did you call (2) filled with smoke

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 (3) with smokes (SSC CGL Tier-I Exam, 09.08.2015
(Ist Sitting) TF No. 1443088)
(4) No improvement
134. He is wanting in a little common
(SSC CGL Tier-II Exam.12.04.2015
Kolkata Region, TF No. 315 RI 3) sense.
129. I am the secretary of the sports club (1) No improvement
since its formation five years ago. (2) lacks
(1) was (3) is lacking in
(2) have been (4) needs some
(3) had been (SSC CGL Tier-I Exam, 09.08.2015
(Ist Sitting) TF No. 1443088)
(4) No improvement
135. I did not see you for a long time.
(SSC CGL Tier-II Exam.12.04.2015
Kolkata Region, TF No. 315 RI 3) (1) have not seen
130. The chickens in his farm are fatted (2) saw
up nicely. (3) No improvement
(1) are fattened (4) have not been seeing
(2) are fattening (SSC CGL Tier-I Exam, 09.08.2015
(IInd Sitting) TF No. 4239378)
(3) are fattying
136. I took my mother some grapes
(4) No improvement
when she was in hospital.
(SSC CAPFs SI, CISF ASI & Delhi
Police SI Exam, 21.06.2015 (1) I took for my mother some
(Ist Sitting) TF No. 8037731) grapes.
131. No one cared for the boy after his (2) I brought my mother some
father died. grapes
(1) cared for the boy since his father (3) I took some grapes for my mother
died (4) No Improvement
(2) No improvement (SSC CGL Tier-I Exam, 16.08.2015
(3) took the boy for care after his (Ist Sitting) TF No. 3196279)
father’s death 137. The world is being faced with a
(4) took care of the boy after his crisis
father had died (1) confronted
(SSC CAPFs SI, CISF ASI & Delhi (2) in front of
Police SI Exam, 21.06.2015 (3) No Improvement
IInd Sitting)
132. The second pigeon flew just as the (4) facing
(SSC CGL Tier-I Exam, 16.08.2015
first pigeon had flown. (Ist Sitting) TF No. 3196279)
(1) No improvement 138. The blue whale was thriving in all
(2) one had done of the world’s oceans until the turn
(3) one had flown away of the century, at which time they
(4) had done became hunted to the point of
(SSC CGL Tier-I Exam, 09.08.2015 extinction.
(Ist Sitting) TF No. 1443088)
(1) The blue whale was thriving in
133. It’s high time that you go home.
all of the world’s oceans up until
(1) No improvement the turn of the century
(2) are going (2) At the turn of the century, blue
(3) went whales were thriving in all of the
(4) gone world’s oceans.
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 (3) Blue whales were thriving in all (SSC CAPFs SI, CISF ASI & Delhi
Police SI Exam, 30.08.2015
of the world’s oceans until the TF No. 4039770)
turn of the century 144. Where are you coming from ?
(4) No Improvement (1) No improvement
(SSC CGL Tier-I Exam, 16.08.2015
(IInd Sitting) TF No. 2176783)
(2) do you come from
139. We have been retracing our steps (3) were you from
to the log cabin ten minutes ago. (4) you are coming from
(1) will be retracing (SSC Constable (GD)
Exam, 04.10.2015, Ist Sitting)
(2) have to retrace 145. He was a failure at art but his last
(3) had to retrace piece was so beautiful that no one
(4) No Improvement could believe he had painted it.
(SSC CGL Tier-I Exam, 16.08.2015
(IInd Sitting) TF No. 2176783) (1) breath taking enough to be
140. They were being commanded to wait unreal.
till the signal was given. (2) indeed a masterpiece !
(1) commanded (3) very realistic and unbelievable.
(2) command (4) No improvement
(3) given command (SSC CGL Tier-II Exam,
25.10.2015, TF No. 2148789)
(4) No Improvement
146. She is annoying that her father had
(SSC CGL Tier-I Exam, 16.08.2015
(IInd Sitting) TF No. 2176783) not accepted her suggestion.
141. He could not be able to think (1) was to annoy
logically because of his illness. (2) had to annoy
(1) was not able (3) No improvement
(2) No Improvement (4) was annoyed
(3) cannot be able (SSC CGL Tier-II Exam,
(4) can be unable 25.10.2015, TF No. 2148789)
(SSC CGL Tier-I Exam, 16.08.2015 147. A hand pump is very easy to work
(IInd Sitting) TF No. 2176783) and it can be fitted in every house.
142. Old habits die hardly. (1) No improvement
(1) No improvement (2) can be fits
(2) die much hardly (3) could be fitting
(3) die hard (4) can be fitting
(4) die too hard (SSC CGL Tier-II Exam,
(SSC CAPFs SI, CISF ASI & Delhi 25.10.2015, TF No. 2148789)
Police SI Exam, 30.08.2015 148. What does agonise me most is not
TF No. 4039770)
this criticism, but the trivial reason
143. Thomas Caffall the gunman killing
two persons near the Texas A & M behind it.
University, asked forgiveness for (1) No improvement
shooting the officers. (2) most agonising me
(1) who killed (3) agonises me most
(2) who has killed (4) most agonised me
(3) No improvement (SSC CGL Tier-II Exam,
25.10.2015, TF No. 2148789)
(4) who had killed
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149. They have not and cannot be in the 154. Rani has completed her graduation
good books of the coach because they from a reputed university last year.
lack discipline. (1) completed
(1) No improvement
(2) was completed
(2) have not been and can never be
(3) have not and can never be (3) No improvement
(4) have not and can never been (4) had been completed
(SSC CGL Tier-II Exam,
25.10.2015, TF No. 2148789) (SSC CHSL (10+2) LDC, DEO
& PA/SA Exam, 06.12.2015
150. The museum’s collection includes (IInd Sitting) TF No. 3441135)
artefacts dated back to prehistoric 155.I shall write to you when I reach
times. Agra.
(1) date back to
(1) will write to you
(2) No improvement.
(3) dating back to (2) would write to you
(4) date backs to (3) No improvement
(SSC CHSL (10+2) LDC, DEO & PA/SA
Exam, 01.11.2015, IInd Sitting) (4) should write to you
151. The medicine must be take by you. (SSC CHSL (10+2) LDC, DEO
(1) takes & PA/SA Exam, 20.12.2015
(Ist Sitting) TF No. 9692918)
(2) taken
156. I have returned library books
(3) taking
yesterday.
(4) No improvement
(SSC CHSL (10+2) LDC, DEO & (1) had returned
PA/SA Exam, 15.11.2015
(Ist Sitting) TF No. 6636838) (2) have had returned
152. She is willing to help you.
(3) returned
(1) wilful
(2) willingly (4) No improvement
(3) wilfully (SSC Section Officer (Audit)
Exam. 06.01.2008)
(4) No improvement
(SSC CHSL (10+2) LDC, DEO 157. Sincere workers do not rest till they
& PA/SA Exam, 15.11.2015 have reached perfection in their
(IInd Sitting) TF No. 7203752)
work.
153. She had realized that she had seen
him before. (1) they had achieved
(1) had been realized (2) they have achieved
(2) realized
(3) they having reached
(3) has realized
(4) No improvement (4) No improvement
(SSC CHSL (10+2) LDC, DEO (SSC CGL Tier-I Re-Exam.
& PA/SA Exam, 15.11.2015 (2013) 20.07.2014, IInd Sitting)
(IInd Sitting) TF No. 7203752)

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1. (2) Replace ‘was planning’ with ‘had
planned’. If two actions take place
in the past, one after the other,
the 1 st action will be in Past
Perfect Tense and the 2nd will be
in Simple Past Tense.
2. (3) Replace 'stretched in the ditch
out' with 'outstretched in the
ditch'.
3. (1) Replace ‘don’t suspect’s with
‘don’t think’.
4. (4) No improvement
5. (2) Replace ‘four years’ with ‘four
years ago’.
6. (3) Suitable Preposition is used at the
end of sentence, to make the
sense clear. Replace ‘I didn’t
want’ with ‘I didn’t want to’.
7. (1) Here ‘he had taken his breakfast’
should be used.
8. (2) Replace ‘reassured’ with
‘reassured me’.
‘Reassured’ will be followed by
object pronoun (me).
9. (3) Replace ‘what was truth’ with
‘what the truth was’ structure of
an assertive sentence:
Subject  Verb ...
  
the truth was
10. (1) Replace ‘went out to play’ with ‘go
out to play’. 'Used to' take base
form of verb.
11. (3) Replace ‘what does it matter most’
with ‘what matters most’.
If an assertive sentence starts
with ‘wh-family’ it does not take
‘do/does’ with it’.
12. (3) Replace ‘go’ with ‘went’. ‘It’s high
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time’ is followed by ‘V2’ Past form
of verb (V2).
13. (4) No Improvement
14. (2) Replace ‘ran’ with ‘was running’.
If an action was in continuation
in the past, Past Continuous
Tense is used.
15. (1) Replace ‘has slept’ with ‘slept’
because the action denotes a past
act.
16. (2) Replace ‘I hope that’ with ‘I hope’.
17. (2) Replace ‘have bought’ with
‘bought’ since the given action is
a past action.
18. (2) Replace ‘after I shall arrive’ with
‘after I arrive’.
19. (1) Replace ‘come’ with ‘came’.
If ‘it’s time’ is followed by a
subject, the verb that will follow
the subject will be in past form
(V2).
20. (3) Replace ‘what does it matter most’
with ‘what matters most’.
21. (2) Replace ‘didn’t’ with ‘hasn’t’
because ‘yet’ used in the end of
the sentence shows that it is a
present action.
22. (1) Replace ‘are you working here’
with ‘have you been working
here’. Since the given sentence
is in Present Perfect Continuous
Tense.
23. (3) Replace ‘you have been doing’
with ‘have you been doing’
because the given action time
earlier and still going on.
24. (2) Replace ‘went back’ with
‘retreated’. ‘Retreat’ means
‘movement of soldiers away from
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 an enemy because or has won
the battle.
25. (3) Replace ‘were looking to’ with
‘needed’. ‘Look to’ means ‘to rely
upon’.
26. (3) Replace ‘to be rich’ with ‘to have
been rich’ because from the
sentence it seems that he was
rich in past.
27. (3) Replace ‘wants washing’ with
‘requires a wash’.
28. (2) Replace ‘had not forged’ with ‘had
forged’ because deny is itself a
negative word, it does not take
any negative word with it’.
29. (2) Replace ‘you said’ with ‘did you
say’.
Because given sentence is an
interrogative sentence and is in
Past Tense.
30. (1) Replace ‘whenever I doubt’ with
‘whenever I have a doubt’.
31. (4) No Improvement
‘Used to have’ means ‘something
you had in past but no longer
have it now’
32. (2) Replace ‘did not saw’ with ‘did not
see’ because after ‘do/ did’ first
form of verb comes.
33. (3) Replace ‘I did not see him’ with
‘H have not seen him’.
Structure:
Pr esent Perfect Tense  Since
  
Ihave not see him since
 Past Tense
 
he wrote last
34. (4) No Improvement
35. (4) No improvement
36. (3) Replace ‘before a week’ with ‘a
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week ago’ because the given
sentence is in Past Tense.
37. (3) Replace ‘work hard’ with ‘who
works hard’. Here there is two
main verbs, so there must be a
subject and a relative pronoun in
a sentence.
38. (4) No Improvement
If ‘It’s high time’ is followed by a
subject, the verb that will follow
the subject will be in (V2) form.
39. (2) Replace ‘never has’ with ‘never
has been’. If a subject needs two
different helping verbs in a
sentence, both helping verbs
should be placed in a sentence.
40. (3) Replace ‘had been’ with ‘was’.
41. (3) Replace ‘was working’ with ‘has
been working’ because the given
sentence is in Continuous
Tense.
42. (1) Replace ‘get up’ with ‘got up’.
43. (2) Replace ‘are liking’ with ‘like’
because for habitual action
Simple Present Tense is used.
44. (3) Replace ‘has proved’ with ‘have
proved’ because here the main
subject is plural, it will agree with
plural verb (have).
45. (1) Replace ‘finished’ with ‘finished
because the given sentence is in
Simple Present Tense.
46. (2) Replace ‘are fishing’ with ‘have
been fishing’.
47. (4) No improvement
48. (4) No improvement
49. (3) Replace ‘where is he going’ with
‘where he was going’. Because
the given sentence is not an
interrogative sentence.
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50. (3) Here ‘is about 10 kms away’ will
be used.
51. (3) Change ‘didn’t know’ into ‘didn’t
know’.
After ‘did’ ‘V1’ is used.
52. (2) Replace ‘from’ with ‘since’.
‘Since’ is used for ‘point of time’.
‘For’ is used for ‘duration of time’.
53. (2)Replace ‘what her name is’
with ‘what her name was’.
54. (1) Replace ‘while I read’ with ‘while
I was reading’.
55. (2) Replace ‘saw’ with ‘had seen’.
Since the given sentence is in
Indirect Speech.
56. (3) Replace ‘told’ with ‘said’ as there
is no object mentioned.
57. (1) Replace ‘am working here from’
with ‘have been working here
since’. Because the given
sentence is Present Perfect
Continuous Tense.
58. (1) Replace ‘given’ with ‘gave’.
59. (2) Replace ‘am having’ with ‘have’
when ‘have’ shows possession it
does not come in ‘-ing’ form.
60. (4) No Improvement
61. (3) Replace ‘ringing and ringing’ with
‘ringing repeatedly’.
62. (3) Replace ‘is loving’ with ‘loves’
becaue ‘love’ is a static verb, we
do not use it in ‘-ing’ form.
63. (1) Replace ‘had been teaching’ with
‘has been teaching’ because the
action is still going on.
64. (1) Replace ‘am working here from’
with ‘have been working here
since’.
65. (1)
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66. (2)
67. (4)
68. (1) Replace ‘would not rain’ with ‘will
rain’.
69. (3) Replace ‘will’ with ‘would’
because the given sentence is in
Past Tense.
70. (3) Replace ‘is loving’ with ‘loves’.
71. (1) Replace ‘had been teaching’ with
‘has been teaching’. Since the
action is still continuing.
72. (4) Replace ‘kick the ball’ with
‘kicked the ball’ because the
given sentence is in Simple Past
Tense.
73. (2) Replace ‘did’ with ‘were doing’.
74. (1) Replace ‘nobody is there’ with
‘nobody was there’.
Since the given sentence is in
Past Tense.
75. (4) No Improvement
76. (2) Replace ‘bite him’ with ‘bit him’.
The past for of ‘bite’ is ‘bit’.
77. (2) Replace ‘since she directing’ with
‘since she has been directing’
because the action is still
countinuing.
78. (2) Replace ‘is not existing’ with
‘does not exist’ because it is a
factual sentence and factual
sentence comes in Simple
Present Tense.
79. (1) Here ‘It’s time I quit the Job if I
prefer a better one’ should be
used.
80. (4) No Improvement
81. (1) Replace ‘am sitting’ with ‘was
sitting’ since the given sentence
is in Past Tense.
82. (4) No improvement
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83. (2) Of the two actions, the first
action comes in Past Perfect
Tense.
Hence replace ‘which he bought
yesterday’ with ‘which he had
bought yesterday’.
84. (2) ‘adapted’ means ‘modif ied,
justified’. ‘adopted’ means ‘to
start using a particular method’.
85. (1) Replace ‘I wan as a prize’ with ‘I
had won as a prize’. Of two
actions of past, the earliest one
comes in Past Perfect Tense.
86. (2) Replace ‘when I last saw him’
with ‘since I last saw him’.
87. (2) Replace ‘are waiting’ with ‘have
been waiting’ because ‘the action
of ‘waiting’ is still continuing
hence Present Perfect
Continuous Tense will come’.
88. (2) Replace ‘why did he not eat’ with
‘why he did not eat’.
In an assertive sentence ‘subject
always comes before the main
verb.
89. (1) Replace ‘who will did the highest’
with ‘who bids the highest’.
In conditional sentence the
structure we follow is:
Subordinate Clause 
 
Simple Pr esent Tense

He who bids the highest
Pr inciple Clause

SimpleFuture Tense

wil l get the prouction
90. (2) Replace ‘had told’ with ‘tells’
because the given sentence is in
Simple Present Tense.
91. (2) Here ‘has widened in the last few
decades’ should be used.
‘Widened’ means ‘increased in
amount’.
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‘Brodened’ means ‘increased in
width’.
Here ‘the amount of disparity’ has
increased to a large extent.
92. (2) Replace ‘will be enable to make
Japan’ with ‘will enable Japan’.
Given sentence is in Simple
Future Tense.
93. (1) Here ‘Government-issued
passports were not upto
international standards’ should
be used.
94. (1) The action started in July 2008
and is still going on. Present
Perfect Continuous is the most
appropriate tense needed here.
95. (4) No improvement
96. (2) Here ‘gone to the airport and she
will meet us’ will be used.
In a sentence ‘Noun’ and
‘Pronoun’ for the same noun can’t
come together’.
97. (4) No improvement.
98. (3) Replace ‘have left’ with ‘left’.
99. (1) Here ‘I had won as a prize’ will
come because of the two actions
it is the 1st action.
100. (3) Replace ‘was’ with ‘had been’
because the action of gardening
started in the past, continued and
finished in past.
101. (2) Replace ‘could with ‘can’ because
given sentence is in Simple
Present Tense.
102. (3) Replace ‘since’ with ‘ever since’.
‘Ever since’ means ‘throughout
the period since’.
103. (1) Replace ‘yesterday night’ with
‘last night’. ‘Last night’ is the
correct usage.
104. (2) Since the given sentence is in
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 Past Tense, Replace ‘is’ with
‘was’.
105. (3) Here the main subject is plural
so it will take plural verb. Also the
given sentence is in Present
Tense. Hence ‘tried’ will be
replaced with ‘try’.
106. (1) Here ‘arrived’ will be used.
107. (4) No improvement
108. (4) No improvement
109. (3) Replace ‘is no existing’ with ‘does
not exist’. ‘Exist’ is not used in
continuous form.
110. (1) Replace ‘did not take’ with ‘do not
take’ because the regular action
comes in Simple Present Tense.
111. (2) Replace ‘did not see’ with ‘have
not seen’ because ‘yet’ is used in
Present Perfect Tense.
112. (3) Replace ‘has come to her
knowledge’ with ‘is known to her’.
113. (1) Replace ‘have never been
hearing’ with ‘have never heard’.
When ‘hear’ means ‘listen
something’ it is not used in
Continuous Tense.
114. (1) Replace ‘had its beginning’ with
‘began’ because the sentence is
in Simple Past Tense.
115. (2) The sentence should read as ...
‘your Previous Project was failed
only because you did not
persevere yourself for it’.
116. (2) Regular action comes in Simple
Present Tense. So according to it
option (2) is correct.
117. (3) Replace ‘losses her doll’with ‘lost
her doll’ because given sentence
is in Past Tense.
118. (1) Replace ‘hardly’ with ‘hard’
because given sentence is a
habitual truth.
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119. (3) Replace ‘is pleased’ with ‘was
pleased’ because the given
sentence is in Past Tense.
120. (1) Replace ‘since’ with ‘for’.
‘Since’ is used for ‘point of time’.
‘For’ is used for ‘duration of time’.
121. (1) Replace ‘has’ with ‘is’.
122. (2) Replace ‘why did you not call’ with
‘why you did not call’ because
given sentence is an assertive
sentence so it must follow an
assertive format.
123. (4) No Improvement.
124. (2) Replace ‘becomes’ with ‘has
become’ because effect of past in
the Present is still evident.
125. (2) Replace ‘are’ with ‘is’ because
‘one of’ is followed by plural noun’
and ‘singular verb’.
126. (3) Replace ‘Pack up’ with ‘Packed
up’ because sent ence is in
Simple Past Tense.
127. (3) Here, protected : made sure that
somebody/something was not
harmed, damaged should be
used.
128. (2) Replace ‘smoky’ with ‘filled with
smoke’.
129. (2) Since the Job started in past and
is still is Continuation hence
Present Perfect Continuous
should be used.
Thus replace ‘am’ with ‘have
been’.
130. (1) Replace ‘are fatted’ with ‘are
fattened’.
'Fatten' means 'to make fat'.
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131. (4) Here ‘took care of the boy after
his father had died’ should be
used.
Take care of – (ns[k Hkky djuk)
132. (4) Replace 'Pigeon had flown' with
'had done'. Repetition of same
noun and same verb many times
in a sentence is not proper.
133. (3) Replace 'go' with 'went'.
'It's high time' is followed by Past
form (V2).
134. (2) Replace 'is wanting in a little'
with 'lacks'. General facts comes
in Simple Present Tense.
135. (1) Replace 'did not see' with 'have
not seen'.
136. (3) The sentence should read as ...
I took some grapes for my mother
...
137. (4) Replace ‘being faced with’ with
‘facing’.
138. (3)
139. (3) Replace 'have been retracing'
with 'had to retrace' because the
sentence is in Past Tense.
'Ten minutes ago' – nl feuV igys
140. (1) Replace 'being commanded' with
commanded'.
141. (1) Replace 'could not be able' with
was not able'. Because 'can' and
'able' means the same thing.
142. (3) Replace 'die hardly' with 'die
hard'. Because the sentence is a
universal truth and it comes
under Simple Present Tense.
143. (4) Replace 'killing' with 'who had
killed'. If two actions take place
in past one after the other the 1st
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action comes in Past Perfect
Tense and 2 nd in Simple Past
Tense.
144. (2) Here 'where do you come from'
should be used.
145. (4) No improvement
146. (4) Replace 'is annoying’ with ‘was
annoyed’. We need 'annoy' in
Passive Voice.
147. (1) No improvement.
148. (3) Replace 'does agonise we most'
with 'agonises me most'.
149. (2) If two different verbs are required
to be mentioned in a sentence it
should be mentioned separately.
Hence the sentence should read
as ... they have not been and can
never be in the good books of the
coach ...
150. (3) Replace 'dated back to' with
'dating back to'.
151. (2) Replace 'take' with 'taken'. 'Must
be ' is followed by V3.
152. (4) No improvement
153. (2) Replace 'had realized' with
'realized'. If 2 actions take place
in Past one after the other the 1st
action comes in Past Perfect
Tense and the 2nd one is Simple
Past Tense.
154. (1) Replace 'has completed' with
'completed' because the given
sentence is in Past Tense.
155. (3) No improvement
156. (3) Replace 'have returned' with
'returned'. 'Yesterday' denotes
that action took place in past.
157. (2) 'Achieve' means 'to gain with
great difficulty'.
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