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Compilation of All Sentence improvement  Questions Asked in SSC CGL Tier-1 2019-20 (with detailed solution) 


Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given

sentences. If no substitution is required, select No improvement

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The captain as well the players were responsible for winning the trophy.

1. The captain also the players were
2. No Improvement
3. The captain as well as the players was
4. As The captain with the players were

Solution : 3

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RULE  - when two or more subjects are joined by  " as well as, like, unlike, besides, in addition to, and not , with, together with, along with, rather than, no less than, except, nothing but, the verb is used according to the first subject. 
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The Director will agree with the proposal if we do not exceed the budget.

1. agreed by the proposal
2. agree on a proposal
3. agree to the proposal
4. No Improvement

Solution : 3

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Agree with (someone)
Agree to (something)
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A man in need pleaded for help.

1. requested for helping
2. No improvement
3. promised for help
4. commanded to help

Solution : 2

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There is a great degrade in values in modern age.

1. degradation of values
2. No improvement
3. demonstration from values
4. deliberation for values

Solution : 1

Degradation (noun) will be used to make the sentence grammatically correct. Degrade (v) makes the sentence grammatically incorrect. 

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He sing always when he is having a shower.
1. He always sing
2. He always sings
3. Always he is singing
4. No improvement

Solution : 2



My shoes were worn out so I had to buy a new one.

1. No improvement
2. a new ones
3. new ones
4. the new one's

Solution : 3

Shoes -plural ,hence 'new ones(plural) will be used.

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The animal resembled with a cat.

1. resembled to
2. No improvement
3. resembled
4. resembled by

Solution : 3

Omit 'with'.'Resemble(v)' is generally used without a preposition. 
Note - preposition 'to' is used with Resemblance (noun) .


To fight on the battlefield for the sake of one's country needs a great strongness.

1. great courage
2. the greatest strongness
3. No improvement
4. a lots of strength

Solution : 1



No effort has been made by the Indian cricket team to cash off on its vibrant image in

the World Cup.
1. to cash up on
2. for cash through in
3. to cash in on
4. for cashing off on

Solution : 3

Cash in - to profit from something. 

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The mathematical calculation of this problem is easy than a previous one.

1. easier than the
2. No Improvement
3. easiest than the
4. easy than the

Solution : 1



Your advice will benefit to me.

1. benefit me
2. benefit for me
3. benefit from me
4. No substitution

Solution : 1



Where you left your bag yesterday?

1. Where were you leaving
2. Where did you left
3. Where did you leave
4. No substitution

Solution : 3

It's a questions ,hence 'where did you leave' is the correct usage. 


The diver dive in the pool from a great height.

1. dives to a pool
2. dived into the pool
3. No improvement
4. dived at the pool

Solution : 2



Hardly had he sit on the chair than it broke.

1. sit in the chair when
2. No substitution
3. sat onto a chair then
4. sat on the chair when

Solution : 4

Use 'when' in place of 'than' and 'sat(v3)' in place of sit.
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When I was working in a software company, it was mandatory to register my legally as an

authorized software developer.
1. No improvement
2. register myself legally
3. register me legal
4. register mine legally

Solution : 2



Many of a students were not shortlisted for the personal interview.

1. Many of students
2. The many student
3. Many of the students
4. No improvement

Solution : 3



Amit has the good command on English as he was born and brought up in England.

1. a better command of
2. a good command over
3. No improvement
4. the best command in

Solution : 2



I wish if  I was the Principal of my school.

1. If I had been
2. No improvement
3. I were
4. that I am

Solution : 3

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It's a conditional sentence. ' I wish' is followed by past simple.


When it started raining, I ran to the nearer house for shelter.

1. a near house
2. the near house
3. No improvement
4. the nearest house

Solution : 4



We came back because we had ran out of money.

1. we had run
2. we have ran
3. No improvement
4. we run

Solution : 1

Run(v3)


If they will get married , they will probably settle in Mumbai.

1. If they get married
2. No improvement
3. If they had got married
4. If they will be getting married

Solution : 1

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They stopped to laugh as soon as the teacher entered the classroom.

1. stopped laugh
2. stop laughing
3. stopped laughing
4. No improvement

Solution : 3



No soon the Chief Minister step in than the bomb exploded.

1. No sooner does the Chief Minister
2. No Improvement
3. No soon had the Chief Minister
4. No sooner did the Chief Minister

Solution : 4

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If a sentence is introduced by 'no sooner ,hardly etc' ,inversion takes place.


If he doesn’t score forty percent in all the subjects, he would not be promoted to the next class.

1. No improvement
2. was not being
3. is not being
4. will not be

Solution : 4

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 It's a zero conditional sentence. 
Zero conditional sentences 
It expresses general truths or situations in which one thing always causes another. When we use a zero conditional sentence, we are talking about a general truth rather than a specific instance of something.In such case we prefer to use simple present tense in both of the clauses. 

How to identify Zero conditional sentences? 
Handy tip - Statement shows general truths /scientific facts and the condition always has the same result. 
Structure - Both clauses -  simple present tense.

EXAMPLES
1)
If you go out in the rain, you will get wet. ❌
If you go out in the rain, you would get wet. ❌

If you go out in the rain, you get wet.✔️

2) 

If you put your hands in the fire, you would get burns. ❌
If you put your hands in the fire, you get burns. ✔️




Mother was watching a movie when the lights were going off.

1. went off
2. have gone off
3. going off
4. No improvement

Solution : 1



Scarcely had the passengers boarded the plane when the captain welcomed them.

1. than the captain welcomesthem
2. No improvement
3. that the captain welcomedthem
4. when the captain had welcomed them

Solution : 2



He was greatly disappointed to be failed again.

1. by being failed
2. on failing
3. to failed
4. No improvement

Solution : 2



The old lady nearly dead from fright.

1. died of fright
2. dead out of fright
3. No improvement
4. died with frightening

Solution : 1



Having being warn before , he did not repeat the mistake.

1. be warned before
2. been warned before
3. being warned before
4. No improvement

Solution : 2

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🔹RULE - Perfect Participle 
(Having +  v3)    Vs  (Having been +v3)
(Having + v3) is used when it qualifies  doer of the sentence  while (Having been + v3) is used when it qualifies non-doer of the sentence. 
◾Handy Tip - If the clause following the perfect participle is in passive voice,we use having been+v3, otherwise having +v3. 

Example
 Having typed the letter, it was posted. ❌
Having typed the letter, I posted it. ✔️
Having been typed the letter, it was posted. ✔️
'It was posted' is in passive form so we will use having been +v3. 'I posted it' is in active form so we will use having +v3.

I do not see some reasons why my application should be rejected.

1. any reason why
2. many reasons so
3. No improvement
4. some reasonfor

Solution : 1

'Any' is used in a negative sentence while 'some' is used in an affirmative sentence. 
You will not learn cycling unless you don't try.

1. unless you didn't try
2. unless you try
3. until you don't try
4. until you are not trying

Solution : 2

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1. in a week's time
2. by the week's time
3. for a weeks time
4. Noimprovement

Solution : 1



One evening, when father was coming home from work, I played in the front garden.

1. am playing
2. play
3. was playing
4. No improvement

Solution : 3

Parallelism will be followed.Hence,'was playing' will be used.
I was sitting at home doing nothing when I had heard that song again.

1. hears
2. heard
3. No improvement
4. has heard

Solution : 2



Long after those five horses finish drinking water from the trough, an old horse appeared over the brow of thehill.

1. have finished
2. had been finishing
3. had finished
4. No Improvement

Solution : 3



You must go to the book fair if you are liking it or not.

1. whether you have liked
2. whether you like it
3. although you are liking it
4. if you like it

Solution : 2




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