SSC CGL Preparation – Day 9

Practice Questions: Sentence Improvement

1. He gave me an advice which was very useful.

A) a advice
B) some advice
C) many advice
D) No improvement
Answer: B) some advice
📚 Explanation: “Advice” is an uncountable noun, so “some advice” is correct. “An advice” is incorrect.


2. The team has been practicing daily for the last two months.

A) had been practicing
B) practiced
C) has practiced
D) No improvement
Answer: D) No improvement
📚 Explanation: Present perfect continuous (“has been practicing”) is correct when an action started in the past and is still continuing.


3. Unless you do not work hard, you will fail.

A) Until you work hard
B) Unless you work hard
C) If you do not work hard
D) No improvement
Answer: B) Unless you work hard
📚 Explanation: “Unless” means “if not,” so “do not” creates a double negative. The correct sentence is “Unless you work hard.”


4. The news are very disturbing.

A) The news were
B) News are
C) The news is
D) No improvement
Answer: C) The news is
📚 Explanation: “News” is uncountable and takes a singular verb. So, “is” is correct.


5. He is senior than me in age.

A) senior to me
B) more senior than me
C) senior with me
D) No improvement
Answer: A) senior to me
📚 Explanation: “Senior” is followed by “to”, not “than”.


6. She is used to get up early in the morning.

A) used for getting up
B) used to getting up
C) used of getting up
D) No improvement
Answer: B) used to getting up
📚 Explanation: The correct idiomatic structure is “used to + gerund” (getting up).


7. Each of the boys have done their homework.

A) has done his homework
B) have done his homework
C) has done their homework
D) No improvement
Answer: A) has done his homework
📚 Explanation: “Each” is singular, so the verb should be “has” and the pronoun should be “his”.


8. He did nothing but to complain.

A) but complaining
B) but complain
C) but to complaining
D) No improvement
Answer: B) but complain
📚 Explanation: After “did nothing but”, the base form of the verb is used without “to”.


9. Being a rainy day, we stayed indoors.

A) It being a rainy day
B) It was a rainy day
C) Having been a rainy day
D) No improvement
Answer: A) It being a rainy day
📚 Explanation: The phrase “Being a rainy day” has no subject. “It” is required to complete the meaning.


10. The teacher asked the students to go back to their home.

A) to their house
B) to their homes
C) to home
D) No improvement
Answer: B) to their homes
📚 Explanation: Since “students” is plural, and each student has a different home, the plural “homes” is used.

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