Dear PaGaLGuY readers, English Comprehension and English Language skills form an integral part of a number of competitive examinations, such as the SSC CGL, SSC CHSL exams, Banking Entrance exams, UPSC Civil Services Preliminary Examination, MBA entrance exams, Combined Defence Service Examination, etc. Given the importance of this section, we bring you this English Language Quiz to help you practise and improve your English language skills.
This quiz has questions from the actual SSC examinations held during the last few years. Solve this quiz and leave your responses/ answers in the comments section below. We will soon let you know the correct answers!
In the questions given below, a part of the sentence is highlighted. From among the given options, choose the correct alternative which may improve the sentence. If the sentence needs no improvement, mark option (d) as your answer.
1. She is my better half.
(a) wife (b) Mrs (c) partner (d) No improvement
2. The Prime Minister has gone to Brazil, isn’t it?
(a) has he? (b) hasn’t he?
(c) didn’t he? (d) No improvement
3. They were congratulated him for his birthday.
(a) congratulated him for
(b) were congratulated him on
(c) congratulated him on
(d) No improvement
4. My cousin sister is a teacher.
(a) cousin (b) cousin’s sister (c) cousin good to (d) No improvement
5. The news is so good but it can’t be true.
(a) too good to (b) very good to (c) rather good to (d) No improvement
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