Welcome to your SSC English Practice Set 4
1.
Identify the segment in the sentence, which contains the grammatical error.
To confront and to fight back requires great boldness.
2.
Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.
The old woman said to her neighbour, “Please buy some vegetables for me tomorrow.”
3.
Choose the appropriate option that changes the given sentence into passive voice.
When will you return the book?
4.
In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which will improve the underlined part of the sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select “No improvement”.
Each boy and each girl were given special training for the sports meet.
5.
Direction: Choose the word, which is the antonym of the word printed in bold.
6.
Direction: Choose the word which is most nearly the SAME in meaning as the word printed in Bold.
7.
In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase.
8.
Which of the followings is the correct one word for:-
A building housing an instrument for projecting the positions of the planets onto a domed ceiling.
9.
Direction: Find the wrongly spelt word out of the given four options.
10.
Select the most appropriate word to fill in the blank in the given sentence.
I know it seems like getting dressed is ______ because we are in the house.
11.
Given below are four jumbled sentences. Select the option that gives their correct order.
A. But this was not only a period of expanding trade and increased prosperity.
B. It is important to realize that there was a darker side to this process.
C. In many parts of the world, the expansion of trade and a closer relationship with the world economy also meant a loss of freedoms and livelihoods.
D. Trade flourished and markets expanded in the late nineteenth century.
12.
Direction: Choose the most appropriate answer and fill in the blanks:
My boss is making my life thoroughly ______ with her constant demands and criticism.
13.
Direction: Find the wrongly spelt word out of the given four options.
14.
Direction: Select the most appropriate 'one word' for the expression given below.
A strong verbal or written attack on someone or something.
15.
In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase.
16.
Given below are four jumbled sentences. Select the option that gives their correct order.
A. In the city of Cashgar, lived a barber who was a great talker.
B. The barber started talking non-stop instead of shaving him.
C. The Sultan got angry.
D. Once the Sultan called the barber to shave his head.
17.
Direction: Choose the word which is most nearly the SAME in meaning as the word printed in Bold.
18.
Direction: Choose the word, which is the antonym of the word printed in bold.
19.
Directions: In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which will improve the underlined part of the sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select “No improvement”.
Ravi and his brother-in-laws had a heated debate over the political situation in the country.
20.
Identify the segment in the sentence, which contains the grammatical error.
He has been living in the village from 1995.
