SSC CGL 2019 PYQ — Question 66

SSC CGL Tier II English - 11/09/2019 • English • Q66

Identify the best way to improve the underlined part of the given sentence. If there is no improvement required, select ‘no improvement’.
My daughter fell asleep while she been reading.

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Correct answer: C

Explanation

The correct answer is option 3 i.e. while she was reading.

As the first part of the statement is in the past tense we need to keep the underlined part in the past tense as well.

So, the chosen option improves the underlined part grammatically.

The correct sentence will be-

My daughter fell asleep while she was reading.