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SSC CHSL 2020 PYQ — Question 14

SSC CHSL - 15th October 2020 - Shift 1 • English • Q14

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Identify the segment in the given sentence which contains the grammatical error.

Aryan told Sriram, “Don’t worry I can be able to climb that tree to reach the fruit.”

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Correct answer: D

Explanation

The correct answer is option 4 i.e. I can be able to.

  1. The error lies in part 4 of the statement because of the wrong use of "Tense".
  2. We need to replace "Can" with "Could" for making the statement grammatically correct.

Grammatical Concept:- 

  • As the principal clause contains the verb "told" that is in the past tense we need to keep the coming verb in the past tense as well.
  • So, "can" will be changed into "could".
  • Hence, the chosen option will be correct.

The correct sentence will be- 

Aryan told Sriram, “Don’t worry I could be able to climb that tree to reach the fruit.”