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SSC CPO 2019 PYQ — Question 18

SSC CPO Tier I - 12th March 2019 - Shift 2 • English • Q18

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

If the car hadn’t broken down we will be at the office now.

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Correct answer: C

Explanation

The correct answer is option 3 i.e. we will be.

  1. The error lies in part 3 of the statement because of the wrong use of the tense.
  2. We need to replace "will be" with "would have been" for making the statement grammatically correct. 
  3. The structure for the hypothetical sentence is-
  4. If + subject + had + v3 + object , Subject + would have + v3 + object + other words.
  5. According to the structure we need to make the above changes.

Hence, the chosen option is correct.

The correct sentence will be-

If the car hadn’t broken down we would have been at the office now.