SSC CPO 2019 PYQ — Question 49

SSC CPO Tier I - 11th December 2019 - Shift 1 • English • Q49

Identify the segment in the sentence which contains the grammatical error. If there is no error, select 'No error'.

The letter was posting yesterday by my brother.

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Correct answer: C

Explanation

The correct answer is option 3 i.e. Was posting yesterday.

Concept-

  • We need to replace 'posting' with 'posted' to make the sentence grammatically correct.
  • The sentence supposed to be in the passive voice as 'the letter' is not the doer here.
  • For a sentence being in the passive voice, the main verb must be in the third form.

The correct sentence will be-

The letter was posted yesterday by my brother.