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SSC MTS 2023 PYQ — Question 59

SSC MTS - 03 May 2023 - Shift 2 • English • Q59

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Improve the underlined part of the sentence. Choose ‘No improvement’ as an answer if the sentence is grammatically correct.

My parents used to encouraged me to devote more time to study.

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Correct answer: A

Explanation

The correct answer is option 1 i.e. encourage me to devote.

  • "Encourage me to devote" is a suitable option.
  • The underlined part of the sentence "encouraged me to devote" is not correct because "used to" should be followed by the base form of the verb. The correct form should be "used to encourage."
  • "Used to" is used to indicate a past habit or routine. It should be followed by the base form of the verb (infinitive without "to").
  • "Encourage" is the base form of the verb and is correct after "used to."
  • Compared to other options:
    • "Encourages me to devote": It is incorrect because "used to" denotes a past habit, therefore "encourages" in the present tense doesn't match.
    • "No improvement": It is incorrect since the original statement grammatical error.
    • "Encouraging me devoting": It changes the sentence's structure, "encouraging me devoting" is grammatically wrong.