SSC MTS 2024 PYQ — Question 85

SSC MTS - 17/10/2024 - (12:30 PM - 2:30 PM) • English • Q85

Read the following sentence and select its future tense form from the following options.

The food company promoted newly launched products at affordable prices.

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Correct answer: D

Explanation

The correct answer is option 4 i.e. The food company will be promoting newly launched products at affordable prices.

Error concept: Change of tense

What is wrong: The original sentence “promoted” is in past tense.

Grammatical concept: To express future tense in continuous form, we use “will be + verb+ing”.

Incorrectness of the concept in context: Other options are in present simple, present continuous, or past perfect, which do not show future action.

How to correct: Replace promoted with will be promoting.

Correct phrase/ correction: The food company will be promoting newly launched products at affordable prices.

Final sentence: The food company will be promoting newly launched products at affordable prices.

Hence, the chosen option is correct.