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SSC CGL 2022 PYQ — Question 15

SSC CGL - 01 Dec 2022 - Shift 1 • English • Q15

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Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence.

Our guests arrived; they are sitting in the garden.

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Correct answer: B

Explanation

The correct answer is Option 2 i.e. have arrived.

  • The underlined segment in the given sentence is "they are sitting in the garden."
  • This segment is in the present continuous tense, which is used to describe an action that is currently happening.
  • However, the sentence does not require the present continuous tense because the guests' arrival and their current location are two separate events.
  • Therefore, the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment would be "and are sitting in the garden," which uses the conjunction "and" to connect the two separate events.

The corrected sentence is:

"Our guests arrived, and they are sitting in the garden."