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SSC CGL 2023 PYQ — Question 1

SSC CGL - 26 Jul 2023 - Shift 1 • English • Q1

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Select the option that contains a grammatical error in the underlined portion.

When Mrs. Sinha came to see Varanasi in 2019, Nupur has already been teaching there for five years.

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Correct answer: D

Explanation

The correct answer is option 4 i.e. When Mrs. Sinha came to see Varanasi in 2019, Nupur has already been teaching there for five years.

  • The correct version of the sentence should be: 'When Mrs. Sinha came to see Varanasi in 2019, Nupur had already been teaching there for five years.'

  • The error is in the use of the present perfect tense 'has been' instead of the past perfect tense 'had been.'

  • The past perfect tense is used to indicate that an action was completed before another action in the past.