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SSC Stenographer 2022 PYQ — Question 34

SSC Stenographer - 17 Nov 2022 - Shift 3 • English • Q34

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The following sentence has been divided into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.

Looking at / clouds in the / sky, I think / it will raining.
 

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Correct answer: B

Explanation

The correct answer is option 2 i.e. it will raining.

Looking at / clouds in the / sky, I think / it will raining.

  1. It will = Future tense 
  2. Raining = Present continuous tense.

Since it is a prediction, it should be in the future tense. So, it will be 'rain' instead of 'raining'. It hasn't happened yet. 

So the sentence becomes: Looking at clouds in the sky, I think it will rain.

Alternately, the sentence can also be: Looking at clouds in the sky, I think it will be raining. (it will be = future continuous)

Hence,  it will raining is the correct answer.