SSC CPO 2023 PYQ — Question 44

SSC CPO - 04 Oct 2023 - Shift 3 • English • Q44

The following sentence has been divided into parts. One of them may contain an error. Select the part that contains the error from the given options. If you don’t find any error, mark ‘No error’ as your answer.
 
I was wish / to meet her / on her birthday.

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Correct answer: A

Explanation

The correct answer is option 1 i.e. I was wish.

  • The corrected segment should be: "I wished."

  • The corrected sentence reads: "I wished to meet her on her birthday."

  • In the original sentence, the verb "wish" should be in the past tense to agree with the verb "was."

  • Therefore, "I wished" is the correct form of the verb for this sentence.