SSC Stenographer 2022 PYQ — Question 17

SSC Stenographer - 17 Nov 2022 - Shift 2 • English • Q17

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.

The team worked / very hard / on the project.

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Correct answer: B

Explanation

The correct answer is option 2 i.e. No error.

  • Subject: "The team" - This part of the sentence serves as the subject, indicating who is performing the action.

  • Verb: "Worked" is the past tense of the verb "work," indicating the action performed by the team.

  • Adverbial Phrase:  "Very hard" is an adverbial phrase that provides additional information about the manner in which the team worked.

  • Object: "On the project" is a prepositional phrase that specifies what the team worked on, providing more context to the action.

Since all the elements of the sentence are in their proper places and the sentence is free from grammatical errors, the statement "No error" is accurate.