SSC CPO 2024 PYQ — Question 12

SSC CPO - 29 June 2024 Shift 2 • English • Q12

The given sentence is divided into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.

Had you been / working regularly, / you had completed / the project yesterday.

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Correct answer: C

Explanation

The correct answer is option 3 i.e. you had completed.

This sentence is an example of a third conditional structure, which is used to talk about hypothetical situations in the past that did not happen.

The third conditional structure: If + past perfect (had + past participle), subject + would have + past participle.

In this sentence, 'had you been working regularly' serves as the conditional clause in inverted form. 

The main clause should follow the "would have + past participle" structure to indicate the hypothetical result.