Rule No.

3:- Statement Vs Questions

S: You are going to college.
Sub. Verb

Q: Are you going to college?

Verb. Sub.

In a statement the verb comes after the subject. But in a question it comes
before the subject.

Examples:
 I asked him where was he going.

 She enquired him when would he return from Mumbai.

 She asked him what could she do for him.

EXERCISE - Spotting Errors

1). I courteously asked him (1)/ where was he going (2)/ but he didn’t

reply. (3)/ No error(4).

2). The manager asked the worker (1)/ why was he (2)/ again

disturbing (3)/ the schedule of production. (4)/ No error (5).

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EXERCISE - Sentence Improvement
3). I don’t understand why did you not call me last night. [SSC CGL
TIER-II 2014]
1) why had you not call 2) why you did not call
3) why not did you call 4) No improvement

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Rule No – 4: SINCE RULE

If since is used as a conjunction to denote time, it must be preceded by present

perfect tense and it has to be followed by simple past tense as given below.

Ex:

1. I have met him twice since he became the CM in 2019.

2. He has given up smoking since he fell in love with her.

3. I have not seen him since he got a job.

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 Exercise: - Spotting Errors

1). He had not taken (1) / any bribe since (2) / he joined this post 10
years ago. (3) / No error (4).

2). We got 500+ final selections (1) / since we started (2) / this
institute in 2015. (3) / No error (4).

3). He did not call me (1) / since (2) / he left my house. (3) / No
error (4).

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 RULE NO. 5:- WISH RULE

WISH V2

Examples:

 I wish I knew this address. I wish I had wings to fly.

( I am sorry, I don’t know this address.) (I don’t have wings to fly.)

 I wish I were a millionaire.

I wish I loved you.
(I am not a millionaire)
(I am sorry. I don’t love you.)

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 Note: If wish is followed by past perfect tense (Had + V3). It shows, a
past regret.
Example:
I wish I had studied hard. (I didn't study hard. )
I wish I had not gone there. (I went there.)

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 RULE NO. 6:- AS IF / AS THOUGH RULE
Unreal or Imaginary
V1 V2
V2 As if / As though Had+V3
Unreal or Imaginary
Examples:
 He speaks as if he knew everything. (Present)

 He spoke as if he had known everything. (Past)

Exercise:
1) He drives as if the road belongs to him.

2) He behaved as if he saw a ghost.

3) He behaves as if he is the Chief Minister.

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 Exercise: - Spotting Errors

1). She spends money (a) / as though she (b) / would be (c) / very rich woman. (d)
/ No error (e).

2). Anshu speaks (a) / as if he knows (a) / all about the incident. (c) / No error (d).

EXERCISE - Sentence Improvement

3) He orders me as if I am his wife.

1) was 2) were
3) will be 4) no improvement

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 RULE NO. 7: IT’S TIME RULE
Late
V2
Delay
Examples:
It’s high time, you proposed
 It’s time I went home.
your love to her.

 It’s time you realized your

 It’s time the movie began.
mistake.

 It’s high time you consulted

 It’s time you got a job.
the doctor.

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 RULE NO. 8:- VERBS OFTEN CONFUSED.
V1 V2 V3

Lie (to speak untruth) Lied Lied

Lie (to lie down / remain) Lay Lain

Lay (to put down) Laid Laid

Hang (to kill someone by hanging) Hanged Hanged

Hang (to suspend / dangle) Hung Hung

Find (to discover) Found Found

Found (to establish) Founded Founded

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 RULE NO. 8:- VERBS OFTEN CONFUSED.
V1 V2 V3

Fly (to move or pass through air) Flew Flown

Flow (to move in a steady and continuous way) Flowed Flowed

Rise (to move upwards / increase) Rose Risen

Raise (to lift or move to a higher position) Raised Raised

Fall (to move from a higher to lower level) Fell Fallen

Fell (to cut down a tree) Felled Felled

Bear (to give birth to young) Bore Born

Bear (to tolerate or endure) Bore Borne

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 Exercise:

 As I was tired, I lied down for a while yesterday afternoon.

 She laid to the interviewer when she was asked about her age.

 KCR lied a foundation stone to a sports complex a year ago.

 Who hanged this photo here ?

 He was convicted in a rape case and hung.

 I searched for him everywhere, finally, founded him at the college.

 The river has overflown on its bank.

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 Exercise: - Spotting Errors

1). He has been (a) / laying on the table (b) / for two hours (c) / No error (d).

2) Radha has lain (a) / many useful books (b) / in her bag (e)/ No error (d).

3) I hanged (a)/ my photo (b) / on the wall (c) / No error (d).

4) The freedom fighter (a)/ Bhagath Singh was (b) / hung by Britishers (c) / No error (d).

5) The temperature (a) / felled after last (b) / night’s rain. (c) / No error (d).

6) I was looking for (a) / my cow and at last (b) / founded it in a street. (c) / No error (d).

7) I did not want (a) / to laid my bag (b) / on his table. (c) / No error (d).

8. It’s time (1)/ we do something to check (2)/ the incidence of this infectious disease. (3)/ No error
(4)

9. It is high time (1)/ that we send (2)/ the answer. (3)/ No error (4)

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SENTENCE IMPROVEMENT

1. It is high time you started revising your lessons.

1) start 2) had started
3) will start 4) No improvement

2. The teacher said, “It is time that you daughter has learned how to write.
[SSC CHSL - 2016]
1) learned 2) had learnt
3) learnt 4) no improvement
Rule No. 9: Past Regrets
S+ should / ought to (+not) + have +V3 + O

Examples:

 I should have bought that house last year. (But I didn’t)

 You should have taken my permission before leaving. (But you didn’t)

 He should have driven the car slowly and carefully. (But he didn’t)

 You shouldn’t have talked to him like that. (But you did)

 You ought not to have lied to him. (But you did)

 She should have applied for that job. (But she didn’t)

 They shouldn’t have opted for batting. (But they did)

 Exercise: - Spotting Errors

1) You should not have (a) / call me here (b) / this time. (c) / No error (d).

2) We should have not (a) / disturbed him (b) / because he was studying. (c) / No
error (d).

3) He ought (a) / not have (b) / done such a filthy thing. (c) / No error (d).

EXERCISE - Sentence Improvement

4) He should not had ignored his friend.
1) should not have 2) should have not
3) should not has 4) no improvement

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Rule No. 10: Absence of Necessity
S+ need not + have +V3 + O

Examples:

 You need not have watered the plants yesterday.

 You need not have waited for me so long.

 She need not have cooked so much food.

 He need not have gone to college yesterday.

 They need not have wasted so much time.

TENSES HANDOUT-5
(TIER-I)
5. I whistled thrice (1)/ with full might and raise my arms (2)/ towards the
sky. (3)/ No error (4) [SSC CGL TIER-I 2013]

6. We will rest for sometime when we will reach the top.

[SSC CGL -TIER-I-2018]

1) We will rest 2) when we will

3) reach the top 4) for sometime

7. We shall wait (1)/ till you (2)/ will finish your lunch. (3)/ No error. (4)

[ MTS-2013]

8. We must plan how can we cope with the present situation.

[SSC CGL -TIER-II-2019]

1) We must plan 2) how can we

3) cope with the 4) present situation

9. She asked me where had I gone for dinner with my fiance.

[SSC CGL -TIER-II-2019]

1) She asked me

2) where had I

3) with my fiance

4) gone for dinner

10.Let us think how can we solve the problem amiably.

[SSC CGL -TIER-II-2019]

1) Let us think

2) amiably

3) how can we

4) solve the problem

11.Henry asked his wife (1)/ what had she prepared (2)/ for dinner that
night. (3)/ No error (4)

[SSC CGL TIER-II 2013]

12. I did not play cricket (1)/ since (2)/ I left college in 1996. (3)/ No error (4)
13. I wish (1)/ I know (2)/ this address. (3)/ No error (4).

14. I wish I have worked harder than I did.

1) I wish

2) I have worked

3) harder than I did

4) No error
15. He speaks (1)/ as if (2)/ he knows everything. (3)/ No error(4)

16. It is high time (1)/ we renovate (2)/ our old house. (3)/ No error(4)

[SSC CGL TIER-II 2014]

17. I will punish the man (1)/ who has hanged (2)/ the picture on the wall.
(3)/ No error (4)

18. I laid down (1)/ on the smooth ground (2)/ and went to sleep (3)/ at
once. (4)/ No error (5)
19. The river (1)/ has overflown (2)/its banks.(3)/ No error (4)

[ SSC CGL TIER-I 2014]

20. Due to the explosion the (1)/ walls bursted apart (2)/ and the roof was
blown off. (3)/ No error (4)
21. The programme is (1)/ being telecasted (2)/ from one of (3)/ the
Doordarshan Kendras. (4)/ No error (5)

22. Father was upset (1)/ when he found that (2)/ you are not there. (3)/ No
error(4) [SSC CGL TIER-I 2017]
23.When you have worked out (1)/ this sum,(2)/ you may (3)/went out to
play.(4) [ CHSL-2021]

24. We really wanted to go to the park but we were told not to go out if it
rain. [SSC CGL TIER-II 2015]

1) No error 2) were told

3) wanted to go 4) if it rain
25. You should / have respond / to my query / sooner.

[SSC CGL TIER I-2021]

1) sooner

2) to my query

3) You should

4) have respond
26. I asked my friend / where had he / learnt to dance / so well.

[SSC CGL TIER I-2021]

1) so well

2) learnt to dance

3) where had he

4) I asked my friend
27. He allowed / his son to drive / but he warn him / of the danger.

[SSC CGL TIER I-2021]

1) of the danger

2) his son to drive

3) He allowed

4) but he warn him

28. People sometimes asks me/ why carbon dioxide/ is important for the
climate. [MTS-2021]

1) No error

2) People sometimes asks me

3) why carbon dioxide

4) is important for the climate

29. Age doesn't seeming to diminish our capacity to speak, write and learn
new things. [MTS-2021]

1) Age doesn't seeming to

2) write and learn new things

3) diminish our capacity to speak

4) No error
30. An opportuniy arise, and / he decided to take the/ job in Brussels.

[MTS-2021]

1) he decided to take the

2) No error

3) job in Brussels

4) An opportunity arise, and

31. The andes mountains/ lay between/ Chile and Argentina.

[MTS-2021]

1) Chile and Argentina

2) No error

3) lay between

4) The Andes mountains

32. I have not saw/ your sister since she/ came to this city.

[MTS-2021]

1) No error

2) came to this city

3) your sister since she

4) I have not saw

33. Darshan wished he hadn't / went to the theme park / in the first place.
[SSC CGL 2023]

1) Darshan wished he hadn't

2) in the first place

3) went to the theme park

4) No error
35. Binay said that / he is coming / from / his village, Jaygarh.

[SSC CGL 2023]

1) from

2) he is coming

3) his village, Jaygarh

4) Binay said that

35. All the horses, except one, always / behaved in a rough manner when /
Robert come to clean the stable. [SSC CGL 2023]

1) behaved in a rough manner when

2) Robert come to clean the stable

3) No error

4) All the horses, except one, always

36. Unadulterated and unabashed were / the two words that the judge use
/ to define his performance. [SSC MTS 2023]

1) Unadulterated and unabashed were

2) the two words that the judge use

3) to define his performance

4) No error
37. I could not make out what / it is, for the wind was / rustling the corn /
shocks. [SSC MTS 2023]

1) I could not make out what

2) No error

3) rustling the corn-shocks

4) it is, for the wind was

38. He sees us coming, and unaware that we learned of his treachery, greeted us
with a smile [SSC MTS 2022]

1) He saw us coming, and unaware that we had learned of his treachery, greeted
us with a smile

2) He saw us coming, and unaware that we had learnt of his treachery, greeted us
with a smile

3) He saw us coming, and unaware that we were learning of his treachery, greeted
us with a smile

4) He saw us come, and unaware that we had learned of his treachery, greets us
with a smile.