Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence If no ...........

English Language (CGL) One Word Substitution

Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If no substitution is required,

select ‘No substitution’.

The toy drummer plays the drum if you press the button at the back.

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SSC CGL 13th August 2021 Shift-1

No substitution

will play the drum if you will press

playing the drum if you pressed

played the drum if you are pressing

- The original sentence is in the present tense and correctly uses a present-future conditional structure: "plays the drum if you press the button."

- Option 1: No substitution

- The original sentence is correct as it is.

- The structure perfectly suits a conditional sentence describing a habitual or general truth.

- Option 2: "will play the drum if you will press"

- Incorrect because in conditional sentences, the simple present tense is used in the "if" clause, not "will."

- Option 3: "playing the drum if you pressed"

- Incorrect because it mixes present continuous and past tense, creating tense inconsistency.

- Option 4: "played the drum if you are pressing"

- Incorrect as it mixes past tense with present continuous tense improperly.

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