Multiple Choice Questions

Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence ...........

English Language (CHSL) One Word Substitution

Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to

substitute it, select ‘No substitution required’.

We are waiting for the minister for the last two hours.

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SSC CHSL 8th June 2022 Shift-2

We have been waiting

No substitution required

We were waiting

We would be waiting

- Option 1: We have been waiting

- This option is in the present perfect continuous tense, which is used for actions that started in the past and continue to the present.

- Correct because the sentence mentions that the action has been ongoing for the last two hours.

- Option 2: No substitution required

- This suggests the original sentence structure is accurate.

- Incorrect as the original sentence uses the wrong tense for continuous past actions.

- Option 3: We were waiting

- This option uses the past continuous tense, indicating an action that was happening at a specific moment in the past.

- Doesn't fit since the action is still ongoing.

- Option 4: We would be waiting

- This option uses the conditional continuous tense, often used for hypothetical situations.

- Not suitable since the sentence is about an actual ongoing action.

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