English Grammar Previous Year Questions 2026 | SSC MTS

English Grammar - MOST IMPORTANT SSC MTS Previous Year Questions

Practice real questions from previous year exams of SSC MTS.

📘 'Number of', 'Amount of', 'Quantity of'📚 'A number of'/'A large number of'/'A great number of' + Plural Countable Noun taking Plural Verb
Q1

Find the part of the given sentence that has an error in it. If there is no error, choose 'No error'.
To treat nightmare disorder, there is a number of medications and therapies.

🎯 SSC MTS 04/05/2023 (Shift-II)
📘 Identifying the Main Subject📚 Misc
Q2

Find the part of the given sentence that has an error in it. If there is no error, choose 'No error'.
I am thirty-two years old and my sister are fifteen.

🎯 SSC MTS 19/05/2023 (Shift-III)
📘 Identifying the Main Subject📚 Long phrases or clauses between Subject and Verb distracting agreement (The appeal of the victims for the transfer of the cases has been accepted)
Q3

Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error. If there is no error, select 'No error'.
Rapid climate warming in/the tundra biome have been linked/to increasing shrub dominance.

🎯 SSC MTS 18/05/2023 (Shift-I)
📘 'There' sentences and Inversion📚 Verb after 'there' agreeing with the real subject that follows it (There were many old-timers)
Q4

Find the part of the given sentence that has an error in it. If there is no error, choose 'No error'.
India's claim to be a world leader in pharmaceuticals are heavily compromised.

🎯 SSC MTS 16/05/2023 (Shift-II)
📘 'Number of', 'Amount of', 'Quantity of'📚 'A number of'/'A large number of'/'A great number of' + Plural Countable Noun taking Plural Verb
Q5

Parts of the following sentence have been given as options. 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.
A significant number of students volunteers each year for environmental projects.

🎯 SSC MTS-07/07/2022 Shift-I
📘 Collective Nouns📚 Nouns Singular in form but Plural in meaning taking Plural Verb (cattle, cavalry, etc.)
Q6

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.
People sometimes asks me / why carbon dioxide / is important for the climate.

🎯 SSC MTS-06/07/2022 Shift-II
📘 Simple Present Tense📚 Subject-verb agreement- V1 + s/es, do/does and verb agreeing with the main subject
Q7

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.
Safety measures makes risky activities less risky.

🎯 SSC MTS-06/07/2022 Shift-III
📘 Present Perfect Tense📚 Choice of Has vs Have with different subjects
Q8

Find the part of the given sentence that has an error in it. If there is no error, choose 'No error'.
Sterling is only twenty four but have achieved so much in his professional football career.

🎯 SSC MTS - 05/08/2019 (Shift-III)
📘 Present Perfect Tense📚 Choice of Has vs Have with different subjects
Q9

Identify the segment in the sentence which contains the grammatical error.
Virat Kohli is one of the best batsmen that world have seen.

🎯 SSC MTS - 22/08/2019 (Shift-I)
📘 Distributive Words- Each, Every, One📚 'Each of'/'One of'/'Every one of' + Plural Noun or Pronoun, but Singular Verb and Singular Pronoun in the latter part (One of the boys has done his work)
Q10

Identify the segment in the sentence which contains the grammatical error.
One of the friends were doubtful that the plan would work.

🎯 SSC MTS - 20/08/2019 (Shift-III)
📘 Distributive Words- Each, Every, One📚 'Each of'/'One of'/'Every one of' + Plural Noun or Pronoun, but Singular Verb and Singular Pronoun in the latter part (One of the boys has done his work)
Q11

Identify the segment in the sentence which contains the grammatical error.
Each of these players have been warned not to repeat the silly mistakes.

🎯 SSC MTS - 16/08/2019 (Shift-III)
📘 Identifying the Main Subject📚 Singular Head Noun + 'of' + Plural Noun taking Singular Verb (The quality of apples is good)
Q12

Identify the segment in the sentence which contains the grammatical error.
A Superintendent of Police have the authority to suspend an inspector.

🎯 SSC MTS - 16/08/2019 (Shift-I)
📘 Subjects joined by Accompanying Phrases📚 'As well as' joining two subjects- Verb agrees with the first subject
Q13

Identify the segment in the sentence which contains the grammatical error.
The mother as well as her children were brought to the police station for interrogation.

🎯 SSC MTS - 14/08/2019 (Shift-II)
📘 Simple Present Tense📚 Subject-verb agreement- V1 + s/es, do/does and verb agreeing with the main subject
Q14

Find the part of the given sentence that has an error in it. If there is no error, choose 'No error'.
It take her a long time to get over her failure in the examination./ No error

🎯 SSC MTS - 07/08/2019 (Shift-III)
📘 Present Perfect Tense📚 Choice of Has vs Have with different subjects
Q15

Find the part of the given sentence that has an error in it. If there is no error, choose 'No error'.
The 91 year old lady have been a fan of cricket for decades./No error

🎯 SSC MTS - 06/08/2019 (Shift-II)
📘 Primary Auxiliary Verbs- Do, Have, Be📚 Did + Bare Infinitive (did not go, not did not went)
Q16

Find the part of the given sentence that has an error in it. If there is no error, choose 'No error'.
There is no big deal if she didn't came to the party.

🎯 SSC MTS 04/05/2023 (Shift-II)
📘 Grammatical Rules of Preposition Usage📚 Gerund (V1+ing) after a preposition
Q17

Parts of the following sentence have been given as options. 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 goons fled after kill a boy in the street.

🎯 SSC MTS-18/07/2022 Shift-I
📘 Phrasal Verb and Particle Combinations📚 Common phrasal verbs tested in preposition blanks- put off, call off, bring up, take over, hand in, etc.
Q18

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.

Sometimes I act / like a fool, and she has / to step into save me.

🎯 SSC MTS-05/07/2022 Shift-III
📘 Present Perfect Continuous Tense📚 Has/Have been + V1 + ing structure
Q19

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.

Frank has being making / the rounds, advancing a theory ' that I believe is not without merit.

🎯 SSC MTS-07/07/2022 Shift-II
📘 Functions of Infinitive📚 Misc
Q20

Parts of the following sentence have been given as options. One of them may contain an error. Select the part that contains the error from the given options. If you don's find any error, mark 'No error' as your answer.

At Seven began the education that was to making the young boy a citizen and a soldier.

🎯 SSC MTS-07/07/2022 Shift-II