English · Chapter 22
Unusual Structures PYQs
Sentences that look wrong but are right, and sentences that look right but hide one small slip.
There being: the absolute phrase 1 PYQs
The more … the more 3 PYQs
- (A) The more efficient the software becomes, / (B) after successive rounds of testing and optimization by / (C) the development team, the most…DSSSB 2026 · 18 Oct 2026
- (A) The least resources / (B) we have, the / (C) more carefully we / (D) must plan.DSSSB 2026 · 23 Sep 2026
- The more a culture expand, / the less chance there is / that it will become extinct.SSC CHSL 2025 · 26 Nov 2025
Too … to, so … that, enough, such 3 PYQs
- The implications of the study are too significantly to be ignored, particularly in view of the rapidly changing demographic structure of the region.DSSSB 2026 · 11 Oct 2026
- The news [are too good to be true].SSC CPO 2025
- The analyst found the correlation to be ______ marginal to influence policy.SSC CGL 2025 · 13 Sep 2025
Used to, be used to, look forward to 3 PYQs
- Select the correct Preposition to fill the given blank. She is not accustomed __ working under pressure.SSC Selection Post 2026 · 19 Sep 2026
- I am looking forward for the trip to the mountains next weekend.DSSSB 2026 · 1 Oct 2026
- We look forward to meet / you at the orientation session / scheduled for next Tuesday / in the seminar hall.SSC CPO 2025
Hardly, scarcely, barely and hard 1 PYQs
Not so … as, such … as 1 PYQs
Prefer … to and senior / superior to 6 PYQs
- [He is superior than] his contemporaries in the field of theoretical physics and quantum mechanics due to his innovative research.SSC Stenographer 2026 · 10 Sep 2026
- He is [senior than me in age].SSC CGL 2025 · 15 Sep 2025
- She [is senior than] me in college.SSC CGL 2025 · 17 Sep 2025
- I prefer tea [than coffee].SSC CPO 2025
- Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank: We prefer tea _____ coffee.SSC Stenographer 2025 · 6 Aug 2025
- She prefers [to stay at home than go out].SSC Stenographer 2025 · 7 Aug 2025
It is high time + past 2 PYQs
- It is high time you [must go home].SSC CPO 2025
- It is high time you [must change your habits].SSC CGL 2025 · 14 Sep 2025