📌 50 Common Errors of Adverb in SSC
1–10 : Position of Adverb
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She sings beautifully. (❌ She beautifully sings)
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I never go there. (❌ I go never there)
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He always helps the poor. (❌ He helps always the poor)
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I sometimes eat fast food. (❌ I eat sometimes fast food)
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She hardly comes to school. (❌ She comes hardly to school)
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He seldom tells a lie. (❌ He tells seldom a lie)
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I have already finished my work. (❌ I have finished already my work)
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She has just gone out. (❌ She just has gone out)
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He often plays cricket. (❌ He plays often cricket)
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I rarely watch TV. (❌ I watch rarely TV)
11–20 : Adjective vs. Adverb Confusion
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She speaks English fluently. (❌ She speaks English fluent)
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He drives carefully. (❌ He drives careful)
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The boy answered the question correctly. (❌ The boy answered the question correct)
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She sings very sweetly. (❌ She sings very sweet)
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He behaved rudely with me. (❌ He behaved rude with me)
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The soldiers fought bravely. (❌ The soldiers fought brave)
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She looks beautiful. (❌ She looks beautifully → Linking verb में adjective आता है)
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The rose smells sweet. (❌ The rose smells sweetly)
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The food tastes good. (❌ The food tastes well)
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He feels bad today. (❌ He feels badly today)
21–30 : ‘Too’, ‘Very’, ‘Much’, ‘So’ Errors
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This pen is very good. (❌ This pen is too good)
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He is too weak to walk. (❌ He is very weak to walk)
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The news is too good to be true. (❌ The news is very good to be true)
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He is much better today. (❌ He is very better today)
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She is so intelligent that she can solve it. (❌ She is so intelligent to solve it)
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He is too proud to beg. (❌ He is very proud to beg)
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The boy is very much afraid. (❌ The boy is much afraid)
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He is so weak that he cannot stand. (❌ He is so weak to stand)
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This is too difficult a question to answer. (❌ This is a too difficult question)
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She is very beautiful. (❌ She is too beautiful)
31–40 : Negative Adverb Errors
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He seldom comes here. (❌ He comes seldom here)
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I hardly know him. (❌ I know hardly him)
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Scarcely had he reached the station when the train left. (❌ He scarcely had reached)
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No sooner did he see me than he ran away. (❌ No sooner he saw me)
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Hardly had I slept when the phone rang. (❌ I had hardly slept)
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I never told a lie. (❌ I told never a lie)
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Rarely do we see such honesty. (❌ We rarely see such honesty → Inversion needed)
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Little did I know about it. (❌ I little knew about it)
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Not only did he help me but also encouraged me. (❌ He not only helped me but also encouraged me → tense mismatch)
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Scarcely had she opened the box when the cat jumped out. (❌ She had scarcely opened)
41–50 : Miscellaneous Errors
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She runs fast. (❌ She runs fastly)
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He comes here daily. (❌ He comes here everyday → Everyday = adjective)
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The train arrived late. (❌ The train arrived lately)
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He lives far from here. (❌ He lives far off from here – in formal SSC grammar)
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The patient is getting better. (❌ The patient is getting more better)
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She explained the matter clearly. (❌ She explained the matter clear)
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He treated me kindly. (❌ He treated me kind)
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She can sing well. (❌ She can sing good)
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I did it quite easily. (❌ I did it quite easy)
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He works very hard. (❌ He works hardly → meaning changes)