Choose the sentences which are grammatically correct:
(A) Collecting old stamps is Varun’s favourite hobby.
(B) The coach made us to run around the ground five times.
(C) Everybody in our lane knows the old postman by name.
(D) Dadi was angry on the milkman for coming late again.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → (A) and (C) only
(A) Collecting old stamps is Varun’s favourite hobby. — Correct.
- When an -ing phrase is the subject, the verb is singular.
- The subject is the activity “Collecting old stamps”, not “stamps”, so “is” is right.
(B) The coach made us to run around the ground five times. — Incorrect.
- After “make” + a person, the next verb is the plain verb without “to”.
- Correct form: The coach made us run around the ground five times.
(C) Everybody in our lane knows the old postman by name. — Correct.
- “Everybody” takes a singular verb.
- So “knows” is right, even though the word means many people.
(D) Dadi was angry on the milkman for coming late again. — Incorrect.
- Before a person, “angry” takes “with” (or “at”).
- Correct form: Dadi was angry with the milkman for coming late again.