Identify the sentences that are error free:
(A) The furniture in our new flat are made of teak.
(B) My cousin from Chennai is used to eating rice at every meal.
(C) The bus reached to Shimla late at night.
(D) The elderly in our colony meet in the park every evening.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → (B) and (D) only
(A) The furniture in our new flat are made of teak. — Incorrect.
- “Furniture” cannot be counted, so it takes a singular verb.
- Correct form: The furniture in our new flat is made of teak.
(B) My cousin from Chennai is used to eating rice at every meal. — Correct.
- “Be used to” means “be in the habit of”.
- Here “to” is followed by the -ing form, so “eating” is right.
(C) The bus reached to Shimla late at night. — Incorrect.
- “Reach” takes the place straight after it, with no “to”.
- Correct form: The bus reached Shimla late at night.
(D) The elderly in our colony meet in the park every evening. — Correct.
- “The” + an adjective such as “elderly” means a group of people.
- So it takes a plural verb: “meet”.