Choose the grammatically correct sentences from the options given below:
(A) Ritu wrote the auto driver’s number on her palm lest she should forget it.
(B) My grandmother prefers the old black-and-white films than the new ones.
(C) By the time the invigilator collected the papers, Rohan had wrote only three answers.
(D) The elderly in our colony meet in the park every morning for yoga.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → (A) and (D) only
(A) Ritu wrote the auto driver’s number on her palm lest she should forget it. — Correct.
- “Lest” means “so that ... not”.
- It already has the idea of “not”, so it is followed by “should” + verb with no “not”.
(B) My grandmother prefers the old black-and-white films than the new ones. — Incorrect.
- The given sentence says “prefers ... than”.
- When “prefer” compares two things, the second one comes after “to”.
- Correct form: My grandmother prefers the old black-and-white films to the new ones.
(C) By the time the invigilator collected the papers, Rohan had wrote only three answers. — Incorrect.
- The given sentence says “had wrote”.
- After “had”, the verb takes its past participle (V3) form, “written”.
- Correct form: By the time the invigilator collected the papers, Rohan had written only three answers.
(D) The elderly in our colony meet in the park every morning for yoga. — Correct.
- “The elderly” means elderly people as a group.
- It is plural, so it takes the plural verb “meet”.