Fill in the blanks in the sentences given in List-I with the pairs of…

Fill in the blanks in the sentences given in List-I with the pairs of joining words given in List-II.

List-I (Sentences)	List-II (Pairs of joining words)
(A) ______ had the train pulled out of Itarsi ______ the rain came down in sheets.	(I) such ... that
(B) It was ______ a hot afternoon ______ even the stray dogs lay still under the parked cars.	(II) neither ... nor
(C) ______ the chemist ______ his assistant was at the counter, so we came home without the medicine.	(III) rather ... than
(D) Ananya would ______ stay up all night finishing her science model ______ submit it half done.	(IV) no sooner ... than

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 1

The correct answer is Option (1) → (A)-(IV), (B)-(I), (C)-(II), (D)-(III)

List-I	List-II	Explanation
(A) No sooner had the train pulled out of Itarsi than the rain came down in sheets.	(IV) no sooner ... than	No sooner ... than shows that one thing happened right after another. The train left, and at once the rain began. After “No sooner”, the helping verb comes before the subject: “had the train pulled”.
(B) It was such a hot afternoon that even the stray dogs lay still under the parked cars.	(I) such ... that	Such ... that shows a result. “Such” comes before “a” + adjective + noun (“a hot afternoon”). The heat was so great that even the dogs did not move.
(C) Neither the chemist nor his assistant was at the counter, so we came home without the medicine.	(II) neither ... nor	Neither ... nor means “not this one and not that one”. Nobody was at the counter. That is why we came home without the medicine.
(D) Ananya would rather stay up all night finishing her science model than submit it half done.	(III) rather ... than	Would rather ... than shows which of two things a person prefers. Ananya prefers losing sleep to handing in an unfinished model.

Fill in the blanks in the sentences given in List-I with the pairs of joining words given in List-II.

List-I (Sentences)	List-II (Pairs of joining words)
(A) ______ had the train pulled out of Itarsi ______ the rain came down in sheets.	(I) such ... that
(B) It was ______ a hot afternoon ______ even the stray dogs lay still under the parked cars.	(II) neither ... nor
(C) ______ the chemist ______ his assistant was at the counter, so we came home without the medicine.	(III) rather ... than
(D) Ananya would ______ stay up all night finishing her science model ______ submit it half done.	(IV) no sooner ... than

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 1

The correct answer is Option (1) → (A)-(IV), (B)-(I), (C)-(II), (D)-(III)

List-I	List-II	Explanation
(A) No sooner had the train pulled out of Itarsi than the rain came down in sheets.	(IV) no sooner ... than	No sooner ... than shows that one thing happened right after another. The train left, and at once the rain began. After “No sooner”, the helping verb comes before the subject: “had the train pulled”.
(B) It was such a hot afternoon that even the stray dogs lay still under the parked cars.	(I) such ... that	Such ... that shows a result. “Such” comes before “a” + adjective + noun (“a hot afternoon”). The heat was so great that even the dogs did not move.
(C) Neither the chemist nor his assistant was at the counter, so we came home without the medicine.	(II) neither ... nor	Neither ... nor means “not this one and not that one”. Nobody was at the counter. That is why we came home without the medicine.
(D) Ananya would rather stay up all night finishing her science model than submit it half done.	(III) rather ... than	Would rather ... than shows which of two things a person prefers. Ananya prefers losing sleep to handing in an unfinished model.