Choose the sentences which are grammatically correct:
(A) Our grandmother learnt us how to make rangoli with rice flour.
(B) Could you tell me where the nearest ATM is?
(C) Rohan is very interested on learning the tabla.
(D) There is a lot of traffic on the highway because of the Ganpati procession.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → (B) and (D) only
(A) Our grandmother learnt us how to make rangoli with rice flour. — Incorrect.
- To learn is to get knowledge yourself, and to teach is to give it to someone else.
- The grandmother gave the skill to the children, so the verb must be “taught”.
- Correct form: Our grandmother taught us how to make rangoli with rice flour.
(B) Could you tell me where the nearest ATM is? — Correct.
- A question inside a polite request keeps the normal order: the subject first, then the verb.
- So “where the nearest ATM is” is right, not “where is the nearest ATM”.
(C) Rohan is very interested on learning the tabla. — Incorrect.
- The word “interested” is followed by in.
- Correct form: Rohan is very interested in learning the tabla.
(D) There is a lot of traffic on the highway because of the Ganpati procession. — Correct.
- “Traffic” cannot be counted, so it has no plural form and takes a singular verb.
- So “There is a lot of traffic” is right.