Match List-I with List-II.
| List-I (Sentences) | List-II (Kind of the underlined verb form) |
|---|---|
| (A) Knitting keeps my grandmother busy all through the winter. | (I) Past participle |
| (B) A barking dog kept the whole lane awake last night. | (II) Gerund |
| (C) The police found the stolen purse near the bus stand. | (III) To-verb (infinitive) |
| (D) My cousin hopes to join the Indian Navy after college. | (IV) Present participle |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → (A)-(II), (B)-(IV), (C)-(I), (D)-(III)
| List-I | List-II | Explanation |
|---|---|---|
| (A) Knitting keeps my grandmother busy all through the winter. | (II) Gerund | Gerund: an -ing word used as a noun. “Knitting” is the subject of “keeps”. |
| (B) A barking dog kept the whole lane awake last night. | (IV) Present participle | Present participle: an -ing form that describes a noun. “Barking” describes the dog (a dog that barks). |
| (C) The police found the stolen purse near the bus stand. | (I) Past participle | The past participle (V3) of “steal” (steal – stole – stolen). It describes the purse: a purse that was stolen. |
| (D) My cousin hopes to join the Indian Navy after college. | (III) To-verb (infinitive) | To-verb (infinitive): “to” + the base form. “To join” tells what my cousin hopes. |