Choose the grammatically correct sentence:

The correct answer is Option (4) → We watched the fishermen pull their heavy nets onto the beach at Kovalam.

Base form without “to” after let, make, watch and hear:

• After “let”, “make”, “watch” and “hear” + person, the next verb is in its base form, without “to”.
• Option 4 follows this rule: “watched the fishermen pull”.

Why the Other Options are Incorrect?

Option 1: The coach made the whole team to run three extra laps after the match. — Incorrect. The given sentence says “made the whole team to run”. After “make + person”, the verb takes the base form without “to”.
Corrected: The coach made the whole team run three extra laps after the match.

Option 2: Mrs Iyer let her daughter to go to the Dussehra fair with her cousins. — Incorrect. The given sentence says “let her daughter to go”. After “let + person”, “to” is not used before the verb.
Corrected: Mrs Iyer let her daughter go to the Dussehra fair with her cousins.

Option 3: Early this morning, Dadi heard a koel to sing in the mango tree. — Incorrect. The given sentence says “heard a koel to sing”. After “hear” + person or thing, “to” is not used before the verb.
Corrected: Early this morning, Dadi heard a koel sing in the mango tree.