Choose the grammatically correct sentences from the options given below:
(A) Tanvi is one of those students who always reach school before the bell rings.
(B) Either you or I am responsible for locking the store room tonight.
(C) A basket of fresh guavas were sent to our house by the neighbours.
(D) What the children enjoyed most at the fair was the giant wheel.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → (A), (B) and (D) only
(A) Tanvi is one of those students who always reach school before the bell rings. — Correct.
- In “one of those students who”, “who” stands for “those students”, not for “one”.
- Some students always reach school early, and Tanvi is one of them.
- “Students” is plural, so the verb after “who” is plural: “reach”.
(B) Either you or I am responsible for locking the store room tonight. — Correct.
- With “either ... or”, the verb agrees with the nearer subject.
- That subject is “I”, so the verb is “am”.
(C) A basket of fresh guavas were sent to our house by the neighbours. — Incorrect.
- The given sentence says “A basket of fresh guavas were sent”.
- The subject is “a basket”, not “guavas”.
- “Of fresh guavas” only tells us what is in it.
- “Basket” is singular, so the verb must be singular.
- Correct form: A basket of fresh guavas was sent to our house by the neighbours.
(D) What the children enjoyed most at the fair was the giant wheel. — Correct.
- A “what” clause used as the subject names one thing, so it takes a singular verb: “was”.