Choose the grammatically correct sentences from the options given below:
(A) It is high time the children went to bed, as the school van arrives at seven in the morning.
(B) The number of students taking the hostel bus have doubled since April.
(C) After the long trek, Arnav lay on the grass and fell asleep within minutes.
(D) The higher we climbed towards Tungnath, colder the wind became.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → (A) and (C) only
(A) It is high time the children went to bed, as the school van arrives at seven in the morning. — Correct.
- “It is high time” is followed by the past form of the verb, even though it speaks about now.
- So “went” is correct here.
(B) The number of students taking the hostel bus have doubled since April. — Incorrect.
- The given sentence says “The number of students ... have doubled”.
- The subject is “the number”, which is singular, so the verb must be singular.
- Correct form: The number of students taking the hostel bus has doubled since April.
(C) After the long trek, Arnav lay on the grass and fell asleep within minutes. — Correct.
- “Lie” (to rest flat) has the forms lie, lay, lain.
- So “lay” is the correct simple past here, because Arnav rested on the grass and did not put anything down.
(D) The higher we climbed towards Tungnath, colder the wind became. — Incorrect.
- The given sentence says “colder the wind became”.
- In the pattern “The ... , the ...”, both parts start with “the” + comparative.
- Correct form: The higher we climbed towards Tungnath, the colder the wind became.