Choose the grammatically correct sentences from the options given below:
(A) If Ravi got a seat on the early bus, he would reach the office before nine.
(B) Mrs. Iyer is one of the strictest teachers in our school.
(C) Both my brother as well as my sister study at a college in Pune.
(D) The carpenter delivered all the furnitures for our new flat before Diwali.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → (A) and (B) only
(A) If Ravi got a seat on the early bus, he would reach the office before nine. — Correct.
- An imagined situation about the present takes If + simple past (got) and would + simple form (would reach).
- Here “got” does not show past time. It shows a situation we only imagine.
(B) Mrs. Iyer is one of the strictest teachers in our school. — Correct.
- After “one of the” + a superlative, the noun is plural: “one of the strictest teachers”.
(C) Both my brother as well as my sister study at a college in Pune. — Incorrect.
- The given sentence says “Both ... as well as”.
- “Both” is paired with “and”, not with “as well as”.
- Correct form: Both my brother and my sister study at a college in Pune.
(D) The carpenter delivered all the furnitures for our new flat before Diwali. — Incorrect.
- The given sentence says “furnitures”.
- “Furniture” has no plural form. It never takes -s.
- Correct form: The carpenter delivered all the furniture for our new flat before Diwali.