Choose the sentences in which the conjunction is used correctly:
(A) It was such a tiring journey that Dadi slept through the whole of the next day.
(B) Scarcely had the bride’s family reached the hall than it started to pour.
(C) Whether the fair is held in the school ground or the town hall has not yet been decided.
(D) Please wait in the lobby until the doctor does not call your name.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → (A) and (C) only
(A) It was such a tiring journey that Dadi slept through the whole of the next day. — Correct.
- “Such + a + adjective + noun + that” shows a result.
(B) Scarcely had the bride’s family reached the hall than it started to pour. — Incorrect.
- “Scarcely” goes with “when”, not with “than”.
- Correct form: Scarcely had the bride’s family reached the hall when it started to pour.
(C) Whether the fair is held in the school ground or the town hall has not yet been decided. — Correct.
- “Whether” goes with “or” to give two choices.
- This part opens the sentence as its subject, so only “whether” can be used here, not “if”.
(D) Please wait in the lobby until the doctor does not call your name. — Incorrect.
- “Until” means “up to the time when”.
- The waiting goes on up to the moment the doctor calls.
- So the part after “until” takes no “not”.
- Correct form: Please wait in the lobby until the doctor calls your name.