Match the beginnings of the sentences in List-I with their correct endings in List-II.
| List-I (Beginnings) | List-II (Endings) |
|---|---|
| (A) The lowest branch of the old mango tree was strong enough | (I) when the first customer walked in. |
| (B) Hardly had the shopkeeper raised the shutter | (II) we would have caught the 8:15 local. |
| (C) So loud was the music at the wedding next door | (III) to hold the children’s swing. |
| (D) Had we left home ten minutes earlier, | (IV) that nobody in our building could sleep. |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → (A)-(III), (B)-(I), (C)-(IV), (D)-(II)
| List-I | List-II | Explanation |
|---|---|---|
| (A) The lowest branch of the old mango tree was strong enough | (III) to hold the children’s swing. | Adjective + enough + to + verb. “Strong enough” is completed by “to” + verb: “to hold”. |
| (B) Hardly had the shopkeeper raised the shutter | (I) when the first customer walked in. | Hardly had + subject + past participle (V3) ... when. It shows that the second action came just after the first. “Hardly had” is followed by “when”. |
| (C) So loud was the music at the wedding next door | (IV) that nobody in our building could sleep. | So + adjective + was + subject ... that. The “that” part gives the result of the loud music. |
| (D) Had we left home ten minutes earlier, | (II) we would have caught the 8:15 local. | Had + subject + V3 (no “if”). It means “If we had left”. The second part takes “would have + V3”. |