Choose the grammatically correct sentences from the options given below:
(A) Climbing up the hill, the temple came into view.
(B) Even at eighty, my grandfather is capable of walking to the market and back.
(C) It was so a hot afternoon that the market was almost empty.
(D) We did not have much time to look around the fort, as the bus was leaving at four.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → (B) and (D) only
(A) Climbing up the hill, the temple came into view. — Incorrect.
- An -ing phrase at the start must describe the subject that comes right after it.
- Here that subject is “the temple”, but a temple cannot climb a hill.
- Correct form: As we climbed up the hill, the temple came into view.
(B) Even at eighty, my grandfather is capable of walking to the market and back. — Correct.
- “Capable” is followed by “of” + an -ing word, as in “capable of walking”.
(C) It was so a hot afternoon that the market was almost empty. — Incorrect.
- The given sentence says “so a hot afternoon”.
- Before “a” + adjective + noun, we use “such”, not “so”.
- Correct form: It was such a hot afternoon that the market was almost empty.
(D) We did not have much time to look around the fort, as the bus was leaving at four. — Correct.
- “Time” here cannot be counted, so it takes “much”, not “many”.