Choose the grammatically correct sentences:
(A) By the time we reach the stadium, the first innings will have ended.
(B) The plumber has not come yet, so we cannot use the kitchen tap.
(C) Rahul did not knew the way to the new mall, so he asked a shopkeeper.
(D) When Grandpa was young, he would own a small cycle shop in Kanpur.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → (A) and (B) only
(A) By the time we reach the stadium, the first innings will have ended. — Correct.
- “By the time” + simple present names a future moment.
- An action that will be over before it takes the future perfect: will have + past participle (V3).
(B) The plumber has not come yet, so we cannot use the kitchen tap. — Correct.
- “Yet” in a “not” sentence goes with the present perfect, has not + V3, for something expected that has not happened up to now.
(C) Rahul did not knew the way to the new mall, so he asked a shopkeeper. — Incorrect.
- After “did”, the verb stays in its base form, because “did” already shows the past.
- Correct form: Rahul did not know the way to the new mall, so he asked a shopkeeper.
(D) When Grandpa was young, he would own a small cycle shop in Kanpur. — Incorrect.
- “Would” for the past shows only repeated actions, not a state like owning.
- A past state takes “used to”.
- Correct form: When Grandpa was young, he used to own a small cycle shop in Kanpur.