Read the given sentences carefully and choose the grammatically correct options:
(A) My uncle goes to the gym every morning before work.
(B) Only after the results came out Anushka told her parents about the scholarship.
(C) Unfortunately, the ferry to Elephanta was cancelled because of the storm.
(D) In spite of the road was flooded, the school bus came on time.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → (A) and (C) only
(A) My uncle goes to the gym every morning before work. — Correct.
- When a sentence has both a place and a time, the place comes first.
- Here the place “to the gym” comes before the time “every morning”.
(B) Only after the results came out Anushka told her parents about the scholarship. — Incorrect.
- The given sentence says “Only after the results came out Anushka told”.
- When “Only after” starts a sentence, the main part puts the helping verb before the subject.
- Correct form: Only after the results came out did Anushka tell her parents about the scholarship.
(C) Unfortunately, the ferry to Elephanta was cancelled because of the storm. — Correct.
- “Unfortunately” at the start comments on the whole sentence. It shows that the event was bad luck.
(D) In spite of the road was flooded, the school bus came on time. — Incorrect.
- The given sentence says “In spite of the road was flooded”.
- “In spite of” takes a noun or an -ing form, not a full clause.
- Correct form: In spite of the flooded road, the school bus came on time.