Choose the grammatically correct sentences from the options below:
(A) Rohit talks about the inter-school tournament as though he were the captain of the side.
(B) Before Dad’s transfer to Kanpur, we would live in a small flat near the railway colony.
(C) The results of the district science quiz have not been announced yet.
(D) When the principal walked into the assembly hall, all the students stand up at once.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → (A) and (C) only
(A) Rohit talks about the inter-school tournament as though he were the captain of the side. — Correct.
- After “as though” for something that is not true, we use the past form.
- “Were” is the standard form here, even with “he”.
(B) Before Dad’s transfer to Kanpur, we would live in a small flat near the railway colony. — Incorrect.
- “Would” can show a repeated past action, but not a past state such as living somewhere.
- For a past state we use “used to” + base form.
- Correct form: Before Dad’s transfer to Kanpur, we used to live in a small flat near the railway colony.
(C) The results of the district science quiz have not been announced yet. — Correct.
- The present perfect with “not ... yet” shows that something expected has not happened up to now.
- “Have not been announced” is its passive form.
(D) When the principal walked into the assembly hall, all the students stand up at once. — Incorrect.
- Both actions happened in the past, one right after the other, so both take the simple past.
- “Stand up” is in the present.
- Correct form: When the principal walked into the assembly hall, all the students stood up at once.