Choose the grammatically correct sentences from the following:
(A) This month, my brother is staying with our aunt in Bhopal because his hostel is being repaired.
(B) This old bicycle in the garage is belonging to my uncle.
(C) Neither of us had ever seen snow before we went to Gulmarg last winter.
(D) We have been waiting at the bus stop since two hours.
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) This month, my brother is staying with our aunt in Bhopal because his hostel is being repaired. — Correct.
- The present continuous (is + V-ing) can show a short-term arrangement that is true around now.
- “This month” shows that the stay is only for a while.
(B) This old bicycle in the garage is belonging to my uncle. — Incorrect.
- The given sentence says “is belonging”.
- “Belong” shows owning, not an action, so it does not take the -ing form.
- The simple present is used.
- Correct form: This old bicycle in the garage belongs to my uncle.
(C) Neither of us had ever seen snow before we went to Gulmarg last winter. — Correct.
- The past perfect (had + past participle (V3)) shows the earlier of two past times.
- “Had ever seen” covers the time before the trip in “we went”.
(D) We have been waiting at the bus stop since two hours. — Incorrect.
- The given sentence says “since two hours”.
- “Since” goes with a starting point (since ten o’clock).
- A length of time takes “for”.
- Correct form: We have been waiting at the bus stop for two hours.