Choose the grammatically correct sentences from the options given below:
(A) The girl who’s tiffin box was left on the school bus came back for it.
(B) Even at seventy, Nanaji knows how to swim across the village pond.
(C) In spite the light drizzle, the morning yoga class went on in the park.
(D) Mausi had her hair cut short before her trip to Shimla.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → (B) and (D) only
(A) The girl who’s tiffin box was left on the school bus came back for it. — Incorrect.
- “Who’s” is the short form of “who is” or “who has”.
- “Whose” shows that something belongs to someone, as the tiffin box belongs to the girl.
- Correct form: The girl whose tiffin box was left on the school bus came back for it.
(B) Even at seventy, Nanaji knows how to swim across the village pond. — Correct.
- To talk about a skill, “know” is followed by how to + verb.
- So “knows how to swim” is right.
(C) In spite the light drizzle, the morning yoga class went on in the park. — Incorrect.
- The phrase is “in spite of”, and “of” cannot be dropped from it.
- Correct form: In spite of the light drizzle, the morning yoga class went on in the park.
(D) Mausi had her hair cut short before her trip to Shimla. — Correct.
- “Have + something + past participle (V3)” is used when someone else does a job for us.
- Mausi did not cut her own hair, so “had her hair cut” is right.