Choose the grammatically correct sentences from the options given below:
(A) The new curtains look lovely in our drawing room.
(B) At the beach, we met an old fisherman which showed us the way to the lighthouse.
(C) There was hardly any room left in the general coach, so we stood near the door.
(D) The guard’s whistle prevented the boys to climb over the school wall.
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) The new curtains look lovely in our drawing room. — Correct.
- “Look” here joins the curtains to a word that describes them, so it is followed by an adjective.
- “Lovely” ends in -ly, but it is an adjective, so “look lovely” is correct.
(B) At the beach, we met an old fisherman which showed us the way to the lighthouse. — Incorrect.
- The given sentence says “fisherman which”.
- “Which” is used for things and animals. For a person, we use “who”.
- Correct form: At the beach, we met an old fisherman who showed us the way to the lighthouse.
(C) There was hardly any room left in the general coach, so we stood near the door. — Correct.
- “Hardly” already has a negative meaning, so it is followed by “any”, not “no”.
(D) The guard’s whistle prevented the boys to climb over the school wall. — Incorrect.
- The given sentence says “prevented the boys to climb”.
- “Prevent” is followed by “from” + the -ing form of the verb.
- Correct form: The guard’s whistle prevented the boys from climbing over the school wall.