Choose the grammatically correct sentences from the options given below:
(A) My grandmother is not accustomed to sleep in an air-conditioned room.
(B) Despite the heavy rain, the vegetable sellers set up their stalls on time.
(C) Scarcely had the school van left the gate when Dhruv remembered his tiffin box.
(D) We had a few time before the train left, so we ate samosas at the platform stall.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → (B) and (C) only
(A) My grandmother is not accustomed to sleep in an air-conditioned room. — Incorrect.
- The given sentence says “accustomed to sleep”.
- “Be accustomed to” is followed by the -ing form of the verb, not by its simple form.
- Correct form: My grandmother is not accustomed to sleeping in an air-conditioned room.
(B) Despite the heavy rain, the vegetable sellers set up their stalls on time. — Correct.
- “Despite” is used without “of”. Here it is followed straight by “the heavy rain”, so it is right.
(C) Scarcely had the school van left the gate when Dhruv remembered his tiffin box. — Correct.
- With “Scarcely had ...”, the second part begins with “when”, not “than”.
- The helping verb also comes before the subject: “had the school van left”.
(D) We had a few time before the train left, so we ate samosas at the platform stall. — Incorrect.
- The given sentence says “a few time”.
- “A few” is used with things we can count, such as minutes or trains. “Time” cannot be counted, so it takes “a little”.
- Correct form: We had a little time before the train left, so we ate samosas at the platform stall.