Match the beginnings of the sentences in List-I with their correct endings in List-II.
| List-I (Beginnings) | List-II (Endings) |
|---|---|
| (A) The parcel was too heavy | (I) as she wore on her first day at college. |
| (B) Not until the umpire raised his finger | (II) Arjun read through all his answers again. |
| (C) Shreya wears the same blue scarf | (III) for the delivery boy to carry up the stairs. |
| (D) Having finished the exam early, | (IV) did the bowler start celebrating. |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → (A)-(III), (B)-(IV), (C)-(I), (D)-(II)
| List-I | List-II | Explanation |
|---|---|---|
| (A) The parcel was too heavy | (III) for the delivery boy to carry up the stairs. | Too + adjective + for someone + to-verb. “Too heavy” means so heavy that the boy could not carry it. Only this ending has the to-verb “to carry”. |
| (B) Not until the umpire raised his finger | (IV) did the bowler start celebrating. | Not until + clause + did + subject + verb. When “Not until” starts the sentence, the main part puts “did” before the subject: “did the bowler start”. |
| (C) Shreya wears the same blue scarf | (I) as she wore on her first day at college. | The same + noun + as. “The same” is completed by “as”, so only the ending “as she wore ...” fits. |
| (D) Having finished the exam early, | (II) Arjun read through all his answers again. | Having + past participle (V3), + main part. The person who finished the exam must come right after the comma. Arjun finished it, so “Arjun read ...” fits. |