Choose the sentences which are grammatically correct:
A. He claimed half of his share of the family fortune.
B. There has not been sufficient rain this year.
C. Rama is the elder boy in the class.
D. He is inferior than Ram in intelligence
Choose the correct answer from the options given below.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → A and B only
A. He claimed half of his share of the family fortune. — Correct. "Half of" followed by a possessive noun phrase ("half of his share") is correct, and the verb claimed takes it as its object.
B. There has not been sufficient rain this year. — Correct. Rain is an uncountable noun, so it takes the singular verb "has been"; sufficient (enough) describes it correctly.
C. Rama is the elder boy in the class. — Incorrect. The comparative elder compares only two people (usually of one family). Here Rama is compared with all the boys of the class, so the superlative oldest is needed (eldest is mostly kept for members of one family).
Correct form: Rama is the oldest boy in the class.
D. He is inferior than Ram in intelligence — Incorrect. Inferior, superior, senior, junior and prior are Latin comparatives that take to, not than.
Correct form: He is inferior to Ram in intelligence.