Choose the grammatically correct sentences from the options given below:
(A) The traffic on the ring road is very heavy on Monday mornings.
(B) The team captain, as well as the two openers, were interviewed after the match.
(C) Three days is too short a time to see all of Rajasthan.
(D) Nobody in our building know the new watchman’s name.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → (A) and (C) only
(A) The traffic on the ring road is very heavy on Monday mornings. — Correct.
- “Traffic” cannot be counted.
- So it takes a singular verb, “is”.
(B) The team captain, as well as the two openers, were interviewed after the match. — Incorrect.
- The given sentence says “The team captain, as well as the two openers, were”.
- A phrase with “as well as” does not change the subject.
- The subject is “the team captain”, which is singular.
- Correct form: The team captain, as well as the two openers, was interviewed after the match.
(C) Three days is too short a time to see all of Rajasthan. — Correct.
- “Three days” here is one stretch of time.
- An amount of time thought of as one whole takes a singular verb.
(D) Nobody in our building know the new watchman’s name. — Incorrect.
- The given sentence says “Nobody in our building know”.
- “Nobody” is singular, so it takes a singular verb.
- Correct form: Nobody in our building knows the new watchman’s name.