Choose the grammatically correct sentences from the options given below:
(A) The lady who sells flowers outside the station gave me an extra rose.
(B) On finding the gate locked, the milkman left the packets with the guard.
(C) Having wrote the address on the envelope, Leela posted the letter.
(D) The parrot slipped out of its cage, and away flew it over the neighbour’s roof.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → (A) and (B) only
(A) The lady who sells flowers outside the station gave me an extra rose. — Correct.
- “The lady who sells flowers outside the station” is the subject of “gave”. No extra “she” is added before the verb, so there is only one subject.
(B) On finding the gate locked, the milkman left the packets with the guard. — Correct.
- On + -ing shows an action that is followed at once by another.
- The milkman found the gate locked, and then he left the packets. The opening belongs to “the milkman”.
(C) Having wrote the address on the envelope, Leela posted the letter. — Incorrect.
- The given sentence says “Having wrote”.
- After “having”, the verb takes the past participle (V3) “written”, not the past form “wrote”.
- Correct form: Having written the address on the envelope, Leela posted the letter.
(D) The parrot slipped out of its cage, and away flew it over the neighbour’s roof. — Incorrect.
- The given sentence says “away flew it”.
- After “away” at the start, a noun subject comes after the verb, but a pronoun like “it” comes before the verb.
- Correct form: The parrot slipped out of its cage, and away it flew over the neighbour’s roof.