Choose the grammatically correct sentences from the options below:
(A) The coach told us that the selection trials would be held the following Monday.
(B) Please wait in the corridor until the principal will call your name.
(C) Scarcely has the last bell rung when the children rushed out of the classroom.
(D) This is the third time Meena has lost her hostel keys this month.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → (A) and (D) only
(A) The coach told us that the selection trials would be held the following Monday. — Correct.
- The reporting verb “told” is in the past.
- So “will” of the coach’s words changes to “would”, and “next Monday” becomes “the following Monday”.
(B) Please wait in the corridor until the principal will call your name. — Incorrect.
- The given sentence says “until ... will call”.
- An “until” part about the future takes the simple present, not “will”.
- Correct form: Please wait in the corridor until the principal calls your name.
(C) Scarcely has the last bell rung when the children rushed out of the classroom. — Incorrect.
- The given sentence says “Scarcely has ... rung”.
- The second action, “rushed”, is in the past.
- So the first action needs the past perfect: “Scarcely had ... rung when”.
- Correct form: Scarcely had the last bell rung when the children rushed out of the classroom.
(D) This is the third time Meena has lost her hostel keys this month. — Correct.
- After “This is the first / second / third time”, we use the present perfect: has + past participle (V3), here “has lost”.