Select the grammatically correct sentence from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Arjun was strong enough to carry both buckets of water up the stairs.
“Too ... to” and “enough to” + base form:
- After “too” + adjective, and after adjective + “enough”, the verb takes “to” + the base form. When the subject is the one the action is done to, we use “to be” + the past participle (V3).
- Here “strong enough to carry” has “to” + the base form “carry”. So the sentence is right.
Why the Other Options are Incorrect?
Option 1: The tea that the canteen boy brought was too hot to drank. — Incorrect. The given sentence says “too hot to drank”. “Drank” is the simple past (V2) of “drink”. After “to”, the base form “drink” is needed.
Corrected: The tea that the canteen boy brought was too hot to drink.
Option 2: My little brother is not old enough for going to school alone. — Incorrect. The given sentence says “old enough for going”. After adjective + “enough”, the verb takes “to” + the base form, not “for” + -ing.
Corrected: My little brother is not old enough to go to school alone.
Option 4: The ink stain on my white school shirt was too old to be remove. — Incorrect. The given sentence says “too old to be remove”. The stain does not remove anything. It is the thing to be removed, so “to be” needs the V3 “removed”.
Corrected: The ink stain on my white school shirt was too old to be removed.