Match the beginnings of the sentences in List-I with their correct endings in List-II.
| List-I (Beginnings) | List-II (Endings) |
|---|---|
| (A) Should the courier arrive while I am at college, | (I) the pickers ran back to the village and warned everyone. |
| (B) On spotting a leopard near the tea garden, | (II) that its cash had run out before noon. |
| (C) Not only did Farida stitch her own Eid dress, | (III) please ask him to leave the box with the watchman. |
| (D) The reason the ATM near our lane was shut was | (IV) but she also embroidered a dupatta for her sister. |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → (A)-(III), (B)-(I), (C)-(IV), (D)-(II)
| List-I | List-II | Explanation |
|---|---|---|
| (A) Should the courier arrive while I am at college, | (III) please ask him to leave the box with the watchman. | Should + subject + verb, then an order or request. “Should the courier arrive” means “If the courier arrives”. The main part tells someone what to do: “please ask him”. |
| (B) On spotting a leopard near the tea garden, | (I) the pickers ran back to the village and warned everyone. | On + -ing, then the main part. “On spotting” means “as soon as they spotted”. The pickers spotted the leopard, so they are the subject of the main part. |
| (C) Not only did Farida stitch her own Eid dress, | (IV) but she also embroidered a dupatta for her sister. | Not only did + subject + verb ... but + subject + also. The second part adds one more thing Farida did, so it starts with “but she also”. |
| (D) The reason the ATM near our lane was shut was | (II) that its cash had run out before noon. | The reason ... was that. “The reason” already means “why”, so it is completed by “that” + the cause. |