Choose the grammatically correct sentences from the options given below:
(A) Sana wishes she took the science stream when she was in Class 11.
(B) The new metro line will have been running for a full year by the time the Durga Puja crowds arrive next month.
(C) When he lived in Haridwar, my grandfather would walk to the ghat every morning before sunrise.
(D) If Raghav had left home ten minutes earlier, he would catch the 8:15 local yesterday.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → (B) and (C) only
(A) Sana wishes she took the science stream when she was in Class 11. — Incorrect.
- The given sentence says “wishes she took”.
- A wish about a past time takes the past perfect: had + past participle (V3).
- “When she was in Class 11” is a past time, so “took” is wrong.
- Correct form: Sana wishes she had taken the science stream when she was in Class 11.
(B) The new metro line will have been running for a full year by the time the Durga Puja crowds arrive next month. — Correct.
- This is the future perfect continuous: will have been + V-ing.
- It shows how long an action will have gone on by a future point.
- The “by the time” part about the future rightly uses the simple present, “arrive”.
(C) When he lived in Haridwar, my grandfather would walk to the ghat every morning before sunrise. — Correct.
- “Would” + verb can show a past habit, just like “used to”.
- “Would walk” tells what he did again and again in those years.
(D) If Raghav had left home ten minutes earlier, he would catch the 8:15 local yesterday. — Incorrect.
- The given sentence says “would catch ... yesterday”.
- An “if” sentence about an unreal past needs had + V3 in the “if” part and would have + V3 in the other part.
- Correct form: If Raghav had left home ten minutes earlier, he would have caught the 8:15 local yesterday.