Given below are four sentences. Choose the one which is grammatically correct:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → The first two rows of the school hall are kept for the chess club members.
Numbers with first, next and last:
- When a number is used with first, next or last, the order is: the + first / next / last + number + noun.
- Option 1 says “the first two rows”, which is the right order.
Why the Other Options are Incorrect?
Option 2: We missed the two last trains to Pune, so we spent the night at the station. — Incorrect. The number must come after “last”, not before it.
Corrected: We missed the last two trains to Pune, so we spent the night at the station.
Option 3: Riya wrote the four first readings of the experiment in her lab file. — Incorrect. “First” comes before the number, so it should be “first four”.
Corrected: Riya wrote the first four readings of the experiment in her lab file.
Option 4: The three next days of the cricket camp will be very tiring. — Incorrect. “Next” must come before the number.
Corrected: The next three days of the cricket camp will be very tiring.