Choose the grammatically correct sentences from the following:
(A) His latest play was panned by the critics, which is strange, since all his previous works were universally lauded.
(B) Of all the movies I has seen, that was the more entertaining.
(C) With advancing age my father has become more forgetful.
(D) Pari is such a most humble person, she never talks about herself.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → (A) and (C) only
(A) His latest play was panned by the critics, which is strange, since all his previous works were universally lauded. — Correct. The tenses agree (was panned, were lauded), "which is strange" comments on the whole clause before it, and "since" gives the reason. ("Panned" means harshly criticised; "lauded" means praised.)
(B) Of all the movies I has seen, that was the more entertaining. — Incorrect. "I has seen" should be "I have seen" (the pronoun "I" takes "have"), and "the more entertaining" should be "the most entertaining", because more than two movies are compared ("of all the movies").
Corrected: Of all the movies I have seen, that was the most entertaining.
(C) With advancing age my father has become more forgetful. — Correct. The comparative "more forgetful" compares the father now with the father earlier, and "has become" (present perfect) shows a change that is still true.
(D) Pari is such a most humble person, she never talks about herself. — Incorrect. "Such a" is followed by a positive adjective (such a humble person), not by a superlative; "such a most humble" is wrong.
Corrected: Pari is such a humble person that she never talks about herself.