TEZPUR 2025 — English PYQ

To determine the correct sentence, we must look at Subject-Verb Agreement and proper Pronoun usage.

• Option (a): "The dog chased the ball."

  • Correct. The subject "The dog" (singular) matches the past tense verb "chased." There are no grammatical errors.

• Option (b): "The dogs chased its ball."

  • Incorrect. There is a disagreement in number. The subject "The dogs" (plural) cannot take the singular possessive pronoun "its." It should be "their."

• Option (c): "The dog chase it's ball."

  • Incorrect. This has two errors:

    1. Verb Tense: "The dog" (singular) requires the verb "chases" (present tense) or "chased" (past tense), not "chase."

    2. Pronoun: "It's" is a contraction for "it is." The possessive form is "its" (without an apostrophe).

• Option (d): "The dog chase its tail."

  • Incorrect. The singular subject "The dog" does not agree with the plural verb form "chase." It should be "chases" or "chased."

Conclusion: The grammatically correct sentence is (a).