Question 5 - Sentence Transformation - Grammar - English Class 11

Read the sentences. Choose the correct option according to the directions given in brackets.

Khushwant Singh went to the temple. The grandmother went to the temple.(Join using “not only ............... but also”.)

(A) Not only Khushwant Singh but also the grandmother went to the temple.

(B) Not only Khushwant Singh, the grandmother but also went to the temple.

(C) Not only Khushwant Singh but the grandmother also went to the temple.

(D) But also Khushwant Singh not the grandmother only went to the temple.

Answer:

“Not only…but also” is used when one event occurs along with or simultaneously with the originally specified event

So, the correct answer is

(C) Not only Khushwant Singh but the grandmother also went to the temple.