ORDERING SENTENCES 2

Directions: In each of the following items, there is a sentence of which some parts have been jumbled up. You are required to re-arrange these parts which are labeled P, Q, R and S to produce the correct sentence. Choose the proper sequence and mark it in your Answer Sheet accordingly.

1. The ultimate hope
P: will force the nations
Q: that the destructive nature of weapons
R: to give up war
S: has not been fulfilled
(a) RSQP (b) PQRS
(c) QPRS (d) PRQS

2. The leader of the opposition,
P: in the manner he had planned to convince them,
Q: on realizing that he had failed to convince the assembly,
R: who had a reputation for speech making,
S: was very much disappointed.
(a) PSRQ (b) QSRP
(c) RSQP (d) SPRQ

3. We can think of
P: often confused in the public mind
Q: which suggest the need for
R: two factors
S: an international language.
(a) PRQS (b) RQSP
(c) RPQS (d) SQRP

4. The man
P: is generally the one
Q: who can work very hard
R: when he must work
S: who can play most heartily when he has the chance of playing.
(a) QRSP (b) PSQR
(c) SPQR (d) QRPS

5. Dear Lodger, I agree, the roof is leaking; but
P: there would be no need
Q: while it is raining
R: and when the Sun shines,
S: I can’t get it repaired.

6. Georgian loyalists and rebel forces
P: after a week of fighting
Q: agreed to
R: a ceasefire today
S: in which 51 people were killed.
(a) PQRS (b) QRSP
(c) QPSR (d) QRPS

7. P: Milton said that those persons
Q: would be damned
R: who do not obey
S: God’s commands.
(a) PQRS (b) QPRS
(c) PRSQ (d) RSPQ


8. P: The mother exclaimed that to have solved the puzzle
Q: so quickly
R: It was
S: very clever of him.
(a) RSPQ (b) SPRQ
(c) PSQR (d) QRPS

9. P: As the speaker stood up, at his nose
Q: a man sitting in the front
R: threw
S: a ripe tomato.
(a) PQRS (b) SPRQ
(c) QRSP (d) QRPS

10. P: Books play
Q: in the making of our character
R: a great part
S: and personality
(a) PQRS (b) PRQS
(c) SRPQ (d) RSQP

11. P: We shall hardly expect to find life there
Q: knowing that
R: there is neither air nor water
S: on the moon.
(a) PQRS (b) SRQP
(c) QRSP (d) RSPQ

12. P: It is the king and his four sons
Q: believed that
R: when they were riding in a royal procession
S: were killed.
(a) PQSR (b) QPRS
(c) PSQR (D) QPSR

13. P: When the artist had started
Q: singing a popular song
R: in chorus
S: everyone in the audience joined.
The proper sequence should be
(a) RPQS (b) PQRS
(c) PQSR (d) RQPS

14. P: The management having agreed
Q: the workers called off the strike
R: to increase their wages
S: and returned to work.
The proper sequence should be:
(a) PQRS (b) PSQR
(c) PRQS (d) SPQR

15. Churchill observed that:
P: the impressive and inspiring spectacle
Q: displayed the vigour and efficiency
R: of the civil defence forces of London
S: he had witnessed in Hyde Park that morning.
The proper sequence should be
(a) PQRS (b) PSRQ
(c) SPRQ (d) PSQR

16. Dermatologists tell us
P: that the skin
Q: is a finely laminated coating
R: whose layered nature
S: has inspired comparisons with onions.
The proper sequence should be
(a) PQRS (b) PRQS
(c) PRSQ (d) PSRQ

17. P: It is a wonder that migratory birds
Q: without ever getting lost and
R: always managing to find their home
S: fly thousands of kilometers.
The proper sequence should be
(a) PQRS (b) SPQR
(c) SQRP (d) PSQR

18. P: I have any fragrance
Q: and more penetrating
R: never come across
S: that is more beautiful.
(a) PQRS (b) SRQP
(c) RQPS (d) RPSQ

19. P: Were very much like
Q: in the age of Plato
R: but the troubles of Greece
S: those which surround us today
(a) RPSQ (b) SPQR
(c) RPQS (D) RQPS

20. P: Come to have a look at the girl
Q: the party that had
R: his eldest sister and a lawyer friend of theirs
S: consisted of the boy’s parents
(a) QSPR (b) QPSR
(c) QRSP (d) QRPS


A N S W E R S

1. (c)
2. (c)
3. (c)
4. (d)
5. (b)
6. (d)
7. (a)
8. (a)
9. (c)
10. (b)
11. (a)
12. (d)
13. (c)
14. (c)
15. (d)
16. (a)
17. (c)
18. (d)
19. (d)
20. (d)