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SENTENCE REORDERING QUESTIONS

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  • In most of the competitive examinations, five or ten questions on ordering of sentences do appear. These sentences are part of a paragraph. The candidates are required to place these sentences in proper sequence. In some examinations, first and last sentence of the paragraph are given and the candidate is required to place the given four middle sentences in proper sequence. In some question papers, all the five or six given sentences are required to be placed in logical
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    sequence to construct a coherent paragraph. In some examinations, you are asked to find the first, second or third sentence. Such questions are meant to judge the compositional and organizing capability of the candidate.
  • The candidate should first read out all the sentences and understand them. If there is any date
    given in the sentences, note that and then arrange the sentences in proper sequence of events.

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SENTENCE REORDERING QUESTIONS

1. S1,: ‘As matter of fact, said the boy modestly, “I’m a spaceman.”

P: “You can’t see it from here.”

Q: “From another planet.”

R:”I’m a spaceman”, he said again.

S: George and Cathy stared at the boy.

S6: Cathy gasped, George gave a shout of laughter.

The proper sequence should be

(a) PSRQ

(b) QPSR

(c) RQPS

(d) SRQP

2. S1 I suddenly began to climb swiftly , and the next thing I knew, it was speeding Eastward again till it became a speck in the blue morning.

P: I didn’t know what force they could command, but I was certain it would be sufficient.

Q: My enemies had located me, and the next thing would be a cordon round me.

R: This made me do some savage thinking.

S: The aeroplane had seen my bicycle and could conclude that I would try to escape by the road.

S6: In that case, there might be a chance on the moors to the right or left.

The proper sequence should be

(a) RQPS

(b) QPSR

(c) PSRQ

(d) SRQP

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3. S1,: His penance grew harder, he abjured even fruit.

P: Then the water, too, that the girl offered him in leaf cups, lay untouched.

Q: Birds pecked at them as they lay rotting at his feet.

R: She gathered wild blossoms and laid them humbly before him.

S: The girl mused in sorrow, “Is there nothing left for me to do?”

S6: The ascetic took no notice.

The proper sequence should be

(a) RQPS

(b) SRQP

(c) QPSR

(d) PSRQ

4. S1. In other words, grammar grows and changes, and there is no such things as correct use of English for the past, the present, and the future.

P: “The door is broke.”

Q: Yet, this would have been correct in Shakespeare’s time!

R: Today, only an uneducated person would say, “My arm is brake.”

S: For example, in Shakespeare’s play Hamlet, there is the line.

S6: All the words that man has invented are divided into eight classes which are called parts of speech.

The proper sequence should be

(a) PSQR    (c) QPSR

(b) SPRQ    (d) RSPQ

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5. S1: There is no transportation system in any city that can compare in efficiency with the circulatory system of the body.

P: The larger one goes from the heart to the various parts of the body.

Q: If you will imagine two systems of pipes, one large and one small, both meeting at a central pumping station, you’ll have an idea of the circulatory system.

R: These pipes are called arteries, veins and capillaries.

S: The smaller system of pipes goes from the heart to the lungs and back.

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S6: Arteries are blood vessels in which blood is going away from the heart. The proper sequence should be

(a) QSPR

(b) POSR

(c) RSQP

(d) SPRQ

6.S1: His wrist watch had gone out of order.

S6:His estimate appeared reasonable.

P: He took it to a watch repairer.

Q: He gave an idea of the likely cost of the replacement based on the examination of the watch R He found that some parts needed replacement

S: The repairer opened the outer case and checked the parts.

The proper sequence should be

(a) PQSR (c) PSRO

(b) RQSP (d) RPSQ

7. S1: Now-a-days, soap is going almost out of use as a washing agent.

S6: There are better washing agents than soap, but scientists are not yet sure if their use is harmless to man

P: They produce lather due to the presence of calcium salts in water.

Q:Its place has been occupied by a new range of chemicals, called detergents

R: So they are called soapless soap.

S: Detergents are not soap because they are not sodium or potassium derivatives of fatty acids, as normal soap is.

The proper sequence should be

(a) SQRP (c) SOPA

(b) QSRP (d) QPRS

8. S1: Our house is high up on the Yorkshire coast, and close to the sea.

S6: Between the two, shifting backwards and forwards at certain seasons of the year, lies the most horrible quicksand on the shores of Yorkshire.

P: One is called the North spit and one the South.

Q: The sand hills here run down to the sea and end in two stretches of rock, sticking out opposite each other.

R: This one leads through a dark plantation of fir trees, and brings you out between low cliffs to the loneliest and ugliest little bay on all our coast.

S: There are beautiful walls all around us in every direction except one.

The proper sequence should be

(a) SQRP     (b) QSPR

(c) QPSR      (d) SRQP

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9.S1, Unhappiness and discontent spring not only from poverty.

S6: We suffer from sickness of spirit and hence, we should discover our roots in the eternal.

P: Man is a strange creature, fundamentally different from other animals.

Q: If they are undeveloped and unsatisfied, he may have all the comforts of the wealth, but will still feel that life is not worthwhile.

R He has far horizons, invariable hopes, spiritual powers.

S What is missing in our age is the soul, there is nothing wrong with the body

The proper sequence should be

(a) PROS

(b) SPRQ

(c) SPQR

(d) PRSQ

10. S1: Before we left Bareilly jail, a little incident took place which moved me then and is yet fresh in my memory.

S6: This spontaneous act of courtesy and the kindly thought. that prompted it touched me and I felt very grateful to him.

P: He told me the packet contained old German illustrated magazines.

Q: The Superintendent of Police of Bareilly, an Englishman, was present there, and as I got into the car, he handed to me rather shyly a packet.

R:I had never met him before, nor have I seen him since and I do not even know his name.

S: He said that he had heard that I was learning Germani and so he had bought these magazines for me.

The proper sequence should be

(a) ROPS                     (c) QPRS

(b) QPSR                    (d) RQSP

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ANSWER KEY:

1.d
2.d
3.d
4.b
5.a
6.c
7.d
8.d
9.b
10.b

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