Sentence Rearrangement Worksheet 3
Directions : Rearrange the given jumbled sentences into meaningful sentences.
1. He was a man,
P : even if he had to starve
Q : who would not beg
R : borrow or steal
S : from anyone
Options (a) P Q R S (b) P R Q S (c) Q R S P (d) Q P R SQ : universities play a crucial role
R : our civilization
S : in the present age
Options (a) S Q P R (b) Q R S P (c) Q R P S (d) S Q R P
3. P : far out into the sea
Q : for the next two weeks there were further explosions
R : which hurled
S : ashes and debris
Options (a) Q R P S (b) R S P Q (c) Q R S P (d) S R P Q
4. William Shakespeare,
P : in his lifetime
Q : the great English dramatist
R : wrote thirty-five plays
S : and several poems
Options (a) P Q R S (b) R S P Q (c) Q S R P (d) Q R S P
5. Whenever I am,
P : with an old friend of mine
Q : in New Delhi
R : to have dinner
S : I always try
Options (a) S Q P R (b) Q S R P (c) R P S Q (d) P R Q S
6. P : I don’t know
Q : must have thought
R : what people sitting next to me
S : but I came away
Options (a) R S Q P (b) R Q S P (c) P Q R S (d) P R Q S
7. P : in estimating the size of the earth
Q : but they were hampered by the lack of instruments of precision
R : ancient astronomers
S : used methods which were theoretically valid
Options (a) R P Q S (b) P R Q S (c) R S Q P (d) R P S Q
8. P : It is a pity that
Q : by offering a handsome dowry
R : a number of parents think that
S : they will be able to ensure the happiness of their daughters
Options (a) S Q R P (b) P R S Q (c) P S R Q (d) P R Q S
9. The common man
P : in nurturing
Q : a more active role
R : communal harmony
S : should play
Options (a) P R S Q (b) S Q P R (c) S Q R P (d) P R Q S
10. The doctor
P : able to find out
Q : what has caused
R : the food poisoning
S : has not been
Options (a) S P R Q (b) P R Q S (c) P R S Q (d) S P Q R
11. India has been a land
P : but in the sense that learning has always been very highly valued
Q : not indeed in the sense that education has been universal
R : and the learned man has been held in higher esteem than the warrior or the administrator.
S : of learning throughout the ages
Options (a) P Q S R (b) R Q P S (c) R S Q P (d) S Q P R
12. Religion has been used
P : both as a weapon of isolation
Q : to dull awareness
R : about real problems
S : and as morphia like education, health and employment.
Options (a) P Q R S (b) P S Q R (c) Q P S R (d) R P Q S
13. Inspite of an unprecedented boom in the market
P : and had to remain content
Q : the paper-dealer could not
R : push up his sales
S : with a volume of sale lower than what he had sold the previous year.
Options (a) Q R P S (b) S P R Q (c) P R Q S (d) R P S Q
14. For some people patriotism
P : today man belongs to the whole world
Q : it should be condemned because
R : type of patriotism is an evil and as much as to any one country.
S : means hatred for other countries, but this
Options (a) S R Q P (b) P Q S R (c) R S P Q (d) Q P S R
15. A connection had long been suspected
P : since both were at their worst in the
Q : same regions and seasons, but the nature of this connection had not been understood.
R : between the abundance of mosquitoes
S : and the occurrence of malaria
Options (a) Q S P R (b) R S P Q (c) P S Q R (d) S P R Q
16. Science does not merely add new truths
P : destroy some old truths and
Q : discovers new truths that
R : thereby upsets the way of men’s thinking and their lives.
S : to old ones, it also
Options (a) Q S R P (b) R P S Q (c) P S R Q (d) S Q P R
17. An outstanding feature of this century has been
P : living conditions of the
Q : the improvement of the income and
R : greater security and education which has meant greater political power.
S : working man leading to
Options (a) P S Q R (b) R S P Q (c) Q P S R (d) S R Q P
18. Hobbies can fill our spare
P : physical fatigue and do not hinder our regular work
Q : moments with enjoyment
R : and pleasure, they also relieve
S : mental tiredness and
Options (a) R Q P S (b) Q R S P (c) S Q P R (d) P Q S R
19. Moisture is continuously lost S6 : lifeless complexion.
P : and as result of the stresses
Q : as part of a natural process
R : and strains of daily life
S : leading to a dull, dry and
Options (a) S Q P R (b) P R S Q (c) R S Q P (d) Q P R S
20. So, now India can
P : lose out at first base because it’s too busy chasing an
Q : ephemeral dream either put aside its hopes of getting the veto power and
R : first concentrate on ensuring that
S : the Security Council is enlarged or
Options (a) Q P S R (b) S R Q P (c) Q R S P (d) S P Q R

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