Sentence Reordering
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Identify the subject and object in a sentence, along with the work they do. These are usually the two nouns present.
Adverbs should typically be placed towards the end of a sentence. If you want to emphasise them, only then should they be used at the start.
Remember the adjuncts: Manner, Time, Reason, and Place. These can help you rearrange sentences effectively.
Match the adjectives with the nouns in a sentence. Adjectives always come before the noun they are describing.
Play around with the order of an ordinary sentence. There are many ways you can rearrange it to create different meanings.
Quotes and proverbs must be kept in their original order and cannot be changed. If you can't identify them, there's not much you can do.
A word that describes the action done is a verb. Make sure to include it in the right place when rearranging sentences.
Remember, when practicing rearranging sentences, you may come across various types such as Conditional Sentences, Gap Filling, and Transformation exercises. Have fun experimenting with different arrangements!
Rearrange the following to form meaningful sentences. [NCT 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010]
(a) the / sparrow / from / city / it / disappeared / house / has / seems / common / the / that
(b) factors / and / pollution / herbs / native / important / the / responsible / are / loss / shrubs / of / and
(c) to / the popularity / every corner / junk food / has led / of eating / joints / around / of / the / opening
(d) believed in / people of India / the sacredness of / have traditionally / wildlife
(e) it / is / life / we / what / make
(f) age / of / at / five / a / years / child / not / much / does / understand
(g) the / on / forests / the / industry / oil / depends
(h) give / to / armies / wars / forests / during / our / cover
(i) do / get / the / forests / from / what / we / products?
(j) to / her / all / friends / birthday / next week / party / she is inviting
(k) architecture / I would / like to / books / on / look at / Indian / the
(l) than / no / mist / sooner / did / the / the / disappeared / sun / rise
(m) occupy / history / in / of / india / honoured / Rajputs / the / the / an / place
(n) war-like / patriotic / proud / and / were / they / people
(o) lay / honour / their / would / they / down / lives / their / uphold / to
(p) began to / the station / cards / the train / when / play / whistled off / we / from
(q) of smoke / outside / a ring / there / curling / the kitchen / out of / was / the chimney
(r) they / in the hall / for / two hours / watching / had been / television
(s) blessings / you / all / on / may / showered / be
(t) the / had / crying / been / child / the / hours / two / last / for
(u) fly / to escape / south / starvation / to / chill / and / they
(v) has a / range / Hyde Park / wide / of / facilities
(w) lake / is / for / the / popular / boating / and swimming
(x) fear / farmers / displacement / from / economic zones / special / large-scale
(y) carefully / walk / lest / fall / should / you
(z) oil / was found / in the 1960s / north sea / the / under
(aa) designed/as a result/new rigs/were
(ab) where / a / for / and / reading / are / a library / stored / place / books / is / kept
(ac) a / books / of / good / all kinds / library / found/ are / in
(ad) providence / Vivekananda / in / of / believed / the / God
(ae) world / country / finest / is / the / in / the / India / our
(af) baking / powder / dough / with / flour / make / butter / eggs / and / soft.
(ag) knead / well / and / keep / with / it / in / water / the / fridge / after / this / for / one / warm / hour.
Answers:
(a) It seems that the common house sparrow has disappeared from the city.
(b) The important factors responsible are pollution and loss of native herbs and shrubs.
(c) The popularity of junk food has led to the opening of eating joints around every corner.
(d) People of India have traditionally believed in the sacredness of wildlife.
(e) We make life what it is.
(f) At five years of age, a child does not understand much.
(g) The oil industry depends on the forests.
(h) Forests give cover to our armies during wars.
(i) What products do we get from the forests?
(j) She is inviting all friends to her birthday party next week.
(k) I would like to look at the books on Indian architecture.
(l) No sooner did the sun rise, than the mist disappeared.
(m) The’ Rajputs occupy an honoured place in the history of India.
(n) They were proud, patriotic and war-like people.
(o) They would lay down their lives to uphold their honour.
(p) When the train whistled off from the station, we began to play cards.
(q) Outside the kitchen there was a ring of smoke curling out of the chimney.
(r) They had been watching television in the hall for two hours.
(s) May all blessings be showered on you
(t) The child had been crying for the last two hours.
(u) They fly to south to escape chill and starvation.
(v) Hyde Park has a wide range of facilities.
(w) The lake is popular for boating and swimming.
(x) Farmers fear large-scale displacement from special economic zones.
(y) Walk carefully lest you should fall.
(z) Oil was found under the North sea in the 1960s.
(aa) As a result, new rigs were designed.
(ab) A library is a place where books are kept and stored for reading.
(ac) All kinds of books are found in a good library.
(ad) Vivekananda believed in the providence of God.
(ae) Our India is the finest country in the world.
(af) Butter, eggs and baking powder with flour make soft dough.
(ag) Knead it well with warm water and after this keep in the fridge for one hour.
trees/industry/on/the/is/oil/reliant
The oil industry is reliant on trees.
acquire/do/kind/we/what/of/woods/goods/the/from
What kind of goods do we acquire from the woods?
by/were/farmers/the/exploited/Indian/English/the
The Indian farmers were exploited by the English.
exorbitant/farmers/taxes/poor/pay/were/to/forced/the
The poor farmers were forced to pay exorbitant taxes.
a/ strong/ has/ animal/ affinity/ he /with
He has a strong affinity with animals.
advocated/ release/ birds/ he/ caged/ the/ for/ of
He advocated for the release of caged birds.
to/ be/ her/ Sudha/ the/ hard/ class/ is/ working/ in/ order/ best
Sudha is working hard in order to be the best in her class.
continues/ passage/ of time/ unabated/ The
The passage of time continues unabated.
things/ is/ this/ why/ are/ constantly/ shifting
This is why things are constantly shifting.
change/ law/ in/ is/ a natural/ fact Change is, in fact, a natural law.
during/ forests/ forces/ provide cover for/ battles/ our During battles, forests provide cover for our forces.
age/ to/ the/ under/ of/ Children/ are not permitted/ eighteen/ drive Children under the age of eighteen are not permitted to drive.
the/ their room/ are/ boys/ lesson/ reviewing/ the/ In In their room, the boys are reviewing the lesson.
last/ was/ the railway/ Sunday/ particularly/ platform/ busy Last Sunday, the railway platform was particularly busy.
on the platform/ vendors with/ were/ wares/ their/ selling/ flowers/ sweet-smelling/ the The vendors with sweet-smelling flowers were selling their wares on the platform.
board/ were unsure how they/ the/ We/ would/ train We were unsure how they would board the train.
boarded/ they/ caution/ the train with/ However However, they boarded the train with caution.
few/ had/ only been a/ rain/ minutes/ he/ since/ had walked/ It/ outside/ it began to/ when It had only been a few minutes since he had walked outside when it began to rain.
die/ would rather/ up/ She/ give/ than/ her freedom She would rather die than give up her freedom.
by/ lesson/ taught/ was/ to you/ This/ your teacher This lesson was taught to you by your teacher.
I’m/ he’s/ sure what/ saying/ Not I’m not sure what he’s saying.
this letter/ granddad the author of/you’re/ is Is your granddad the author of this letter?
until/ no/ I/ him/ I had/ had/ idea/ he/ told/ won a medal Until I told him, he had no idea I had won a medal.
to/ used/ I/ ride/ to/ bicycle/ my/ school I used to ride my bicycle to school.
each boy the/ the/ before/ received a/ class/ punishment/ day/ in/ yesterday Each boy in the class received a punishment the day before yesterday.
please/ the/ us/ how/ know/ let/ interview went Please let us know how the interview went.
must/ the/ leave/ You/ classroom immediately You must leave the classroom immediately.
work/ how much/ experience/ do you have How much work experience do you have?
from/ apple market/ I/ the/ brought/ some/ juice From the market, I brought some apple juice.
can’t/ is/ hear anything because/ He/ he/ entirely deaf He can’t hear anything because he is entirely deaf.
it is open/ holiday./ because/ is a public/ Nothing Nothing is open because it is a public holiday.
I’d already/ of/ all/ my/ spent/ rupees I’d already spent all of my rupees.
Is/ bottle/ any/ there/ left/ ink/ the/ in Is there any ink left in the bottle?
earth/ years/ For/ man has been exploiting/ the/ many For many years, man has been exploiting the earth.
to/ Taplow/ being encouraged by/ against/ Frank/ speak out/ was/ Crocker Taplow was being encouraged by Frank to speak out against Crocker.
Poet began/ her/ an/ miss/ viewing/ after/ mother/ to/ image/ of her Poet began to miss her mother after viewing an image of her.
been/ Ambassador/ has/ Tendulkar/ named as the Rio Olympics’ Brand/ Sachin Sachin Tendulkar has been named as the Rio Olympics’ Brand Ambassador.
1. Rearrange the following to form meaningful sentences.
The first one has been done as an example.
feared by/snakes are/in our/worshipped and/many/country
Snakes are worshipped and feared by many in our country.
(a) A picture had come from the frame makers.
(b) It was kept in the dining room waiting to be hung,
(c) “Oh, you leave that to me I’ll do the job,” Uncle Podger said.
(d) Aunt Podger asked what was to be done with it.
Answer:
(a) A picture had come from the frame makers.
(b) It was kept in the dining room waiting to be hung,
(d) Aunt Podger asked what was to be done with it.
(c) “Oh, you leave that to me I’ll do the job”, Uncle Podger said.
2. Look at the words and phrases below. Rearrange them to form meaningful sentences. Write the correct sentences in your answer sheet against the correct numbers.
(a) the/is/world/wrestling/oldest sports/in/the/one of
(b) of/Europe/ancient/people/cave/wrestling/have been/drawings/in/found
(c) television/amateur wrestling/very different/the/from/is/professional wrestling/on/seen/the
(d) sport/not/money/amateur wrestlers/do/wrestle/love/for/they/wrestle/for the/of the
(e) the/Olympics/the top goal/nearly/at/every/of/is/to compete/amateur wrestler
Answer:
Wrestling is one of the oldest sports in the world. Ancient cave drawings of people wrestling have been found in Europe. Amateur wrestling is very different from the professional wrestling seen on the television. It is a serious sport. Amateur wrestlers do not wrestle for money, they wrestle for the love of the sport. The top goal of nearly all amateur wrestlers is to compete at the Olympics.
3. Rearrange the following to form meaningful sentences.
(a) communications/not matter/were slow/it did/between different/when the/parts of the world
(b) for a/people feel/our times/the need/but in/common language
(c) to the put forward/solutions/problem/have been/various
(d) unconnected with/creation of/the first/an artificial language/was the/any existing language
(e) invention of a/natural/based on/the second solution/synthetic language/was the
(f) governments of the/international language/almost unlikely/to an/world will agree that the/it is
4. Look at the words and phrases below. Rearrange them to form meaningful sentences. Write the correct sentences in your answer sheet against the correct numbers.
(a) synthetic,/world’s scientists/the need/during/severe shortages/or/World War I,/alerted/a number of/the/to/man – made materials/for
(b) headed by/called nylon/thus/first/by 1934,/synthetic fibre,/a/Wallace H. Carothers/research team/the/had developed
(c) surprisingly/turned out,/the development/a/profound effect/had/as it/of nylon/on world affairs
(d) fashion/true,/first/use/its/was/in
(e) sheer nylon hose/in 1939,/women/the Dupont company/marketing/for/began
(f) hit/nylons/sold off/were/a spectacular/immediately/and/the shelves/almost
Answer:
During World War I, a number of severe shortages alerted the world's scientists to the need for synthetic, or man-made materials. Thus by 1934, a research team headed by Wallace H. Carothers had developed the first synthetic fiber, called nylon. As it turned out, the development of nylon had a surprisingly profound effect on world affairs. True, it's first use was in fashion, and in 1939, the Dupont company began marketing sheer nylon hose for women. Nylons were a spectacular hit and sold off the shelves almost immediately.
But they disappeared with the coming of World War II, as nylon became essential to the war effort. It was used in everything from parachutes and ropes, to insulation and coat linings. Sadly, Carothers never witnessed the impact of his creation. He committed suicide two years before the first pair of nylons ever went on sale.
5. Rearrange the following words and phrases to form meaningful sentences. The first one is done for you as an example.
(a) A fierce battle was fought.
(b) Emperor Ashoka wished to expand the Mauryan Empire.
(c) Over a hundred thousand people died.
(d) He attacked the kingdom of Kalinga with a large army.
Answer:
(b) Emperor Ashoka wished to expand the Mauryan Empire.
(d) He attacked the kingdom of Kalinga with a large army.
(a) A fierce battle was fought.
(c) Over a hundred thousand people died.
Look at the words and phrases below. Rearrange them to form meaningful sentences to make readable passage.
(a) society / is / discipline / of / foundation / the very
(b) great importance / one of the / essentials of life / it is / in all spheres / and is of / of life
(c) it life / become / without / miserable / at home / will
(d) obey / a soldier / or / the orders / a child, / a student / must
(e) for / is / our / progress / it / a must / country's
Answers:
(a) Discipline is the very foundation of society.
(b) It is one of the essentials of life and is of great importance in all spheres of life.
(c) Without it life at home will become miserable.
(d) A child, a student or a soldier must obey the orders.
(e) It is a must for our country's progress.
Rearrange words and phrases to make meaningful sentences.
how to my sister ideas and I have diverse on raise children
the parallel two roads run for a mile, and become then divergent
will the agency the food among distribute several countries
the news the easily bias of a reporter can distort
the child distraught waited news of for mother her missing
a careful wise his holdings investor is to diverse
must try you to between real antiques discriminate and cheap imitations
the informed news distribution of is for an public vital
her home alone dread of being made nervous her extremely
they the winner’s name draw from the barrel will
the confrontation two there was a between leaders dramatic
been I have ever I heard down the news since
My sister and I have diverse ideas on how to raise children.
The two roads run parallel for a mile, and then become divergent.
The agency will distribute the food among several countries.
The bias of a reporter can easily distort the news.
The distraught mother waited for news of her missing child.
A wise investor is careful to diverse his holdings.
You must try to discriminate between real antiques and cheap imitations.
The distribution of news is vital for an informed public.
Her dread of being home alone made her extremely nervous.
They will draw the winner’s name from the barrel.
There was a dramatic confrontation between the two leaders.
I have been down ever since I heard the news.
P : the water Q : under R : suffocated S : he felt
(a) PQRS
(b) SRQP
(c) PRSQ
(d) PSRQ
Answer: (b) SRQP
P : he had Q : swallowed R : and choked S : water
(a) PQRS
(b) PQSR
(c) RSPQ
(d) RPSQ
Answer: (b) PQSR
P : legs up Q : he tried R : to S : bring his
(a) PQRS
(b) QSPR
(c) QRSP
(d) SRPQ
Answer: (c) QRSP
P : but they Q : became R : and paralysed S : lifeless
(a) PQRS
(b) RQSP
(c) RSPQ
(d) PQSR
Answer: (d) PQSR
P : generally the Q : is closed R : by nine in the evening S : hospital
(a) PSRQ
(b) PSQR
(c)RSPQ
(d)RPSQ
Answer: (b) PSQR
P : a great comfort for Pan Singh Q : to find Doctor Sahib R : but it is S : in his room
(a) PQRS
(b) SPQR
(c) RQPS
(d) RPQS
Answer: (d) RPQS
P : bad luck Q : the doctor R : listens to S : the story of Pan Sindh’s
(a) QRSP
(b) QRPS
(c) SPRQ
(d) PRSQ
Answer: (a) QRSP
P : Pan Singh’s wound Q : dressed properly R : he feels that S : must be
(a) RPQS
(b) RSQP
(c) RPSQ
(d) PQRS
Answer: (c) RPSQ
P : the office Q : worked late at R : Charlie S : one night
(a) SRQP
(b) SQPR
(c) RPSQ
(d) RQSP
Answer: (a) SRQP
P : in a hurry Q : to his apartment R : he was S : to get
(a) RPSQ
(b) RPQS
(c) PQSR
(d) QSPR
Answer: (a) RPSQ
P : the sub-way Q : so, he decided R : from Grand Central S : to take
(a) QSRP
(b) PQRS
(c) SRQP
(d) QSPR
Answer: (d) QSPR
P : he ducked Q : into R : an S : arched doorway
(a) PQSR
(b) RQPS
(c) PQRS
(d) SRQP
Answer: (c) PQRS
P : causes Q : mental agony R : a deep S : physical impairment
(a) SPQR
(b) SPRQ
(c) RQPS
(d) RQSP
Answer: (b) SPRQ
P : it gives Q : a deep R : birth to S : inferiority complex
(a) PQSR
(b) PRSQ
(c) PRQS
(d) PQRS
Answer: (c) PROS
P : the person Q : gets alienated R : mainstream of life S : from the
(a) PQSR
(b) PRSQ
(c) PQRS
(d) RSPQ
Answer: (a) PQSR
P : withdrawal Q : solace in R : he finds S : and self-pity
(a) RQSP
(b) PQSR
(c) SPQR
(d) RQPS
Answer:(d) RQPS
P : Japan is Q : at present R : blow of a tsunami S : reeling under the
(a) PQRS
(b) PQSR
(c) RSQP
(d) RSPQ
Answer:(b) PQSR
P : it is a Q : great as the R : catastrophe as S : Second World War
(a) PRSQ
(b) QSRP
(c) PRQS
(d) SQRP
Answer: (c) PRQS
P : by youngsters Q : healthy home cooked R : is no longer cherished S : food
(a) QSPR
(b) PSQR
(c) SQPR
(d) QSRP
Answer: (d) QSRP
P : spiders don’t Q : get caught R : own webs S : in their
(a) PQRS
(b) PQSR
(c) PRSQ
(d) PSRQ
Answer: (b) PQSR
Nation/are/precious/property/of/children/every/most/the
Children are the most precious property of every Nation.
appreciation/day/ deserves/themes/children's
Children's Day deserves appreciation themes.
our/they /makers/policy/future/are
They are our future policy makers.
trying/ by/never/fail/ few
Few fail by never trying.
shirk from/trying/do not
Do not shirk from trying.
yourself/avoid/ and /all/negative thoughts/believe/in
Believe in yourself and avoid all negative thoughts.
pleased/ God/brings/prosperity/rain
Pleased God brings rain and prosperity.
over pleased/he/when/havoc/but/cause
But cause havoc when he is over pleased.
blessings/one/rain/nature/of/wonders/is/the/and/of
Rain is one of the blessings and wonders of nature.
and /lovely/ I /A/ of/ house/have/in front/ Garden/ my /small
I have a small and lovely garden in front of my house.
Marigold/Roses/of/many/has/like/flowers/jasmines/varieties/it/and
Many flowers like marigold, roses and jasmines has varieties.
the/plant/the/of/Tulsi/ Garden/ middle/ in/is/there/the
There is the Tulsi plant in the middle of the garden.
for/ my/me/my/birthday/puppy/parents/cute/ gifted/little/a
My parents gifted me a cute little puppy for my birthday.
the/he/I/him/time/Tommy/tail/all/because/his/wages/call
All the time Tommy wages his tail because I call him.
and/ I/him/the/I/him /from/when/return/take/ Garden/ play/ to/with
I take him to the garden to play and I return back with him.
the/and/cup/seeds/my/them/Garden/collect/I/from/ plant/in
I plant seeds in my garden and collect them in a cup.
birthdays/them/ their/gift/friends/to/ I/my/ on
On my friends' birthday I gift them their gifts.
my / plants/ sad/ I/if/harms/feel/someone/or/breaks
I feel sad if my someone harms or breaks my plants.
told/to/my/had/mother/bicycle/ me/out/my/not/go/on
My mother had told me not to go out on my bicycle.
her/when/the/disturbed/sleeping/I/was /afternoon/she/in
She was sleeping in the afternoon when I disturbed her.
the/ suddenly/I/ground/fell/and/on/slipped
Suddenly I slipped and fell on the ground.
alike/a/that/Cricket/old/attacks/is/ game/young/ and
Cricket is that game which attracts young and old alike.
the/of/since/ball/have/my/days/had/great/for/fascination/I/childhood
Since my childhood days I had the great fascination of ball
cricket/I/the/of/friends/play/in/company/always/ my
I always play cricket in the company of my friends.