Ordering of Words MCQ Set 2
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MCQ Set: 2
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Question No: 6
In the question below, there is a sentence with jumbled up parts. Rearrange these parts, which are labelled A, B, C and D to produce the correct sentence. Choose the proper sequence.
a. She danced with joy
b. that she had topped
c. when she found out
d. the board examination.,br/>
Correct Sequence:
- abcd
- abdc
- acbd
- bcda
Answer and Explanation
Answer: C
Explanation
She was dancing with joy at some positive news (i.e topping the board exams). While the former is the subject of the sentence, the latter is the predicate.
Question No: 7
In the question below, there is a sentence with jumbled up parts. Rearrange these parts, which are labelled A, B, C and D to produce the correct sentence. Choose the proper sequence.
a. She was wishing
b. for her
c. for something
d. that was not good
Correct Sequence:
- abcd
- abdc
- acdb
- bcda
Answer and Explanation
Answer: C
Explanation
The correct sentence: She was wishing for something that was not good for her. She refers to the subject while not good for her is the predicate and was wishing is the verb joining the two.
Question No: 8
In the question below, there is a sentence with jumbled up parts. Rearrange these parts, which are labelled A, B, C and D to produce the correct sentence. Choose the proper sequence.
a. I was certain
b. the management meeting.
c. be allowed to attend
d. that subordinates would not
Correct Sequence:
- abcd
- abdc
- adcb
- bcda
Answer and Explanation
Answer: C
Explanation
Subordinates forms the subject of the sentence while management meeting is the predicate (latter part of the sentence). Some action is required to connect the subject to the predicate which in this case is a verb( would not be allowed to attend). Hence the correct sequence is “adcb”.
Question No: 9
In the question below, there is a sentence with jumbled up parts. Rearrange these parts, which are labelled A, B, C and D to produce the correct sentence. Choose the proper sequence.
a. The managing director
b. in listening to her
c. was not interested
d. explanation about why profits were lessening.
- abcd
- abdc
- acbd
- bcda
Answer and Explanation
Answer: C
Explanation
“The managing director” is the subject of the sentence not interested in listening is the verb or action part and why profits were lessening forms part of the predicate or latter half of the sentence. The entire sentence therefore reads meaningfully if (c) is chosen.
Question No: 10
In the question below, there is a sentence with jumbled up parts. Rearrange these parts, which are labelled A, B, C and D to produce the correct sentence. Choose the proper sequence.
A swathe of the white stuff
A) stretching for maybe fifteen metres
B) lay across the track in front of us
C) and the dirt track reappeared
D) before it petered out
- ABDC
- BCDA
- BADC
- DBAC
Answer and Explanation
Answer: D
Explanation
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