Reconstruction of Sentence Questions and Answers

Answer: D

Correct answer: SQRP

The sentence reads:

The claim is not that science is actively anti-moral but that it is without morality of any kind.

Not… but is a fixed pair, and each half must carry its own that clause. S is the first, Q the connective, R the second, and P completes R with of any kind.

Answer: B

“A four-year study conducted by the Infant Testing Centre clearly suggests than with strange adults That babies feel more comfortable around other babies .”

Answer: C

“Long, long, time ago in a country called Chinchinchoo there ruled a noble king Who lived with his virtuous wife and seven daughters- pretty, graceful and well-versed in fine arts.”

Answer: A

Correct answer: PSRQ

The sentence reads:

What we would like to judge in this comprehension exercise is your grasp of the content and also the meanings of the difficult words, phrases and sentence fragments.

P completes the subject clause, so the verb in S must follow it directly. R then adds a second object with and also, and Q supplies the noun phrase that the meanings of requires.

Answer: C

Correct answer: PRSQ

The sentence reads:

This is a letter from a young lady written in the most passionate terms wherein she laments the misfortune of a gentleman who was lately wounded in a duel.

P attaches to letter, and R is a participle describing the same letter, so both stay near it. S opens the wherein clause, and Q is a relative clause describing the gentleman, so it must follow him immediately.

Answer: B

Correct answer: QPSR

The sentence reads:

The boy watched him, with big blue eyes that had an uncanny cold fire in them, and he never said a word.

Q supplies the main verb for the boy. P and S then describe the eyes, and S must follow P because that had… in them is a relative clause needing eyes before it. R joins the second main clause with and.

Answer: C

Correct answer: QRSP

The sentence reads:

At least five persons were killed and 32 injured when a passenger train rammed into a stationary goods train early today.

Q is the only main clause and must open the sentence. R begins the when clause and S completes it. P is a time adverb and goes at the end, where it cannot be mistaken for part of the collision.

Answer: B

Correct answer: RPQS

The sentence reads:

To spend my vacation I am planning to go to the hill station where an acquaintance of my father lives.

R is an infinitive of purpose and is placed first, so P and Q can run on as subject, verb and destination. S is a relative clause describing the hill station and must follow it immediately.