Reconstruction of Sentence Questions and Answers

Answer: A

Correct answer: QSPR

The sentence reads:

A typical Sachin day starts off with an early morning or even a game of cricket on some days.

Q supplies the main verb, so it must follow the subject at once. S completes starts off with, P offers the alternative with or even, and R qualifies that alternative.

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: C

Correct answer: QSPR

The sentence reads:

A policeman, if he has to do well, cannot afford to abide by the strict letters of the law.

Q is a parenthetical if clause and sits between the subject and its verb; S then supplies that verb. P and R complete the infinitive to abide by, which cannot be split.

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: A

Correct answer: PQRS

The sentence reads:

Milton said that those persons would be damned who do not obey God's commands.

P supplies the subject of the that clause and Q its verb. R is a relative clause describing those persons, and S is its object.

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.

Answer: A

Correct answer: PSQR

The sentence reads:

The reporter of the newspaper informs us that Lala Lajpat Rai spent a long period lecturing widely and attracting many American leaders to sympathise with the Indian nationalist position.

P and S together give the verb and its object - what he spent. Q is a participial phrase describing how the time was spent, and R completes attracting… to sympathise.