Reconstruction of Sentence Questions and Answers

Answer: C

Correct answer: PQRS

The sentence reads:

Within minutes, help can be on its way and chances of survival are increased.

P is an introductory adverbial. Q is the first main clause, R supplies the second subject with and, and S its verb.

Answer: A

Correct answer: SRQP

The sentence reads:

The focus must then be taken away from these thoughts and centred instead on breathing in deeply through the nostrils and out through the mouth.

S gives the subject and verb, R completes taken away from and adds and, Q supplies the second participle, and P completes the pair through the nostrils and out through the mouth.

Answer: C

Correct answer: RPQS

The sentence reads:

As he placed the ring on her finger, the look of joy on her face turned to horror as blood began to drip from the ring.

R is the opening as clause. P is the subject of the main clause and Q its verb, and S is a second as clause giving the cause.

Answer: B

Correct answer: SPRQ

The sentence reads:

Pollution has been defined as the addition of any substance or form of energy to the environment at a rate faster than the environment can accommodate its dispersion, breakdown, recycling or removal.

S completes defined as, P adds the second half of substance or form of energy and the destination, R opens the comparison with at a rate faster than, and Q completes it.

Answer: B

Correct answer: RSPQ

The sentence reads:

This allows students to work free from distraction and forces them to rely on nothing more than the text to derive their answers.

R is the main clause, S completes free and introduces the second verb with and forces, P supplies that verb's object and complement, and Q gives the purpose.

Answer: C

Correct answer: SQRP

The sentence reads:

There are over 31,000 documented meteorites to have been found, although only five or six new ones are found every year.

S is the main clause and Q completes it while opening the concession with although. R is the subject of that clause and P its verb.

Answer: D

Correct answer: SRQP

The sentence reads:

On Saturday morning Rahul jumped out of bed and ran downstairs to see if it was time to go yet.

S sets the time, R gives the first action, Q the second joined by and, and P is the indirect question that see requires.

Answer: C

The sentence uses the structure 'Lest he forget, she put the key in his coat pocket'. 'Lest' (C) introduces the fear or the purpose, followed by the subject and the verb 'he forget' (B), which is in the base form as the word lest requires. The main clause 'she put the key' (D) follows, and the place 'in his coat pocket' (A) closes it. So the order is C, B, D, A. The other orders put the place or the main clause before 'lest', and they do not make a sentence. The answer is CBDA, option C.

Answer: A

The words can be put together as 'She never liked reading about economics, but the book was interesting nevertheless.' Sentence B ('She never liked reading') starts the sentence, D ('about economics') completes the object, C ('but the book was interesting') brings in the contrast, and A ('Nevertheless') comes at the end as an adverb that strengthens the contrast, which is a correct, if less usual, place for it. The other orders start with 'Nevertheless' or put 'about economics' before 'reading' and so they break the grammar. The answer is BDCA, option A.

Answer: A

The correct order is The children went to the park yesterday.

An English statement normally follows subject, verb, then the other parts: the children (subject), went (verb), to the park (place), yesterday (time). When place and time both follow the verb, place usually comes before time.

The children went Yesterday to the park puts time before place and wrongly capitalises yesterday. The two options beginning To the park invert the normal order for emphasis, which is possible in poetry or narrative but is not the ordinary word order the question asks for.