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Arrangement of Jumbled Words

  • Jumbled Sentences are a must for good English. This is usually known by many names like rearranging of words, rearranging sentences jumbled words, word order exercises, make a sentence with the word, put the words in the correct order to make sentences, sentence order, sentence formation.

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Arrangement of Jumbled Words

  • The basic order of words in a sentence is:

subject + verb + object.

  • But in an interrogative sentence, a question word (who, what, when, where, etc.) precedes the subject.
  • If there is a helping verb along with the main verb, then it comes after the question word and before the subject. To this basic structure, different elements can be added.

For example, noun phrases, adjective phrases, subject complements, types of clauses and so on.

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�Let us rearrange the words to make a meaningful sentence:�

  • stood / first / term / first / who / the / in / class / ? / in.

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  • A . First who stood in the class in first term?
  • B . Who stood first in class in the first term?
  • C . Who in stood first in the first term class?
  • D . In class in the first term who stood first?

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The correct option is: Option B

Explanation:

  • The structure in this sentence complies with the basic structure:�subject (Who) + main verb (stood) + verb complement (first) + prepositional phrases (in class, in the first term).
  • 'Who' is an interrogative pronoun that also functions as the subject.�
  • Hence B is correct.�

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Why other options are incorrect

  • Option A:

The order does not create a meaningful sentence. 'First' precedes the subject and does not create a complete meaning.

  • Option C:

The order is a jumble of words which do not form a coherent meaning.

  • Option D:

The prepositional phrases have preceded the subject, which isn't the correct order.�

  • Hence options A, C and D are incorrect.

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�Re-arrange the following words/phrases to make meaningful sentences:�

(a) bring/ festivals / life / colours / to / the / human / of/ a�(b)many/festivals/celebrated/in/types/India/of/are�(c)these/Holi/some/Diwali/of/are/Id/Christmas/and�(d) festival/Holi/the/colours/is/of�(e) celebrated/India/it/over/all/is

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ANSWERS

(a) Festivals bring colours to the life of a human.�(b) In India many types of festivals are celebrated.�(c) Some of these are Holi, Diwali, Id and Christmas.�(d) Holi is the festival of colours.�(e) It is celebrated all over India.

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