Sentence Jumbles
In sentence arrangement questions, a
sentence is broken up into four or five segments and jumbled up. The segments
must be sequenced correctly so as to form a coherent sentence that adheres to
the basic grammatical rules and syntax.
Strategies
and Approaches for solving jumbled sentences
Read the jumbled sentence as given and
try figuring out the part with which a sentence can start or end
On the basis of the first pointer,
eliminate the answer options and focus on the ones remaining
Locate the subject as the part
containing it is the one with which the sentence is most likely to start with
Pronouns like they, it, etc. are
unlikely to start a sentence and generally follow the subject
Rearrange the following words/phrases to form meaningful sentences
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Wrong order |
Correct order |
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1. this friday / have / we / a holiday 2. cooks / my mom /delicious food 3. welcomed / every gest / was 4. the thief / arrested / the policeman 5. bakes / a baker / bread 6. of leather / the jacket / was made 7. sipped / some water / the sparrow 8. the computer / is working on / my neighbor 9. our gratitude / to show / we have / to them 10.
if you word hard, / surely / you
will / succeed |
1. We have a holiday this Friday. 2. My mom cooks delicious food. 3. Every guest was welcomed. 4. The policeman arrested the thief. 5. A baker bakes bread. 6. The jacket was made of leather. 7. he sparrow sipped some water. 8. My neighbor is working on the computer. 9. We have to show our gratitude to them. 10.
If you work hard, you will surely
succeed. |
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1. all over the town / spread the / we have / garbage 2. my friend / i received / an email / from 3. the window / smashed / the ball / through 4. is located / the skull / inside / the brain 5. i ran towards / it started raining / and / the bus stop 6. the desert / a camel / carries / trough / travelers 7. prince / the young / far and wide / traveled 8. wind blew / the garden / around / the strong 9. after saying / the prayers / left / the clildren |
1. We have spread the garbage all over the town. 2. I received an email from my friend. 3. The ball smashed through the window. 4. The brain is located inside the skull. 5. It started raining and I ran towards the bus stop. 6. A camel carries travelers through the desert. 7. The young prince traveled far and wide. 8. The strong wind blew around the garden. 9. The children left after saying the prayers. |
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1. a beautiful / I shall / for myself / buy 2. as you listen / to note down / points / it is important 3. most important / of his career / match / it was the 4. in the city / many garden / there are 5. the old / honest person / man / was an 6. the garbage / dispose / properly 7. clappled happily / came in / when santa claus / the children 8. had traveled far / was tired / and / the old man 9. has given / some / our cow / lovely milk today 10. come from / where / did / all the litter |
1. I shall buy a beautiful gown for myself. 2. It is important to note down points as you listen. 3. It was the most important match of his career. 4. There are many gardens in the city. 5. The old man was an honest person. 6. Dispose of the garbage properly. 7. The children clapped happily when Santa Claus came in. 8. The old man had traveled far and was tired. 9. Our cow has given some lovely milk today. 10. Where did all this litter come from? |
Rearrange the following words/phrases to form meaningful sentences
- did black
you the raincoat the one or blue get
Did
you get the blue raincoat or the black one?
- have
machines that do many factories a
lot of the work
Many
factories have machines that do a lot of the work.
- he the race
a to challenged athlete
He
challenged the athlete to a race.
- patient the
spent two elderly hospital in weeks
The
elderly patient spent two weeks in hospital.
- sea has many
millions the deep blue of animals
in it
The
deep blue sea has many millions of animals in it.
- chaotic was
scene it ticket at the desk a
It
was a chaotic scene at the ticket desk.
- enjoyable
pastime fishing is an for some
people
Fishing
is an enjoyable pastime for some people.
- dangerous as
the water it became rose rapidly
It
became dangerous as the water rose rapidly.
- in two hospital the spent elderly patient
weeks
The
elderly patient spent two weeks in hospital.
- confused between proverbs i get
and idioms
I
get confused between proverbs and idioms.
- with of man counterfeit lots the him
money had
The
man had lots of counterfeit money with him.
- secret stash of sweets hidden the boy had a in his bedroom
The
boy had a secret stash of sweets hidden in his bedroom.
Practice Exercise
1.
the furniture / we will sell / in the
market / tomorrow
2.
flowers / bought / these / who /
beautiful
3.
digging / a hole / to bury the gold /
the miser
4.
during the game / the wrong / you
were making / movies
5.
the cake / home from school / when he
returned / his mother baked
6.
in many parts / are found / of the
world / pearl oysters
7.
in the rain / i walked / squelched as
/ my shoes
8.
rumbled / along / in the street / the
car
9.
learning english / i have / for a
long time / been
10.
that his mother / john / tell you /
is in the hospital
11.
all around / dirthy / were scattered
/ clothes
12.
of the principal / welcomed him / the
teacher / on behalf
13.
bank / of my school / in front /
there is a
14.
in the class / seema / of all the
children / is the youngest
15.
as her family / his family / is not
as reach
16.
is the shortest / the class / girl /
emma
17.
smallest continent / australia is the
/ in the world
18.
stops these rays / the ozone layer /
atmosphere / surrounding the earth’s
19.
the boots / the gentleman / who
ordered
20.
his poor mother / he might help / so
that / he went to work
Answers
1.
Tomorrow, we will sell the furniture
in the market.
2.
Who bought these beautiful flowers?
3.
The miser digging a hole to bury the gold.
4.
You were making the wrong moves
during the game.
5.
His mother baked the cake when he
returned home from school.
6.
Pearl oysters are found in many parts
of the world.
7.
My shoes squelched as I walked in the
rain.
8.
The car in the street rumbled along.
9.
I have been learning English for a
long time.
10. John tells you that his mother is in the hospital.
11. Dirty clothes were scattered all around.
12. The teacher welcomed him on behalf of the principal.
13. There is a bank in front of my school.
14. Seema is the youngest of all the children in the class.
15. His family is not as rich as her family.
16. Emma is the shortest girl in the class.
17. Australia is the smallest continent in the world.
18. The ozone layer surrounding the earth’s atmosphere stops these rays.
19. The gentleman who ordered the boots.
20. He went to work so that he might help his poor mother.
Para-Jumbles: Tips, Tricks, and
Strategies
Para-jumbles literally mean jumbled
paragraphs. Para-Jumble refers to a
paragraph wherein the sentences are jumbled. So, we are required to arrange the
sentences in a proper manner such that they link and form a coherent paragraph.
Different
types of Para jumbles:
1. In the first type, 4 or 5 sentences are given, which have to
rearranged them.
2. In the second type, the opening sentence and closing sentence
are already fixed.
Type1: Model
Question
Example1:
Arrange the following sentences in correct order.
A.
Till date it has no cure.
B.
Ebola outbreak is the most deadly virus in human history.
C.
Research is still at large to find the cure.
D.
It has taken numerous lives in Africa.
What
is the correct order of the sentences?
( D )
A.
BDAC B. ABCD C. ACBD D.
BDCA E. ADBC
Explanation: Correct
Option D, as clearly from that Rules of Jumbled Sentence we can verify the
sequence of the paragraph.
1st
sentence B – it starts with the name of a disease. (here, the para is about
Ebola.)
2nd
sentence D – Addresses the effect of Ebola on human beings.
3rd
sentence C – Talking about the cure for the same disease.
4th
sentence A – Stating the results or report of the research. (also, the use of
’till date’ shows that it is the final result, hence it will be the last
sentence. )
Example1:
Arrange the following sentences in correct order.
A: The peasant, the shoemaker, the sweeper and
such other lower classes of India have much greater capacity for work and
self-reliance than you.
B: Remember that the nation lives in the
cottage.
C: They are producing the entire wealth of the
land without a word of complaint.
D: This process of production is going through
long ages.
What is the correct order of the
sentences? ( D )
A. BDAC B.
BDCA C. DCBA D. BACD
Type2: Model Question
In
these questions, each passage consists of six sentences. The opening sentence
and closing sentence are already fixed. The middle four sentences in each have been
jumbled up. These are labelled P, Q, R and S. You are required to find out the
proper sequence of the four sentences.
Example1:
I.
In 1945, America faced two powerful enemies in the world war.
P:
America found conventional weapons insufficient to crush them.
Q:
These were Germany and Japan who posed strong opposition to America.
R:
The result of this was the production of the atom bomb.
S:
The government ordered the scientists to conduct research and produce a new
deadly weapon.
6.
This was the weapon that ended the Second World War.
The
correct order of sentences is: ( A )
A.
QPSR B. PQRS C. QPRS D. PQSR
Example2:
1. Education in India had a glorious
beginning.
P. But after the British rule, it
faced many changes.
Q. It went on for centuries with the
same glory.
R. English as the medium of
instruction had a very great response.
S. One of the changes was the
introduction of English as the medium of instruction.
6. As the Britishers left we had a
complexity of opinions regarding English
Choose the correct order of
sentences. ( B )
a) PORS b) QPSR c)
PQSR d) SRPQ
Basic
Strategies for solving Para-jumble Questions:
1. Scan all the sentences: Read
or Scan all the sentences to get an idea about the topic. Try to figure out
what the paragraph is all about?
2. Check for First sentence: While you go through the labelled sentences,
try to look for one that makes a fresh beginning. It should not be a sentence
that is extending previous ideas. If the Opening and closing sentences are
given, skip this step.
3. Check for Last Sentence: There are multiple options beginning with the
introductory sentence. So, you will need more than one clue. The last sentence
in the paragraph is one that summarizes and has links to previous sentences. If
the Opening and closing sentences are given, skip this step
4. Usage of Pronouns and Acronyms: The sentences, which would have pronouns or
acronyms would be the middle sentences since a paragraph’s first sentence will
carry proper nouns and full forms. Hence, any sentence of the Para-jumble would
be one of the middle sentences.
5. Note the Transitional Words: Observe
the transition words such as ‘also’, ‘as well’, ‘furthermore’, which act as a bridge between
one sentence to another a paragraph. Observing the transition words can lead to
the connecting sentence.
6. Anticipate the order of the sentences: Try generating some kind of order in your
mind, before you look at the options. This tactic will help save the precious
time.
7. See if there are any logical sequences among
sentence pairs: Very often a
pair of sentences can be chronologically arranged because of clues in one of
the sentences. Standard clues include reference to a person or a thing. The
first time such a reference is made, a noun form is used.
8. Confirm the closest option: Having scribbled something like BCDA next to
the question, do check if such an option exists. If you see an option like BDCA
also alongside, then it would make sense to reconfirm the fact that sentence D
follows sentence C. In case there is no
exact match, the judgment about a close option being correct. If there is more
than one such match, then a closer examination is required.
9. The secret of elimination method: One of the last resort in Para jumble is the
rule of elimination method and this is the best method to solve a Para jumble.
Practice
Questions Type1:
1.
A. This includes looking after the
children and doing all of the housework, which is fairly labor intensive.
B. A stereotype that has existed a
long time is that females ought to stay home, taking care of the family once
they got married.
C. Nowadays an ever-increasing number
of women work full time, and in this reality, it is widely believed that house
chores should be shared between men and women equally.
D. One of the reasons for sharing
housework between males and females is to promote gender equality.
Choose
the correct order: (Answer:
A)
A.
CDBA B. BCDA C. ACDB D.
ADCB E. DCBA
2.
A: He was so busy with them that he
did not get time to eat.
B: Thousands of people came to him and
asked different types of questions.
C: No one cared to see that he had his
food or rest that night.
D:Swami Vivekananda once stayed in a
small village.
Choose
the correct order: (Answer:C)
A.
BCDA B. CBAD C. DBAC D.
DBCA
3
Duryodhana was a wicked prince.
P - One day Bhima made Duryodhana fall
from a tree from which Duryodhana was stealing fruits.
Q - He did not like that Pandavas
should be loved and respected by the people of Hastinapur.
R -
Duryodhana specially hated Bhima.
S - Among the Pandavas, Bhima was
extraordinarily strong and powerful.
T - This enraged Duryodhana so much
that he began think of removing Bhima from his way.
Choose the correct order: (Answer:C)
(a) PSQTR (b)
QTPRS (c) QSRPT (d)
PSRQT
Practice
Questions Type2:
1.
1.Mom was pleased to receive your wishes on
her birthday.
P:
Girl! Wishes are more powerful than any other thing in the world.
Q:
Both of us had forgotten the day.
R:
Your letter holds a proof of it.
S:
It was your letter and the card which reminded us of it.
2.Your Mom has forgotten all the bitterness
and sends her blessings to you.
Choose
the correct order: (Answer:
D)
A. PSQR B.
QRSP C. RQSP D. QSPR
2.
I. A century ago, the cinema was just
a mechanical toy.
P: Thus, it gained respectability and
acceptance.
Q: It gradually came to be considered
as an art form of the new era.
R: By the 1920s, even its worst
critics had to take it seriously.
S: Later, it was viewed as an
extension of photography.
II. Finally, it has evolved as the
century’s most potent and versatile art form.
Choose the
correct order: (Answer:
D)
A.PQRS B. SQRP C. SPQR D.
QRSP
3.
I. His wrist watch had gone out of
order.
P: He took it to a watch repairer.
Q: He gave an idea of the likely cost
of the replacement based on the examination of the watch.
R: He found that some parts needed
replacement.
S: The repairer opened the outer case
and checked the parts
II. His estimate appeared reasonable.
Choose
the correct order: (Answer: D)
A.
PQSR B. RQSP C. PSRQ D. RPSQ
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