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Sentence rearrangement (PQRS) — Form a coherent news-style line about a French woman in Calcutta committing suicide: choose the correct order of R, P, S, Q following the given starter 'A French woman'.

Difficulty: Medium

Correct Answer: RPSQ

Explanation:


Given data

  • Starter: 'A French woman'
  • R: who had come to Calcutta
  • P: committed suicide
  • S: by jumping from the first floor balcony of the hotel
  • Q: where she had put up


Concept/Approach
Modify the noun with a relative clause (R), state the main action (P), add instrumental/manner phrase (S), then attach the locative relative clause (Q) referring to 'the hotel'.


Step-by-step reconstruction
1) R qualifies 'A French woman' → 'who had come to Calcutta'.2) P gives the principal event → 'committed suicide'.3) S explains manner → 'by jumping from the first floor balcony of the hotel'.4) Q finalizes place reference → 'where she had put up' ('where' refers back to 'hotel').Sequence: RPSQ.


Verification
Full sentence: 'A French woman who had come to Calcutta committed suicide by jumping from the first floor balcony of the hotel where she had put up.'


Common pitfalls
Placing Q before S breaks the referent chain, as 'where' must follow 'hotel'.


Final Answer
Correct order: RPSQ.

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