Question 1

Arrange PQRS — Form the descriptive line: He sat under the boughs of a spreading tamarind tree which flanked a path running through the Town Hall Park (clear modifier placement).

Accepted Answer

Given data P: ‘‘through the Town Hall Park’’ Q: ‘‘which flanked a path running’’ R: ‘‘under the boughs’’ S: ‘‘of a spreading tamarind tree’’ Approach Place the locative prepositional phrase (R + S) immediately after the verb ‘‘sat’’. Then add the relative clause (Q) and complete its complement with P. Assembly R: ‘‘… under the boughs …’’S: ‘‘… of a spreading tamarind tree …’’Q: ‘‘… which flanked a path running …’’P: ‘‘… through the Town Hall Park.’’Final sentence: ‘‘He sat under the boughs of a spreading tamarind tree which flanked a path running through the Town Hall Park.’’ Common pitfalls Avoid splitting ‘‘under the boughs … of a spreading tamarind tree’’; it functions as a single location unit. Final Answer RSPQ

Question 2

Sentence sequence (PQRS) — Compose the narrative: I don’t remember the exact date, but when I left Lucknow in 1984 I saw a man dying in front of a hospital, hit apparently by a fast-moving car (logic and cohesion shown).

Accepted Answer

Given data P: ‘‘I saw a man dying in front of a hospital’’ Q: ‘‘but when I left lucknow in 1984’’ R: ‘‘hit apparently by a fast moving car’’ S: ‘‘the exact date’’ Approach Complete the object of ‘‘remember’’ first (S). Then join the contrastive time clause (Q), add the main event (P), and finally the participial detail (R). Construction S → Q → P → RFull sentence: ‘‘I don’t remember the exact date, but when I left Lucknow in 1984 I saw a man dying in front of a hospital, hit apparently by a fast-moving car.’’ Checks Comma placement after the long clause keeps readability; ‘‘hit …’’ clearly modifies ‘‘a man’’. Final Answer SQPR

Question 3

PQRS ordering — Build the atmospheric sentence: It was a soft summer evening, in keeping with my mood, as I walked sedately in the direction of the new house (with step-by-step reasoning).

Accepted Answer

Given data P: ‘‘in keeping with my mood’’ Q: ‘‘a soft summer evening’’ R: ‘‘as I walked sedately’’ S: ‘‘in the direction of new house’’ Approach After the cleft ‘‘It was …’’, supply the predicate nominative (Q). Then add the parenthetical mood phrase (P), the temporal/attendant circumstance clause (R), and the destination complement (S). Assembly Q → P → R → SFinal sentence: ‘‘It was a soft summer evening, in keeping with my mood, as I walked sedately in the direction of the new house.’’ Common pitfalls Do not start with P; it requires a prior referent (the evening) to make sense. Final Answer QRPS

Question 4

Sentence rearrangement (PQRS): Reorder the given fragments to form a clear, grammatically correct assertion — 'All such students … get success and recognition in every walk of life' — by placing the relative clause, main predicate, and complements i…

Accepted Answer

Given data Starter: 'All such students' P: get success Q: who are honest and hard-working R: and recognition S: in every walk of life (original text had 'very'; standardized to 'every' as a minor typo fix) Concept/Approach A relative clause beginning with 'who' must immediately follow the noun it qualifies ('students'). After qualifying the subject, place the main verb phrase and then add coordinated complement phrases. Step-by-step ordering 1) Attach the qualifier: 'All such students who are honest and hard-working...' (Q)2) State the predicate: '...get success...' (P)3) Add coordination: '...and recognition...' (R)4) Close with the adverbial: '...in every walk of life.' (S)Final sentence: 'All such students who are honest and hard-working get success and recognition in every walk of life.' Common pitfalls Placing P before Q separates the relative clause from 'students', creating ambiguity; placing S before R disrupts the natural flow of complements. Final Answer QPRS

Question 5

Sentence rearrangement (PQRS): Arrange the parts to build a coherent sentence about a master punishing his servant — placing the defining relative clause right after 'the servant' and ordering time/manner phrases logically.

Accepted Answer

Given data Starter: 'The master' P: who was very loyal to him Q: punished the servant R: without giving any valid reason S: when he left the work unfinished Concept/Approach A defining relative clause beginning with 'who' must directly follow its antecedent ('the servant'). Then we can add adverbials of time/cause (S) and manner (R). Step-by-step ordering 1) Main clause: 'The master punished the servant...' (Q)2) Define 'the servant': '...who was very loyal to him...' (P)3) Time/cause adverbial: '...when he left the work unfinished...' (S)4) Manner adverbial: '...without giving any valid reason.' (R)Full sentence: 'The master punished the servant who was very loyal to him when he left the work unfinished without giving any valid reason.' Common pitfalls Placing P away from 'the servant' misassigns the relative pronoun; starting with R or S leaves the main clause incomplete. Final Answer QPSR

Question 6

Sentence rearrangement (PQRS): Reorder the fragments to describe an elderly, frail woman persisting in her mission — ensuring descriptive phrases attach logically before the main clause.

Accepted Answer

Given data Starter: 'With her body' P: dragging her unwilling feet Q: weak and infirm R: doubled with age S: she persisted in her mission Concept/Approach Pile descriptive prepositional and participial phrases after 'With her body' before introducing the main clause. Order the physical condition logically: hunched with age, then general weakness, then the concrete action of dragging feet. Step-by-step ordering 1) 'With her body doubled with age' (R)2) 'weak and infirm' (Q)3) 'dragging her unwilling feet' (P)4) 'she persisted in her mission.' (S)Final: 'With her body doubled with age, weak and infirm, dragging her unwilling feet, she persisted in her mission.' Common pitfalls Starting with S interrupts the descriptive build-up; placing P before R or Q weakens logical sequencing. Final Answer RQPS

Question 7

Sentence rearrangement (PQRS): Reorder the mixed fragments to form a clear prescriptive sentence about how we should read great literature (note: the original line includes an undefined fragment).

Accepted Answer

PRQS

Question 8

Sentence rearrangement (PQRS): Arrange the parts to complete the courteous enclosure sentence — 'I enclose a postal order … which will cover the price of books and the postage.'

Accepted Answer

Given data Starter: 'I enclose' Q: a postal order S: which will cover R: the price of books P: and the postage Concept/Approach State the direct object first, then a defining relative clause ('which...') introducing what the postal order covers, followed by coordinated objects. Step-by-step ordering Construct: 'I enclose a postal order which will cover the price of books and the postage.' → Q → S → R → P. Common pitfalls Putting P before R disrupts the natural 'cover X and Y' rhythm; placing S before Q leaves the relative pronoun without an antecedent. Final Answer QSRP

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