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Sentence reordering (jumbled words): Arrange the numbered fragments to form a grammatically correct sentence using all words exactly once. 1 = 'of' 2 = 'we' 3 = 'heard' 4 = 'him' 5 = 'had' Choose the correctly ordered sentence.

Difficulty: Easy

Correct Answer: We had heard of him.

Explanation:

Given data

  • Fragments: 1=of, 2=we, 3=heard, 4=him, 5=had


Concept/Approach
Form a natural English sentence in the past perfect: Subject + “had” + past participle + prepositional phrase.


Step-by-step ordering
Subject = “we” → 2Auxiliary “had” → 5Past participle “heard” → 3Preposition “of” → 1Object “him” → 4Ordered sequence: 2–5–3–1–4 → “We had heard of him.”


Common pitfalls
Placing “had” after “heard,” which breaks the past perfect form.


Final Answer
We had heard of him.

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