ORDERING OF WORDS IN A SENTENCE – PRACTICE TEST 3

1. Lying dead on the roadside(P)/ his uncle saw an old man(Q)/ returning home in the evening(R)/ with his faithful dog standing beside him.(S)

The correct sequence should be

1. PQRS
2. QPSR
3. RQPS
4. QSPR

2. He was scholar who was adored by all those(P)/ who came close to him(Q)/ to the last day of his life(R)/ though not widely known.(S)

The correct sequence should be

1. PSRQ
2. RPQS
3. SRPQ
4. SPQR

3. A couple and their teenage daughter(P)/ in their one room house in North Delhi(Q)/ reportedly committed suicide on Tuesday night (R)/ driven by abject poverty(S)

The correct sequence should be

1. SQPR
2. PSRQ
3. PRSQ
4. SPRQ

4. One should remember that lying at the side of the road(P)/ if we found our neighbor(Q)/ unable to move because of a broken leg(R)/ we should show our neighbourliness.(S)

The correct sequence should be

1. SQPR
2. PQRS
3. QRPS
4. SQRP

5. That he sought my advice(P)/ to such an extent(Q)/ even in private domestic matters(R)/ I won his confidence(S)

The correct sequence should be

1. QRSP
2. QPRS
3. RQSP
4. SQPR

6. It is believed that the tiger(P)/ Mr. Saxena(Q)/ being severely injured in the first encounter(R)/ was too terrified to make a second attempt at shooting(S)

The correct sequence should be

1. RPSQ
2. PRSQ
3. RQSP
4. PSQR

7. I felt like a Cold War spy(P)/ for a moment(Q)/ to whom a critical secret(R)/ had just been revealed(S)

The correct sequence should be

1. PQRS
2. PSQR
3. PRSQ
4. QPRS

8. The dacoit many heinous crimes(P)/ had committed(Q)/ who carried a reward of fifty thousand rupees(R)/ on his head(S)

The correct sequence should be

1. PQRS
2. QPSR
3. RQPS
4. RSQP

9. Although the train was delayed by half an hour, he could not reach the station(P)/ to catch the train(Q)/ in time(R)/ bound for Delhi(S)

The correct sequence should be

1. PQRS
2. PRQS
3. QRPS
4. PSQR

10. When the rain stopped, we set out(P)/ to stay the night(Q)/ where we had planned(R)/ for the next town(S)

The correct sequence should be

1. PQRS
2. QPRS
3. PRQS
4. PSRQ

1. All religions are to advance the cause of peace (P)/ in a holy partnership (Q)/ justice and freedom (R)/ bound together (S)

The correct sequence should be

1. P R Q S
2. P Q R S
3. S Q P R
4. S P Q R

2. Seventy-two people reports PTI (P)/ were affected by food poisoning (Q)/ including several women and children (R)/ of the central part of the city (S)/

The correct sequence should be

1. S P Q R
2. P Q R S
3. R S P Q
4. R S Q P

3. The Prime Minister declared that those states (P)/ will get all help and aid (Q)/ where family planning (R)/ is effected very efficiently (S)/

The correct sequence should be

1. P R S Q
2. P Q R S
3. R S P Q
4. Q P S R

4. Hardly had my brother descended from the plane when the people (P)/ waved and cheered (Q)/ who had come to receive him (R)/ from the lounge (S)/

The correct sequence should be

1. P R Q S
2. P Q R S
3. S P Q R
4. P R S Q

5. My friend when he was going to his office (P)/ met with an accident (Q)/ on his scooter (R)/ due to rash driving (S)/

The correct sequence should be

1. P Q R S
2. P R Q S
3. S R Q P
4. Q S R P

6. The boy said I am not going to the school (P)/ with my friends in the class room (Q)/ where my teacher scolds me (R)/ when I want to play (S)/

The correct sequence should be

1. P Q R S
2. P S Q R
3. S Q P R
4. P R S Q

7. Mohan, the son of my friend, gave me a set of pens (P)/ which is very precious (Q)/ while working in Japan (R)/ who died in an accident (S)/

The correct sequence should be

1. P Q R S
2. S R P Q
3. R S P Q
4. S P Q R

8. The clerk on the desk (P)/ left the money (Q)/ in the safe (R)/ which he should have locked up (S)/

The correct sequence should be

1. P Q R S
2. R S P Q
3. Q P R S
4. Q P S R

9. There must be countries now in which peasants can spend several years in universities (P)/ so that (Q)/ a lot of young persons (R)/ are going without substantial meals (S)/

The correct sequence should be

1. S R Q P
2. P Q R S
3. S Q R P
4. Q P S R

10. Athens it was also (P)/ the first democracy in the world (Q)/ was not only (R)/ an almost perfect democracy (S)/

The correct sequence should be

1. R S P Q
2. P Q R S
3. R Q P S
4. Q P S R

11. The practice of taking performance-boosting drugs among athletes but checking it is not going to be easy (P)/ is generally conceded to be unfair (Q)/ of the detection technology (R)/ for the user is generally one jump ahead (S)/

The correct sequence should be

1. R S P Q
2. Q P S R
3. Q P R S
4. P Q R S

1. When the car passed by he threw a stone, (P)/ raising dust in the road (Q)/ with all his might (R)/ and hit the man who was driving it (S)

The correct sequence should be

1. P Q R S
2. Q P R S
3. R P Q S
4. R P S Q

2. A moment comes when we step out from the old to the new (P)/ which comes but rarely in history (Q)/ and when the soul of a nation (R)/ long suppressed, finds utterance (S)/

The correct sequence should be

1. Q P R S
2. P R S Q
3. Q R S P
4. R S Q P

3. She had a blind belief that inside the bag two or three other children (P)/ there were perhaps (Q)/ which the big man carried (R)/ like herself (S)/

The correct sequence should be

1. Q R P S
2. Q P S R
3. R Q S P
4. R Q P S

4. He approached the teacher at school (P)/ to know (Q)/ in his studies (R)/ how his son was getting on (S)/

The correct sequence should be

1. P Q R S
2. P Q S R
3. Q S R P
4. Q S P R

5. I was so angry that if I had met him in the street (P)/ and not waited to ask him (Q)/ why he had written me an insulting letter (R)/ I would have knocked him down (S)/

The correct sequence should be

1. P S Q R
2. P Q R S
3. S Q R P
4. R S Q P

6. On the contrary, about family planning and its benefits (P)/ to all citizens (Q)/ the Government wants (R)/ to provide information and education (S)/

The correct sequence should be

1. R Q S P
2. S P Q R
3. R S P Q
4. Q P R S

7. In spite of the poor and hungry people (P)/ made by medical sciences (Q)/ the extraordinary progress (R)/ often die (S)/

The correct sequence should be

1. R P S Q
2. R Q P S
3. P Q S R
4. R S P Q

8. that it would affect the investigation process (P)/ they refused (Q)/ of these raids saying (R)/ to divulge the venues (S)/

The correct sequence should be

1. P Q R S
2. S R P Q
3. Q S R P
4. R P Q S

9. that he already has (P)/ buying things (Q)/ that rich man (R)/ goes on (S)/

The correct sequence should be

1. P S Q R
2. R S Q P
3. S Q R P
4. R P Q S

10. the police commissioner rushed (P)/ the crowd (Q)/ to control (R)/ the police force (S)/

The correct sequence should be

1. Q R S P
2. P Q R S
3. P S R Q
4. R S P Q

1. my brother (P)/ to attend his friend’s wedding (Q)/ is going to Chennai (R)/ tomorrow (S)

The correct sequence should be

1. P S Q R
2. Q P S R
3. R Q P S
4. P R S Q

2. quickly (P)/ he gave orders (Q)/ to catch the thief (R)/ to his men (S)/

The correct sequence should be

1. S P R Q
2. Q S R P
3. P S R Q
4. R S P Q

3. to give a definition (P)/ if I were (Q)/ I would begin (R)/ like this (S)/

The correct sequence should be

1. Q P R S
2. P Q R S
3. S R Q P
4. R S P Q

4. deserve all honour in society (P)/ in doing their job well (Q)/ men of conscience who take pride (R)/ whatever its nature (S)/

The correct sequence should be

1. R Q S P
2. Q R P S
3. P R S Q
4. S P Q R

5. while some live (P)/ to eat and drink (Q)/ many do not have enough (R)/ in luxury (S)/

The correct sequence should be

1. P S R Q
2. P R S Q
3. S P Q R
4. R Q S P

6. I believed then that no matter (P)/ one should always find some time for exercise (Q)/ and I believe even now (R)/ the amount of work one has (S)/

The correct sequence should be

1. P R Q S
2. P S R Q
3. R P Q S
4. R P S Q

7. I wonder (P)/ whenever I decide to go to the cinema (Q)/ with my scooter (R)/ why I always have trouble (S)/

The correct sequence should be

1. Q S P R
2. Q R S P
3. P S R Q
4. P R S Q

8. The bird-catcher by means of snares (P)/ knew all the birds of the forest (Q)/ by the hundred (R)/ and was accustomed to capturing the winged creatures (S)/

The correct sequence should be

1. Q P S R
2. Q S R P
3. P Q S R
4. P R Q S

9. Man is a biological being (P)/ his physical and material needs (Q)/ confined to (R)/ not merely (S)/

The correct sequence should be

1. R S P Q
2. S R Q P
3. R P S Q
4. S P R Q

10. A gang of robbers while they were fast asleep (P)/ entered the village (Q)/ and stole the property of the villagers (R)/ at night (S)/

The correct sequence should be

1. Q S R P
2. S Q P R
3. S P Q R
4. Q P S R