Sentence Rearrangement — GK Questions with Answers

1. Arrange: always / honest / be / should / an / one
   1. One should be always honest an.
   2. One should always be honest.
   3. Always one honest should be.
   4. One should always be an honest.
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   Answer: (B) One should always be honest.

   One should always be honest.

2. Arrange: reads / newspaper / the / father / my / daily
   1. My father reads the newspaper daily.
   2. Daily my reads father the newspaper.
   3. My daily father reads the newspaper.
   4. The newspaper my father daily reads.
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   Answer: (A) My father reads the newspaper daily.

   S-V-O + adverb.

3. Arrange: did / why / you / not / come
   1. You why did not come?
   2. Why you did not come?
   3. Why did you not come?
   4. Why not did you come?
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   Answer: (C) Why did you not come?

   wh + helping verb + subject.

4. Arrange: has / the / train / left / already
   1. The train has already left.
   2. The has train already left.
   3. The train already has left.
   4. Already the has train left.
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   Answer: (A) The train has already left.

   “already” after has.

5. Arrange: lovely / old / a / wooden / box
   1. An old lovely wooden box
   2. A wooden old lovely box
   3. A lovely wooden old box
   4. A lovely old wooden box
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   Answer: (D) A lovely old wooden box

   opinion → age → material.

6. Arrange: sang / she / in / beautifully / the / hall
   1. She sang in the hall beautifully.
   2. She sang beautifully in the hall.
   3. She beautifully in the hall sang.
   4. In the hall she beautifully sang.
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   Answer: (B) She sang beautifully in the hall.

   how → where.

7. Arrange: will / he / come / tomorrow / I / think
   1. Tomorrow I will he think come.
   2. I think he will come tomorrow.
   3. I he think will come tomorrow.
   4. He think I will tomorrow come.
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   Answer: (B) I think he will come tomorrow.

   I think + clause.

8. Arrange: nobody / the / is / in / room
   1. Is nobody in room the.
   2. In the nobody is room.
   3. Nobody the is in room.
   4. Nobody is in the room.
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   Answer: (D) Nobody is in the room.

   S + is + in the room.

9. Arrange: is / the / great / honesty / virtue / a
   1. A great virtue honesty is.
   2. Honesty a is great virtue.
   3. The honesty is great a virtue.
   4. Honesty is a great virtue.
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   Answer: (D) Honesty is a great virtue.

   S + is + complement.

10. Arrange: seldom / visits / he / us
    1. Seldom he visits us.
    2. He seldom visits us.
    3. He visits seldom us.
    4. He visits us seldom the.
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    Answer: (B) He seldom visits us.

    frequency adverb before the main verb.

11. Arrange: money / lend / me / you / can / some
    1. Some can you lend me money?
    2. Can you lend me some money?
    3. You can lend me some money?
    4. Can lend you me some money?
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    Answer: (B) Can you lend me some money?

    Question: Can + subject + verb.

12. Arrange: he / said / he / that / was / tired
    1. Said he that was he tired.
    2. He was said that tired he.
    3. He said that he was tired.
    4. He that said he was tired.
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    Answer: (C) He said that he was tired.

    said that + clause.

13. Arrange: as / I / love / yourself / neighbour / your
    1. As love yourself your neighbour.
    2. Neighbour as love your yourself.
    3. Yourself as your love neighbour.
    4. Love your neighbour as yourself.
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    Answer: (D) Love your neighbour as yourself.

    An imperative.

14. Arrange: reaching / before / left / had / the / I / station / train
    1. The train had left before I reached the station.
    2. I had left the train before reaching the station.
    3. Before the station the train I had left.
    4. The station before the train had I left.
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    Answer: (A) The train had left before I reached the station.

    past perfect + before + simple past.

15. Unscramble the letters: “ethrmo”
    1. mothre
    2. mother
    3. mohter
    4. method
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    Answer: (B) mother

    mother.

16. Unscramble: “iccnsee”
    1. cinesec
    2. seienc
    3. science
    4. scienec
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    Answer: (C) science

    science.

17. Unscramble: “brialry”
    1. libarry
    2. liberty
    3. laborer
    4. library
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    Answer: (D) library

    library.

18. Unscramble: “vnnoregemt”
    1. government
    2. goverment
    3. governant
    4. governmen
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    Answer: (A) government

    government.

19. Unscramble: “itlacme”
    1. cilmate
    2. climate
    3. clitame
    4. claimet
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    Answer: (B) climate

    climate.

20. Which word fits the letters “ctoodr”?
    1. contor
    2. rocdot
    3. doctor
    4. docter
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    Answer: (C) doctor

    doctor.

21. Which word fits the letters “ewintr”?
    1. wenter
    2. twiner
    3. sweater
    4. winter
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    Answer: (D) winter

    winter.

22. 1: Rivers have always shaped human life. P: Because of this, early cities grew along their banks. Q: They gave people water to drink and farm. R: Today they carry goods and make power. S: Floods left fertile soil, so harvests were rich. 6: Protecting rivers means protecting ourselves. Correct order —
    1. PQRS
    2. QSPR
    3. RSQP
    4. SPQR
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    Answer: (B) QSPR

    Q (uses) → S (soil) → P (“this”) → R (today).

23. The sentence that usually begins a paragraph is —
    1. one with an unexplained “he”
    2. one starting with “However”
    3. a general introductory statement
    4. one starting with “Therefore”
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    Answer: (C) a general introductory statement

    A general introductory statement comes first.

24. A sentence starting with “But” most likely —
    1. comes last always
    2. is a title
    3. opens the paragraph
    4. follows a sentence it contrasts with
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    Answer: (D) follows a sentence it contrasts with

    Contrast needs a previous sentence.

25. “Finally” in a sentence suggests that it is —
    1. near the end
    2. in the very middle
    3. always last but one
    4. at the start
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    Answer: (A) near the end

    Towards the end.

26. In PQRS, the pronoun “they” in a sentence must be placed —
    1. before its noun
    2. after the sentence naming the noun
    3. anywhere
    4. at the start
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    Answer: (B) after the sentence naming the noun

    After the antecedent.

27. The best final check in a PQRS question is to —
    1. count the words
    2. guess
    3. read the complete paragraph
    4. choose the longest option
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    Answer: (C) read the complete paragraph

    Read it whole and check the flow.

28. Which expression normally follows “No sooner had he …”?
    1. then
    2. that
    3. when
    4. than
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    Answer: (D) than

    No sooner … than.

29. Which is the correct order of adverbs?
    1. happily in the park yesterday
    2. in the park yesterday happily
    3. yesterday happily in the park
    4. yesterday in the park happily played
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    Answer: (A) happily in the park yesterday

    how → where → when.

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