Multiple choice

Directions: In the following items, some parts of the sentence have been jumbled up. You are required to re-arrange these parts which are labelled P, Q, R and S to produce the correct sentence. Choose the proper sequence and mark in your answer sheet accordingly.

A very old man (P) with a wrinkled face and a long beard (Q) a pretty girl (R) of sixteen (S) married.

The correct sequence should be

  1. P S Q R

  2. S Q P R

  3. S Q R P

  4. R P S Q

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A Correct answer
Explanation

PSQR. A very old man with a wrinkled face and a long beard married a pretty girl of sixteen. The opening of the sentence introduces the subject, the old man. The following segment will give information about the subject. The next segment will introduce the verb or the predicate and the segment after that will introduce the compound subject or the pretty girl. The last segment will give information about the compound subject.