Sentence rearrangement (PQRS) — Form a coherent news-style line about a French woman in Calcutta committing suicide: choose the correct order of R, P, S, Q following the given starter 'A French woman'.
-
APRQS
-
BQSRP
-
CRPSQ
-
DSRQP
Answer
Correct Answer: RPSQ
Explanation
Given data
- Starter: 'A French woman'
- R: who had come to Calcutta
- P: committed suicide
- S: by jumping from the first floor balcony of the hotel
- Q: where she had put up
Concept/ApproachModify the noun with a relative clause (R), state the main action (P), add instrumental/manner phrase (S), then attach the locative relative clause (Q) referring to 'the hotel'.
Step-by-step reconstruction1) R qualifies 'A French woman' → 'who had come to Calcutta'.2) P gives the principal event → 'committed suicide'.3) S explains manner → 'by jumping from the first floor balcony of the hotel'.4) Q finalizes place reference → 'where she had put up' ('where' refers back to 'hotel').Sequence: RPSQ.
VerificationFull sentence: 'A French woman who had come to Calcutta committed suicide by jumping from the first floor balcony of the hotel where she had put up.'
Common pitfallsPlacing Q before S breaks the referent chain, as 'where' must follow 'hotel'.
Final AnswerCorrect order: RPSQ.