PQRS ordering — Build the atmospheric sentence: It was a soft summer evening, in keeping with my mood, as I walked sedately in the direction of the new house (with step-by-step reasoning).

Given data

• P: ‘‘in keeping with my mood’’
• Q: ‘‘a soft summer evening’’
• R: ‘‘as I walked sedately’’
• S: ‘‘in the direction of new house’’

ApproachAfter the cleft ‘‘It was …’’, supply the predicate nominative (Q). Then add the parenthetical mood phrase (P), the temporal/attendant circumstance clause (R), and the destination complement (S).

AssemblyQ → P → R → SFinal sentence: ‘‘It was a soft summer evening, in keeping with my mood, as I walked sedately in the direction of the new house.’’

Common pitfallsDo not start with P; it requires a prior referent (the evening) to make sense.

Final AnswerQRPS