Sentence rearrangement (PQRS): Arrange the historical/economic description to state that there was a time when families produced for themselves most of what they needed for everyday life; choose the correct sequence.

Verbal Ability Ordering of Words Difficulty: Medium
Choose an option
  • A
    QRSP
  • B
    RQPS
  • C
    RSPQ
  • D
    QSRP

Answer

Correct Answer: QSRP

Explanation

Given data

  • Starter: 'There was'
  • Q: a time when each family
  • S: actually produced
  • R: for itself most of the things it
  • P: needed for it everyday life (intended: its everyday life)

Concept/ApproachState the temporal frame (Q), the action (S), its beneficiary/object (R), and finish with the relative completion (P) specifying 'needed...'.

Step-by-step reconstructionCompose: 'There was a time when each family actually produced for itself most of the things it needed for its everyday life.'Sequence: QSRP.

VerificationThe noun-phrase 'most of the things it needed...' is completed correctly at the end.

Common pitfallsSeparating R and P breaks the cohesion of the object clause.

Final AnswerCorrect order: QSRP.

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