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
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AQRSP
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BRQPS
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CRSPQ
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DQSRP
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.