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Sentence sequence (PQRS) — Compose the narrative: I don’t remember the exact date, but when I left Lucknow in 1984 I saw a man dying in front of a hospital, hit apparently by a fast-moving car (logic and cohesion shown).

Difficulty: Easy

Correct Answer: SQPR

Explanation:


Given data

  • P: ‘‘I saw a man dying in front of a hospital’’
  • Q: ‘‘but when I left lucknow in 1984’’
  • R: ‘‘hit apparently by a fast moving car’’
  • S: ‘‘the exact date’’


Approach
Complete the object of ‘‘remember’’ first (S). Then join the contrastive time clause (Q), add the main event (P), and finally the participial detail (R).


Construction
S → Q → P → RFull sentence: ‘‘I don’t remember the exact date, but when I left Lucknow in 1984 I saw a man dying in front of a hospital, hit apparently by a fast-moving car.’’


Checks
Comma placement after the long clause keeps readability; ‘‘hit …’’ clearly modifies ‘‘a man’’.


Final Answer
SQPR

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