Sentence arrangement (PQRS) — Order the pieces to express that women who were content being housewives till the other day now sound apologetic about spending their time cooking (with clear grammatical justification).

Given data

• P: ‘‘till the other day’’
• Q: ‘‘who were content being housewives’’
• R: ‘‘about spending their time cooking’’
• S: ‘‘now sound apologetic’’

Concept/ApproachThe head noun ‘‘Women’’ is followed by a defining relative clause (Q) and its time limiter (P). The present assessment is the main clause (S) and the prepositional complement (R) explains ‘‘apologetic’’.

Step-by-step constructionQ: ‘‘Women who were content being housewives …’’P: ‘‘… till the other day …’’S: ‘‘… now sound apologetic …’’R: ‘‘… about spending their time cooking.’’Full sentence: ‘‘Women who were content being housewives till the other day now sound apologetic about spending their time cooking.’’

Final AnswerQPSR