Class - XI - English Grammar
Sentence Reordering or Rearrangement: Sentence rearrangement is an exercise in rearrangement of jumbled words, slash phrases to make sentences that are complete and make sense. Sentences are made up of different grammar units and these units are broken up and deliberately jumbled up in order to create a ‘rearrangement or reordering of sentences’ exercise. These jumbled words and phrases need to be rearranged in a proper order to form a grammatically correct meaningful sentence.
Things to remember
1. First, look for the subject and the predicate which contains the verb.
2. Look for the helping verbs, objects, adjectives, adverbs and other parts of speech. Arrange them in a way that makes sense.
3. Read the sentence carefully after rearrangement. It should make sense and be grammatically correct.
4. Don’t forget to count the words as it should be the same as given in the jumbled-up sentence.
5. Don’t use any other words other than the ones given in the sentence.
6. Students can use trial and error methods in complex and large disordered sentences.
Q1. Look at the words and phrases given below. Rearrange them to form meaningful sentences:
(1) Ramesh/the park/a boy/met/one day/in
(2) was/old/young boy/seven years/the/only
(3) asked/the nearest/he/bookstore/about/him
(4) wanted/buy/he/to/books/a few
(5) is/as/known/Jaipur/Pink City.
(6) in the/are/building/city/in pink colour/ painted/most of the
(7) have made / a popular / it / its / historical buildings / destination/ tourist.
(8) go there / one / bus / from Delhi / can easily / by
(9) wear / these / people / a majority / of / days / a watch
(10) time / it / in / measures / seconds / and / hours / minutes
(11) shapes / different / a wristwatch / sizes / and / is available /in
(12) like / digital / while / prefer / wristwatches / mechanical ones / others / some people
(13) easy/very/it/to open/it/was
(14) to sleep/night/decided/every/they/a hotel/in
(15) quickly/very/the clothes/they/and food/packed.
(16) the/problem/bags/heavy/in carrying/ had/they
Answers
(1) One day Ramesh met a boy in the park.
(2) The young boy was only seven years old.
(3) He asked him about the nearest bookstore.
(4) He wanted to buy a few books.
(5) Jaipur is known as Pink City.
(6) Most of the buildings in the city are painted in pink colour.
(7) Its historical buildings have made it a popular tourist destination.
(8) One can easily go there by bus from Delhi.
(9) A majority of people wear a watch these days.
(10) It measures time in hours, minutes and seconds.
(11) A wristwatch is available in different shapes and sizes.
(12) Some people like digital wristwatches while others prefer mechanical ones.
(13) It was very easy to open it.
(14) They decided to sleep in a hotel every night.
(15) They packed the clothes and food very quickly.
(16) They had problems in carrying the heavy bags.
Practice questions
1. trees/industry/on/the/is/oil/reliant
2. acquire/do/kind/we/what/of/woods/goods/the/from
3. by/were/farmers/the/exploited/Indian/English/the
4. exorbitant/farmers/taxes/poor/pay/were/to/forced/the
5. a/ strong/ has/ animal/ affinity/ he /with
6. advocated/ release/ birds/ he/ caged/ the/ for/ of
7. to/ be/ her/ Sudha/ the/ hard/ class/ is/ working/ in/ order/ best
8. continues/ passage/ of time/ unabated/ The
9. things/ is/ this/ why/ are/ constantly/ shifting
10. change/ law/ in/ is/ a natural/ fact
11. during/ forests/ forces/ provide cover for/ battles/ our
12. age/ to/ the/ under/ of/ Children/ are not permitted/ eighteen/ drive
13. the/ their room/ are/ boys/ lesson/ reviewing/ the/ In
14. last/ was/ the railway/ Sunday/ particularly/ platform/ busy
15. on the platform/ vendors with/ were/ wares/ their/ selling/ flowers/ sweet-smelling/ the
16 where / a / for / and / reading / are / a library / stored / place / books / is / kept
17. a / books / of / good / all kinds / library / found/ are / in
18. the / had / crying / been / child / the / hours / two / last / for
19. fly / to escape / south / starvation / to / chill / and / they
20. they / in the hall / for / two hours / watching / had been / television
21. blessings / you / all / on / may / showered / be
22. it / is / life / we / what/mak
23. age/of/at/a/five/years/child/not/much/does/understand.
24. architecture / I would / like to / books / on / look at / indian / the
25. than / no / mist / sooner / did / the / the / disappeared / sun / rise
Answer Key
1. The oil industry is reliant on trees.
2.What kind of goods do we acquire from the woods?
3.The Indian farmers were exploited by the English.
4. The poor farmers were forced to pay exorbitant taxes.
5.He has a strong affinity with animals.
6.He advocated for the release of caged birds.
7.Sudha is working hard in order to be the best in her class.
8.The passage of time continues unabated.
9.This is why things are constantly shifting.
10.Change is, in fact, a natural law.
11.During battles, forests provide cover for our forces.
12.Children under the age of eighteen are not permitted to drive.
13.In their room, the boys are reviewing the lesson.
14.Last Sunday, the railway platform was particularly busy.
15.The vendors with sweet-smelling flowers were selling their wares on the platform.
(16) A library is a place where books are kept and stored for reading.
(17) All kinds of books are found in a good library.
(18) The child had been crying for the last two hours.
(19) They fly to south to escape chill and starvation.
(20) They had been watching television in the hall for two hours.
(21) May all blessings be showered on you
(22) We make life what it is.
(23) At five years of age, a child does not understand much.
(24) I would like to look at the books on Indian architecture.
(25) No sooner did the sun rise, than the mist disappeared.
Sentence Reordering or Rearrangement: Sentence rearrangement is an exercise in rearrangement of jumbled words, slash phrases to make sentences that are complete and make sense. Sentences are made up of different grammar units and these units are broken up and deliberately jumbled up in order to create a ‘rearrangement or reordering of sentences’ exercise. These jumbled words and phrases need to be rearranged in a proper order to form a grammatically correct meaningful sentence.
Things to remember
1. First, look for the subject and the predicate which contains the verb.
2. Look for the helping verbs, objects, adjectives, adverbs and other parts of speech. Arrange them in a way that makes sense.
3. Read the sentence carefully after rearrangement. It should make sense and be grammatically correct.
4. Don’t forget to count the words as it should be the same as given in the jumbled-up sentence.
5. Don’t use any other words other than the ones given in the sentence.
6. Students can use trial and error methods in complex and large disordered sentences.
Q1. Look at the words and phrases given below. Rearrange them to form meaningful sentences:
(1) Ramesh/the park/a boy/met/one day/in
(2) was/old/young boy/seven years/the/only
(3) asked/the nearest/he/bookstore/about/him
(4) wanted/buy/he/to/books/a few
(5) is/as/known/Jaipur/Pink City.
(6) in the/are/building/city/in pink colour/ painted/most of the
(7) have made / a popular / it / its / historical buildings / destination/ tourist.
(8) go there / one / bus / from Delhi / can easily / by
(9) wear / these / people / a majority / of / days / a watch
(10) time / it / in / measures / seconds / and / hours / minutes
(11) shapes / different / a wristwatch / sizes / and / is available /in
(12) like / digital / while / prefer / wristwatches / mechanical ones / others / some people
(13) easy/very/it/to open/it/was
(14) to sleep/night/decided/every/they/a hotel/in
(15) quickly/very/the clothes/they/and food/packed.
(16) the/problem/bags/heavy/in carrying/ had/they
Answers
(1) One day Ramesh met a boy in the park.
(2) The young boy was only seven years old.
(3) He asked him about the nearest bookstore.
(4) He wanted to buy a few books.
(5) Jaipur is known as Pink City.
(6) Most of the buildings in the city are painted in pink colour.
(7) Its historical buildings have made it a popular tourist destination.
(8) One can easily go there by bus from Delhi.
(9) A majority of people wear a watch these days.
(10) It measures time in hours, minutes and seconds.
(11) A wristwatch is available in different shapes and sizes.
(12) Some people like digital wristwatches while others prefer mechanical ones.
(13) It was very easy to open it.
(14) They decided to sleep in a hotel every night.
(15) They packed the clothes and food very quickly.
(16) They had problems in carrying the heavy bags.
Practice questions
1. trees/industry/on/the/is/oil/reliant
2. acquire/do/kind/we/what/of/woods/goods/the/from
3. by/were/farmers/the/exploited/Indian/English/the
4. exorbitant/farmers/taxes/poor/pay/were/to/forced/the
5. a/ strong/ has/ animal/ affinity/ he /with
6. advocated/ release/ birds/ he/ caged/ the/ for/ of
7. to/ be/ her/ Sudha/ the/ hard/ class/ is/ working/ in/ order/ best
8. continues/ passage/ of time/ unabated/ The
9. things/ is/ this/ why/ are/ constantly/ shifting
10. change/ law/ in/ is/ a natural/ fact
11. during/ forests/ forces/ provide cover for/ battles/ our
12. age/ to/ the/ under/ of/ Children/ are not permitted/ eighteen/ drive
13. the/ their room/ are/ boys/ lesson/ reviewing/ the/ In
14. last/ was/ the railway/ Sunday/ particularly/ platform/ busy
15. on the platform/ vendors with/ were/ wares/ their/ selling/ flowers/ sweet-smelling/ the
16 where / a / for / and / reading / are / a library / stored / place / books / is / kept
17. a / books / of / good / all kinds / library / found/ are / in
18. the / had / crying / been / child / the / hours / two / last / for
19. fly / to escape / south / starvation / to / chill / and / they
20. they / in the hall / for / two hours / watching / had been / television
21. blessings / you / all / on / may / showered / be
22. it / is / life / we / what/mak
23. age/of/at/a/five/years/child/not/much/does/understand.
24. architecture / I would / like to / books / on / look at / indian / the
25. than / no / mist / sooner / did / the / the / disappeared / sun / rise
Answer Key
1. The oil industry is reliant on trees.
2.What kind of goods do we acquire from the woods?
3.The Indian farmers were exploited by the English.
4. The poor farmers were forced to pay exorbitant taxes.
5.He has a strong affinity with animals.
6.He advocated for the release of caged birds.
7.Sudha is working hard in order to be the best in her class.
8.The passage of time continues unabated.
9.This is why things are constantly shifting.
10.Change is, in fact, a natural law.
11.During battles, forests provide cover for our forces.
12.Children under the age of eighteen are not permitted to drive.
13.In their room, the boys are reviewing the lesson.
14.Last Sunday, the railway platform was particularly busy.
15.The vendors with sweet-smelling flowers were selling their wares on the platform.
(16) A library is a place where books are kept and stored for reading.
(17) All kinds of books are found in a good library.
(18) The child had been crying for the last two hours.
(19) They fly to south to escape chill and starvation.
(20) They had been watching television in the hall for two hours.
(21) May all blessings be showered on you
(22) We make life what it is.
(23) At five years of age, a child does not understand much.
(24) I would like to look at the books on Indian architecture.
(25) No sooner did the sun rise, than the mist disappeared.
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