The exhibition committee P. attractive and useful Q. to make exhibition R. making efforts S. has been The proper sequence should be
- (a)Q S R P
- (b)S R Q P
- (c)Q P S R
- (d)S P Q R
Correct — B, S R Q P. 'The exhibition committee' needs a finite verb, and S ('has been') supplies it; 'has been' can only be completed by an -ing form, which locks R ('making efforts') immediately after it; Q ('to make exhibition') then states the purpose of those efforts; and P ('attractive and useful') is the complement of 'make', which must follow its object — giving 'The exhibition committee has been making efforts to make exhibition attractive and useful.'
- (a)Q S R P — It follows the subject with an infinitive, so 'The exhibition committee to make exhibition has been…' leaves the opening without a finite verb of its own.
- (c)Q P S R — It has the same opening fault, and it ends on 'has been making efforts', which strands the purpose phrase at the front of the sentence far away from the efforts it explains.
- (d)S P Q R — It gives 'has been attractive and useful', which makes the committee itself attractive and useful, and it leaves 'making efforts' dangling at the end with nothing to attach to.
An ordering item built on a verb chain — an auxiliary that demands an -ing form, followed by a purpose infinitive with its own object and complement.
The strongest single clue is 'has been'. It is an incomplete verb group and the only fragment that can finish it is 'making efforts', so that pair is fixed before any option is examined, and the two sequences that open with Q are eliminated together. The verb 'make' in the pattern 'make something attractive' also takes an object plus a describing word after it, which fixes P at the end. The sentence prints 'to make exhibition' without an article; that is how the booklet has it and it has been kept unchanged, though ordinary English would say 'to make the exhibition attractive and useful'.
- The present perfect continuous is built as has/have + been + the -ing form, as in 'has been working since morning'.
- 'Make' can take an object followed by an adjective describing the result, as in 'the news made him anxious'.
- Starting the sentence with an infinitive phrase and leaving the subject with no finite verb.
- Attaching 'attractive and useful' to the committee instead of to the exhibition.
Asked as a jumbled-word item where an unfinished auxiliary fixes one pair immediately and halves the options.
The spirit of man P. has slowly and painfully surmounted Q. and his growing intelligence R. all the obstacles that have come in his way S. has faced all kinds of dangers
- (a) Q P S R
- (b) S Q P R
- (c) R P Q S
- (d) P R Q S
Answer(b) S Q P R
Both are settled by matching each subject to the finite verb that completes it. There two subject-and-verb units are threaded together by 'and'; here 'The exhibition committee' has to be joined to 'has been', which in turn can only be finished by an -ing form.
- practice — not a real PYQ
Which sequence makes a correct sentence — The municipal board P. cleaner and safer Q. to make the market R. has been S. taking steps
- (a)R S Q P
- (b)Q R S P
- (c)S Q R P
- (d)R P Q S
Answer(a) R S Q P — 'has been' must be completed by 'taking steps', and 'make' takes its object before the describing words.
- practice — not a real PYQ
Which sequence makes a correct sentence — The new coach P. fitter and faster Q. the whole squad R. has been S. working hard to make
- (a)R S Q P
- (b)S R Q P
- (c)Q P R S
- (d)R Q S P
Answer(a) R S Q P — the auxiliary takes the -ing form, and 'make' is followed by its object and then the describing words.