Rearrange the jumbled parts to form a coherent sentence. P: relieve nausea, pain and stress; Q: aromatherapy may also help; R: using lavender oil on their skin; S: but patients are cautioned against
- (a)R Q P S
- (b)S Q P R
- (c)Q P S R
- (d)R P S Q
Correct — C, Q P S R. Read in order the parts form 'Aromatherapy may also help relieve nausea, pain and stress but patients are cautioned against using lavender oil on their skin.' Q opens with the subject ('aromatherapy may also help'), P completes the verb phrase ('relieve nausea, pain and stress'), S introduces the contrast with 'but patients are cautioned against', and R supplies the gerund it governs ('using lavender oil on their skin').
- (a)R Q P S — Beginning with R ('using lavender oil on their skin') leaves the gerund with no verb before it and strands the warning clause S at the very end.
- (b)S Q P R — Opening with the contrast marker 'but' in S makes no sense before any statement has been made.
- (d)R P S Q — Starts with the dangling gerund R and buries the subject clause Q at the end, breaking the sentence apart.
A jumbled-sentence item: the subject clause and its verb come first, then the contrast marker 'but' introduces the caution that governs the final gerund.
No directly related past PYQ was found.
- practice — not a real PYQ
Arrange: P: reduce blood pressure; Q: meditation can also help; R: practising it without guidance; S: but beginners are warned against
- (a)Q P S R
- (b)R Q P S
- (c)S Q P R
- (d)P R S Q
Answer(a) Q P S R — 'Meditation can also help reduce blood pressure but beginners are warned against practising it without guidance.'
- practice — not a real PYQ
Arrange: P: ease muscle pain; Q: physiotherapy may also help; R: doing the exercises too fast; S: but patients are advised against
- (a)Q P S R
- (b)S P Q R
- (c)R P Q S
- (d)P Q S R
Answer(a) Q P S R — 'Physiotherapy may also help ease muscle pain but patients are advised against doing the exercises too fast.'