takes the longest P that never started Q the job R to finish S
- (a)P R Q S
- (b)R Q P S
- (c)S Q R P
- (d)P Q R S
Correct — B, R Q P S. Reassembled, the parts read: 'The job (R) that never started (Q) takes the longest (P) to finish (S).' R gives the subject 'the job', Q is a relative clause modifying it, P is the main verb phrase 'takes the longest', and S ('to finish') completes 'takes the longest to finish'.
- (a)P R Q S — P ('takes the longest') is a verb phrase and cannot open the sentence; it has no subject in front of it.
- (c)S Q R P — Starting with S ('to finish') is ungrammatical, and it strands the subject 'the job' in the middle.
- (d)P Q R S — Same verb-first fault as (a); the subject 'the job' (R) must precede the verb 'takes' (P).
This is a sentence-rearrangement item — the subject (R, 'the job') comes first, its relative clause (Q, 'that never started') next, then the main verb phrase (P) and the infinitive completion (S).
No directly related past PYQ was found.
- practice — not a real PYQ
Arrange the parts into a sentence: 'runs the deepest (P) / that says the least (Q) / the river (R)'.
- (a)R Q P
- (b)P R Q
- (c)Q R P
- (d)R P Q
Answer(a) R Q P — 'The river that says the least runs the deepest'; subject R first, relative clause Q, then verb P.
- practice — not a real PYQ
Arrange the parts into a sentence: 'wins the race (P) / that keeps steady (Q) / the runner (R)'.
- (a)R Q P
- (b)P Q R
- (c)Q R P
- (d)R P Q
Answer(a) R Q P — 'The runner that keeps steady wins the race'; subject leads, then its clause, then the verb.