to what you can create P control, shift your energy Q instead of worrying about R what you cannot S
- (a)P R S Q
- (b)Q R S P
- (c)S Q R P
- (d)R S Q P
Answer
Why
Correct — D, R S Q P. Reassembled, the parts read: 'Instead of worrying about (R) what you cannot (S) control, shift your energy (Q) to what you can create (P).' R opens the introductory phrase, S ('what you cannot') is its object, Q supplies the verb 'control' plus the main command 'shift your energy', and P ('to what you can create') completes 'shift your energy to...'.
Why the others are wrong
- (a)P R S Q — P ('to what you can create') is a completing phrase that needs the verb 'shift your energy' before it; it cannot lead.
- (b)Q R S P — Q opens with 'control', but 'control' must attach to S's 'what you cannot' that precedes it, so Q cannot start the sentence.
- (c)S Q R P — S ('what you cannot') is a fragment with no lead-in; the introductory 'instead of worrying about' (R) must come first.
Concept
This is a sentence-rearrangement item — the introductory 'instead of...' phrase (R) leads, its object (S) follows, then the main imperative clause (Q) and its completing phrase (P).
Related PYQs
No directly related past PYQ was found.
Practice
- practice — not a real PYQ
Arrange the parts into a sentence: 'focus on the present (P) / instead of dwelling on (Q) / the past (R)'.
- (a)Q R P
- (b)P Q R
- (c)R Q P
- (d)Q P R
Answer(a) Q R P — 'Instead of dwelling on the past, focus on the present'; the introductory 'instead of...' phrase leads. - practice — not a real PYQ
Arrange the parts into a sentence: 'spend it wisely (P) / instead of wasting (Q) / your time (R)'.
- (a)Q R P
- (b)P Q R
- (c)R Q P
- (d)P R Q
Answer(a) Q R P — 'Instead of wasting your time, spend it wisely'; introductory phrase first, then the main command.