in agriculture and veterinary sciences through P / will be enhanced sharply Q / programmes integrated with general education R / the preparation of professionals S
- (a)SRPQ
- (b)RQPS
- (c)SPRQ
- (d)PQRS
Correct — C, SPRQ. The sentence is 'The preparation of professionals (S) in agriculture and veterinary sciences through (P) programmes integrated with general education (R) will be enhanced sharply (Q).' S is the subject, P and R are two modifiers that narrow it, and Q is the predicate. Note that P ends on the preposition 'through', which must be followed by the noun phrase that opens R.
- (a)SRPQ — Putting R straight after S gives two noun phrases side by side with nothing joining them, and it also leaves 'through' pointing at a verb phrase instead of at a noun.
- (b)RQPS — Opening on R makes 'programmes' the subject of 'will be enhanced', which strands the real subject, 'the preparation of professionals', at the end of the sentence.
- (d)PQRS — P begins with the preposition 'in' and has no subject before it, so it cannot start the sentence, and 'through' is again cut off from its object.
A sentence-ordering item in which a long subject is separated from its verb by two modifying phrases.
The decisive clue is the preposition 'through' printed at the end of P, because a preposition must be followed by its object and only R begins with a noun phrase that can serve. Fixing P before R leaves the subject S to lead and the verb phrase Q to close.
- Reading 'programmes' as the subject simply because it sits next to the verb.
- Leaving a fragment that ends in a preposition without its object.
Asked as an ordering-of-words item — arrange the parts into one grammatical sentence.
No directly related past PYQ was found.
- practice — not a real PYQ
Arrange the parts to form a coherent sentence — (P) through short online courses (Q) will improve steadily (R) the training of teachers (S) in rural schools
- (a)RSPQ
- (b)PQRS
- (c)QRSP
- (d)SPQR
Answer(a) RSPQ — 'The training of teachers in rural schools through short online courses will improve steadily.'
- practice — not a real PYQ
Arrange the parts to form a coherent sentence — (P) of the district hospital (Q) was completed last year (R) the renovation (S) with help from the state government
- (a)PQRS
- (b)QRSP
- (c)RPSQ
- (d)SRQP
Answer(c) RPSQ — 'The renovation of the district hospital with help from the state government was completed last year.'