Rearrange the segments P, Q, R and S to form a coherent sentence, then choose the correct order. (P) avenues for the patients to indict (Q) but rarely is it the other way round (R) there are multiple legal (S) the doctors
- (a)SPRQ
- (b)RPSQ
- (c)QRPS
- (d)QSRP
Correct — B, RPSQ. Reading R-P-S-Q gives 'There are multiple legal avenues for the patients to indict the doctors but rarely is it the other way round.' R is the existential opener 'there are multiple legal', P continues with the noun and infinitive 'avenues for the patients to indict', S is the object 'the doctors', and Q adds the contrast that closes the sentence.
- (a)SPRQ — S ('the doctors') is a bare object and cannot open the sentence; the existential clause R 'there are...' must lead.
- (c)QRPS — Q ('but rarely is it the other way round') is a contrast clause introduced by 'but' and cannot begin the sentence — the main statement must come before the contrast.
- (d)QSRP — Like the other 'Q-first' option it opens with the 'but' contrast, which cannot lead, and it also scatters the object 'the doctors' away from the verb 'indict' that governs it.
A sentence-ordering item where an existential 'there are...' clause is stated first and a 'but' contrast clause closes it.
No directly related past PYQ was found.
- practice — not a real PYQ
Arrange to form a coherent sentence: (P) ways for students to reach (Q) but seldom do they use them (R) there are many easy (S) the teachers
- (a)RPSQ
- (b)SPRQ
- (c)QRPS
- (d)QSRP
Answer(a) RPSQ — 'There are many easy ways for students to reach the teachers but seldom do they use them.'
- practice — not a real PYQ
Arrange to form a coherent sentence: (P) routes for buyers to contact (Q) but rarely does the reverse happen (R) there are several online (S) the sellers
- (a)RPSQ
- (b)SPRQ
- (c)QRPS
- (d)QSRP
Answer(a) RPSQ — 'There are several online routes for buyers to contact the sellers but rarely does the reverse happen.'