Given below are four parts of a sentence labelled P, Q, R and S. Choose the sequence that arranges the parts correctly. P: participate in the function; Q: many of the people who had come to; R: the auditorium was over-crowded; S: could not find a seat because

Correct — C, Q P S R. Read in order, the parts form 'Many of the people who had come to participate in the function could not find a seat because the auditorium was over-crowded.' Q carries the subject ('Many of the people who had come to'), P completes the infinitive begun in Q ('to participate in the function'), S states the outcome plus the linker 'because', and R supplies the reason.

Why the others are wrong

• (a)
  P R Q S — Opening with P ('participate in the function') leaves the infinitive with no subject before it and strands the linker 'because' in S at the very end with nothing to explain.
• (d)
  S P R Q — 'could not find a seat because' cannot begin the sentence — it needs the subject group Q first — and it separates 'because' from the reason in R.

A jumbled-sentence item: the subject group opens, the infinitive completes it, and the clause introduced by 'because' must sit right before the reason it points to.

No directly related past PYQ was found.

• practice — not a real PYQ

  Arrange: P: because it was raining heavily; Q: the students; R: could not go out; S: who had come to play

  • (a)Q S R P
  • (b)P Q R S
  • (c)S Q P R
  • (d)R P Q S
  Answer(a) Q S R P — 'The students who had come to play could not go out because it was raining heavily.'
• practice — not a real PYQ

  Arrange: P: to watch the parade; Q: many of the visitors; R: were disappointed; S: because the ground was full

  • (a)Q P R S
  • (b)P Q S R
  • (c)R Q P S
  • (d)S P Q R
  Answer(a) Q P R S — 'Many of the visitors to watch the parade were disappointed because the ground was full.'