Rearrange the following sentence parts labelled P, Q, R and S. P: works of literature; Q: inside the pages of all good; R: lies the truth about some of; S: the more challenging questions posed by humanity
- (a)P R Q S
- (b)Q P R S
- (c)Q P S R
- (d)R P S Q
Correct — B, Q P R S. Read in order, the parts form 'Inside the pages of all good works of literature lies the truth about some of the more challenging questions posed by humanity.' Q begins the fronted prepositional phrase, P completes its noun ('good works of literature'), R is the inverted verb-and-object ('lies the truth about some of'), and S finishes with the noun phrase it points to.
- (a)P R Q S — Starting with the bare noun P ('works of literature') breaks the phrase 'all good works of literature' and leaves the preposition group Q dangling in the middle.
- (c)Q P S R — Ending on R ('lies the truth about some of') leaves the verb cut off with 'some of' pointing at nothing, since its object S has been moved ahead of it.
A jumbled-sentence item with fronted-phrase inversion: the 'Inside the pages ... lies the truth' structure places the location phrase first and the verb before the delayed subject.
No directly related past PYQ was found.
- practice — not a real PYQ
Arrange: P: forgotten temples; Q: deep within the dense jungle; R: stand the ruins of; S: an ancient civilisation
- (a)Q R P S
- (b)P Q R S
- (c)R Q P S
- (d)S P Q R
Answer(a) Q R P S — 'Deep within the dense jungle stand the ruins of forgotten temples of an ancient civilisation.'
- practice — not a real PYQ
Arrange: P: the secrets of; Q: beneath the calm surface of the lake; R: lie hidden; S: a forgotten world
- (a)Q R P S
- (b)P Q R S
- (c)R P Q S
- (d)S Q R P
Answer(a) Q R P S — 'Beneath the calm surface of the lake lie hidden the secrets of a forgotten world.'