Parts of a sentence are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the parts in the correct order to form a meaningful sentence. P) her face Q) I have R) for a year S) not seen

Correct — C. Read the parts as one present perfect clause and the order settles itself.

Q) I have — subject and auxiliary
S) not seen — the negative sits between the auxiliary and the past participle
P) her face — the object of seen
R) for a year — the duration, which comes last

Q-S-P-R reads: I have not seen her face for a year. That is option (c).

Why the others are wrong

• (a)
  SPQR — SPQR opens with not seen. A negative cannot start the clause, because it has nothing to attach to until the auxiliary have arrives.
• (b)
  PQRS — PQRS puts the object first and pushes the participle to the end: her face I have for a year not seen. The verb group is torn apart.
• (d)
  PSQR — PSQR also leads with the object and then strands the subject behind its own verb: her face not seen I have for a year.

Jumbled-parts items are decided by grammar, not by feel. Find the finite verb, then build outwards from it.

The verb group here is have + not + seen, and English fixes that order: auxiliary, then not, then the participle.

The object follows the verb, and a duration phrase goes to the end of the clause. For plus a stretch of time is the partner of the present perfect, which is the work for a year is doing.

Key facts

• In a negative perfect verb group the order is auxiliary, then not, then the past participle: have not seen.
• For plus a period of time pairs with the present perfect to cover a stretch running up to now.
• A duration phrase normally sits at the end of the clause, after the object.

Common traps

• Starting with the object because it looks like the topic of the sentence
• Separating have from seen by slipping the object between them

No directly related past PYQ was found.