Parts of a sentence are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the parts in the correct order to form a meaningful sentence. P) achieve success Q) when you R) and polite S) stay humble

Correct — D. Take each part by what it can grammatically attach to.

S) stay humble is the only part that can open the sentence — a base-form verb with its complement, which is what an imperative needs.

R) and polite is an adjective behind a conjunction, so it must follow another adjective. That adjective is humble, so S is followed by R.

Q) when you is a subordinator plus a subject and needs a verb after it. P) achieve success supplies exactly that.

SRQP reads: Stay humble and polite when you achieve success. That is option (d).

Why the others are wrong

• (a)
  RQPS — It opens the sentence with and polite — a conjunction plus a bare adjective, which cannot begin a clause. It also strands stay humble at the very end, behind the when-clause it should govern.
• (b)
  PQRS — It gives when you and polite stay humble. The subordinator when you is followed by an adjective phrase instead of a verb, so that clause never gets a predicate.
• (c)
  PRQS — It produces achieve success and polite — a noun phrase coordinated with a bare adjective, a pairing nothing in the sentence licenses. Polite is never given an adjective to sit beside.

Part jumbles are solved by attachment, not by meaning.

Each fragment carries a grammatical hook. A conjunction like and must join two items of the same class. A subordinator like when must be followed by a subject and a verb. A bare adjective must sit next to another adjective or behind a linking verb.

Fix the pairs those hooks force — here S+R and Q+P — and four parts collapse into two blocks. Only the order of the two blocks is then left to settle.

Key facts

• A coordinating conjunction such as and joins two items of the same grammatical class, here the two adjectives humble and polite.
• A subordinating conjunction such as when introduces a clause and must be followed by a subject and a finite verb.
• An imperative sentence begins with the base form of the verb and states no subject, as in stay humble.

Common traps

• Answering by meaning alone and picking a string that says something sensible without being a grammatical sentence.
• Reading the parts in their printed order P-Q-R-S because it matches the labels, which is what option (b) offers.
• Starting from and polite because a conjunction looks like a joining word, when a conjunction cannot open the sentence.

No directly related past PYQ was found.