Each of the following items in this section consists of a sentence, parts of which have been jumbled. These parts have been labelled as P, Q, R and S. Given below each sentence are four sequences namely (a), (b), (c) and (d). You are required to re-arrange the jumbled parts of the sentence and mark your response accordingly.
P: the imagination of children
Q: stories can exercise
R: more than the stories
S: because they tell
The correct sequence should be
- AQRSP
- BSPQR
- CQPSR
- DRSQP
Explanation
Q ('Stories can exercise') is the subject + verb opening; P ('the imagination of children') is the object phrase. S ('because they tell') introduces the reason clause, and R ('more than the stories') completes the comparison. The alternatives scramble the subject and clause order ungrammatically, so only 'Stories can exercise the imagination of children because they tell more than the stories' works. Hence (C) QPSR is correct.