Directions: 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.
has become (P) / ever since the COVID-19 pandemic began, (Q) / a fixture of everyday life (R) / calibrating disease-related risk (S)
- AQSPR
- BSRQP
- CPQRS
- DQPRS
Explanation
The time clause ever since the COVID-19 pandemic began opens, giving Q, followed by the gerund subject calibrating disease-related risk, giving S. The verb phrase has become follows, giving P, completed by the complement a fixture of everyday life, giving R. The sentence reads ever since the COVID-19 pandemic began, calibrating disease-related risk has become a fixture of everyday life. The time-clause-to-subject-to-verb order confirms QSPR.