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In order to perform well in this section, one has to read every sentence carefully, concentrate on the meaning of the passage and then form a sequence at the level of idea. A few simple rules of grammar help to deliver the right order. Words, preferably sentence linkers like 'then', 'so', 'now', 'afterwards', 'finally', etc. help in understanding the sequence of events.
Illustrations
- A noun precedes a pronoun and the noun helps identify the pronoun it has to be followed by. Look at the following sentences.
- A king lived in Central India.
- He was handsome but very vain.
- We can easily understand that the pronoun 'he' refers to the person (king) in the earlier sentence.
- The definite article 'the' generally follows a sentence where an indefinite article (a or an) is used. Look at these sentences :
- A king lived in Central India.
- The king was handsome but very vain.
- It can be understood that sentence '2' should follow sentence '1' since the definite article 'the' is used in sentence '2'.
- Certain words, say sentence linkers help us decide the sequence of sentences leading to the order of sentences. Look at the following sentences.
- The king was hands0ome but very vain.
- He did not care for the ruling of his people.
- As a result / So the people became poorer and sadder.
- Sentence '1' started with a noun and the sentence '2' with a corresponding pronoun 'he' for 'the king', and the sentence '3' with a sentence linker 'so' or a phrase 'as a result' linking the earlier sentence.
Practice Examples
Re-arrange the scrambled sentences in each set to form meaningful paragraphs.
- SET A
- Then he taught them to perform on command.
- It is said that if you are fortunate enough to see them blow bubbles you will be lucky in marriage.
- The trio were taught to take in the air from the trainers oxygen tank.
- Three bubble-blowing belugu whales are a big attraction at the Aquas Aquarium in Japan.
- A trainer noticed them casually blowing rings on their own
- SET B
- For days before it starts on a journey, a camel does nothing but eat and drink.
- So the camel's hump is a storage place for fat, which the camel's body will use up during the journey.
- Where other animals would die for lack of food and water, the camel gets along nicely because it carries its food and water with it.
- The camel is called 'the ship of the desert' and there is good reason for it.
- It eats so much that a humb of fat, may be weighting as much as 100 pounds, rises on its back.
- SET C
- When two men met it was the custom for them to hold each other's open hands to show there was no weapon there.
- Thieves lurked about in the dark and men carried swords for defence.
- Thus, through time, men came to regard the holding of each other's hands as a greeting and a sign of friendship.
- When they were gripping each other's hands, they knew there could be no danger from one another.
- In olden days there were no lighted streets and no police men.
- SET D
- "It'll take you only two minutes."
- One day, his housekeeper told him that she was going to visit her sister.
- "Boil yourself an egg for dinner while I'm away", she said.
- When she returned she found Sir Isaac looking at an egg in his hand while his watch boiled in the Pan.
- Sir Isaac Newton was a very absent-minded scientist.
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