Jumbled Sentences: How to Rearrange Words Confusedly Said

1. PEL101- COMMUNICATION SKILLS-I LECTURE-10 WEEK-5 DESIGNED BY RuchikaVerma, 13422

2. Learning… ?

3. eating young cookies mother's tree the under fresh-baked his sat a fellow The young fellow sat under a tree, eating his mother’s fresh-baked cookies.

4. JUMBLED SENTENCES

5. What are they? • Words mixed up in a confused manner • Comprehending the meaning is not easy • Rephrasing/ restructuring required

6. How to rearrange the jumbled sentences? • Formula #1 When solving jumbled sentences or "Sequence of Words" type questions, first determine the "Subject" and the “Object".

7. Example /that / lived in / halls / I dreamt / I / marble • Identify the subject. I/ I • Identify the object. Halls.

8. Formula #2 Determine the “Verb" or “Action” of the sentence. Example /that / lived in / halls / I dreamt / I / marble • Identify the verb. Dreamt/ Lived in

9. What we get after these two steps? I dreamt I lived in halls. • Still the connect in the sentence is missing, then…

10. Formula #3 Determine the part of speech of the words left and place them accordingly in the sentence. that –conjunction marble -adjective

11. The meaningful sentence… I dreamt that I lived in marble halls.

12. Let’s make sense… • first makes (a)/ The doctor (b)/ of an illness (c)/ a diagnosis (d). • she decides (a)/ treatment is needed (b)/ what kind of (c)/ Then he or (d). • treated with a (a)/ can be (b)/ Many illnesses (c)/ course of drug (d). • is serious (a)/ may operate (b)/ The doctor (c)/ if the case (d).

13. 5. Post-operative (a)/ for quick recovery (b)/ care is important (c)/ of a patient (d). 6. many miles (a)/ Bees fly (b)/ of nectar (c)/ in search (d). 7. Unlike human (a)/ do not (b)/ have maps (c)/ travellers animals (d). 8. navigate by (a) / different clues (b)/ Instead they (c)/ using many (d). 9. They also (a)/ a compass (b)/ and stars as (c)/ use the sun (d).

14. 10. Tigers and (a)/ miles in search (b)/ known to travel (c)/ of water (d)/ lions are (e). 11. an important (a)/ society, country (b)/ Sports are (c)/ and individual (d)/ part of every (e). 12. Sports are (a)/ the growth of (b)/ necessary for (c)/ the body (d). 13. Fresh (a)/ the body (b)/ They keep (c)/ fit and (d).

15. 14. They give (a)/ the total (b)/ exercise to (c)/ body (d). 15. not only in (a)/ Sports help (b)/ body but (c)/ developing a child’s (d)/ also his mind (e).

16. Answers • badc 10. aecbd • dacb 11. caebd • cbad 12. acbd • cbda 13. cbda • acbd 14. acbd • badc 15. badce • adbc • cadb • adcb

17. Let’s work them out… • I'm/ glasses./ my/ looking/ for/ • Are/ you/ What/ kind of/ reading?/ Book/ • Studying/ at/ economics/ University./ is/ Paul/ National/ Kharkov/ • Is/ working/ moment./ the/ Saudi/ Jack/ at/ Arabia/ in/ • Working/ for/ as/ same/ the/ you?/ company/ Is/ Jennifer/

18. That/ Are /Achievements/Those /Others / The Greatest /Benefit/ •  Is/ Is/ The/ Shining/ The/ To/ The Roof/ Time/Repair /Sun/ When/ • In/Of/ Lies/ Middle/ Difficulty/ Opportunity/ The/ • Is/ To/ Antidote/The/Suffering/ Mental/ Only/ Physical Pain/ • Himself/ Hoists/ Narcissist/ Who/ A/ Someone/ A/Onto/ Pedestal/Is/

19. Danger/ Only/ Short/ Letter/One/ Is/Of/Anger/ • Can/ Indispensable/ Folks/ That/ Look/ So /They/ Seem/ Doing/ Some/ Nothing /Busy/ • Come/ All/ If/ Them/ Our/ Have/ Courage/True/ Dreams/ Pursue/ The/ Can/ We/ To/ • Day/ Work/ Choose/Will/ Love/ Never/ Job/ And/ You/ A/ To/ Your/ Life/ You/ In/Have/A/

20. Up/ Put/ The/ Want/ To/ With/ The/ Rainbow/ Got/ If/ You've/ You/ Rain/ • You/ Go/ To/ To/ It/ Success/ You/ Come/ Doesn't/ • Fails/ The/ Else/ When/ Read/ Instructions/ All/ • They/ And/ Some/ They/ Think/ Ruler/ Are/Inch/ A/ Give/ People/ An/ • Difficult/ Things/ All/Easy/ Before/ They/ Are/ Are/

21. With/ The/Memory/ Diary/ Is/ Us/We/ All/ About/ Carry/ • Knows/ You're/ Being/ Only/ Afraid/ Who/ Is/ Bravery/ The/ One/ •  Attempt /To/ In/ What/ Proportion/ Accomplish/ We/ We/ • And/ Suffering/ Pain/ Is/ Is/ Inevitable/ But/ Misery/ Optional/ • And/ Some/ Permanently/ Mixed/ All/ Up/Like/ Concrete/ Are/ Set/ Minds/

22. Answers • I'm looking for my glasses. • What kind of book are you reading? • Paul Kharkov is studying Economics at National University. • Jack is working in Saudi Arabia at the moment. • Is Jennifer working for the same company as you? • The greatest achievements are those that benefit others.

23. The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining. • In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity. • The only antidote to mental suffering is physical pain. • Someone who hoists himself onto a pedestal is a narcissist. • Anger is Only One Letter Short of Danger. • Some folks can look so busy doing nothing that they seem indispensable.

24. All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them. • Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life. • If you want the rainbow, you've got to put up with the rain. • Success Doesn't Come To You, You Go To It. • When All Else Fails, Read The Instructions. • Give some people an inch‚ and they think they are rulers.

25. All things are difficult before they are easy. • Memory is the diary we all carry about with us. • Bravery is being the only one who knows you're afraid. • We Accomplish in proportion to what we attempt. • Pain and suffering Is Inevitable but Misery Is Optional. • Some minds are like concrete, all mixed up and permanently set.

26. A. The managers are themselves parts of various hierarchies of managerial influence, coupled to one another by explicit and implicit codes of behaviour and information network.B. Management science and MIS have introduced new elements of complexity into the manager’s world.C. Management deals with complex social systems joined by physical and informational mechanisms to other social systems that are the responsibility of other managers.D. If this seems to make the social system appear complex, it is so intended. • (1) DCAB • (2) ADCB • (3) DBAC • (4). CADB

27. What are parajumbles or paragraph anagrams? They are the paragraphs that are jumbled and need to be rearranged to make sense out of them. But how… ?

28. Formula #1 Avoid reading the sentences closely; that is not required and is a waste of time. Inspect the choices; if each of the choices begins with different letters, identifying the sentence to begin the sequence leads to the correct answer.

29. Example 1.Small companies that compete effectively tend to grow, and growth brings increasing complexity and specialization in each function. A. Technologists talk about processes, new materials, and worry about prototype results and technical problems; as regards language and interests, they have little in common with marketing.B.As the company grows it tends increasingly to fragment into separate functional islands, each trying to solve its own problems, each using its own special language and having its own priorities.C. Marketing people, for instance, talk about market segmentation, market growth, promotions and product image, and worry about changes in share.D. Production people talk and worry about industrial relations, people arriving on time, and plant and equipment breakdown and delays.6.They in their turn have little in common with either marketing or the technologists who, they consider, live in ivory towers. 1. DACB             2… BCAD                 3. ACBD                4. CDAB

30. Formula #2 In choices that are closely related, identify a mandatory pair of sentences (two sentences that should form a sequence).

31. Example A.This linking of politics and music is of course ancient and even Aristotle in his book ‘Politics’ said, “We may compare the best form of government to the most harmonious piece of music.”B.Mixing metaphors, Mr. Clinton referred to the symphony so central to western music and said, “It is time both nations heard the musical compositions of each other and understood each other better.”C.The oligarchic and despotic to the more violent tunes; and the democratic to the soft and gentler airs.D.The US President was confident that if governments and people of the two democracies made a determined bid to understand each other’s perspectives scripts, they could create new symphonies.E.Such attempts to secure symphony would be so much better than the individual bids for virtuoso improvisations and adherence to classical compositions.1. BACDE              2. DCAEB                 3. DECAB               4.. BDEAC

32. Formula #3 Look out for quick clues such as pronouns, conjunctions etc. in the beginning of sentences to help you establish a sequence.

33. Example 1.As a senior economist associated with the reforms programme used to say, a sure indication that the new economic policy was succeeding would be when foreign investors start trekking to Delhi in the sweltering heat of May and June.A. If nothing else, India Power ‘94 came as a welcome break to the power ministry; most of the participants had complimentary things to say about government policy.B. And there were would-be entrants like the Hong Kong-based China Light and Power Company who had turned up armed with a fax from the power ministry listing available projects in India.C. Were that the only yardstick, then judging by the attendance at India Power ‘94, at least the reforms in the power sector could be declared a success.D. There were the familiar names – Enron, AES, Cogentrix, and Spectrum Technologies.6.This was in striking contrast to the adverse comments the ministry had been attracting so far.1. ADBC             2. BDCA                 3..CDBA              4. DBCA

34. Formula #4 In six sentences variety, work backward from sentence 6 if there is no obvious clue to work from sentence 1; many a time we overlook the hints that may be valuable

35. Example 1.A recent advertisement of Premier Instruments and Controls Ltd., a leading manufacturer of dashboard instruments, in a financial daily, summed it all up.A. The fact is that executives from companies, ranging from Daimler Benz to General Motors, have been scouring the Indian countryside looking for suppliers of cheap components for products made in their European and American plants.B. It obviously does not even have the time to make the investments required to set up a new plant.C. Today, most Indian automobile component manufactures cannot produce enough to meet demand both domestic and international.D. The company was soliciting spare capacities for the supply of intricate machines and sheet-metal components.6.While some of them do find good deals, many have had to go back empty-handed.1. ADCB            2. CBAD             3.BACD              4.. DBCA

36. Let’s try some more… • He was carrying his jacket and walked with his head thrown back. • As Anette neared the lamp she saw a figure walking slowly. C. For a while Michael walked on and she followed twenty paces behind. • With a mixture of terror and triumph of recognition she slackened her pace. • ABCD 2. BADC 3. BCDA 4. ACBD

37. However, the real challenge today is in unlearning, which is much harder. • But the new world of business behaves differently from the world in which we grew up. • Learning is important for both people and organisations. D. Each of us has a mental model that we have used over the years to make sense. • CADB 2. BDAC 3. CDAB 4. ACBD

38. There was nothing quite like a heavy downpour of rain to make life worthwhile. • We reached the field, soaked to the skin, and surrounded it. • The wet, as far as he was concerned, was ideal. • There, sure enough, stood Claudius, looking like a debauched Roman emperor under a shower. • DCBA 2. ABDC 3. BADC 4. BACD

39. Whenever technology has flowered, it has put man’s language-developing skills into overdrive. • Technical and technoid terms are spilling into the mainstream almost as fast as junk-mail is slapped into e-mail boxes. • The era of computers is no less. • From the wheel with its axle to the spinning wheel with its bobbins, to the compact disc and its jewel-box, inventions have trailed new words in their wake. • “Cyberslang is huge, but it’s parochial, and we don’t know what will filter into the larger culture” said Tom Dalzell, who wrote the slang dictionary Flappers 2 Rappers. • Some slangs already have a pedigree. • BCAD 2. CBAD 3. ABCD 4. DBCA

40. Until the MBA arrived on the scene the IIT graduate was king. • A degree from one of the five IITs was a passport to a well- paying job, great prospects abroad and, for some, a decent dowry to boot. • From the day he or she cracked the joint entrance exam, the IIT student commanded the awe of neighbours and close relatives. • IIT students had, meanwhile, also developed their own special culture, complete with lingo and attitude, which they passed down. • True, the success stories of IIT graduates are legion and they now constitute the cream of the Indian diaspora. • But not many alumni would agree that the IIT undergraduate mindset merits a serious psychological study, let alone an interactive one. • BACD 2. ABCD 3. DCBA 4. BADC

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