Given below are four sentences, three of which, are jumbled. Pick the option that gives the correct order. A. Preeti packed a small suitcase, said goodbye to her mother and hurried out of the house to catch the bus to the station. B. Her train would leave at two thirty, and since it would take her at least forty minutes to reach the station, she would not be able to make it. C. Preeti looked at her watch anxiously, it was already two o’clock. D. There was no one else waiting at the bus stop, so it looked as if the bus had just left.
Given below are four sentences, three of which, are jumbled. Pick the option that gives the correct order. A. Preeti packed a small suitcase, said goodbye to her mother and hurried out of the house to catch the bus to the station. B. Her train would leave at two thirty, and since it would take her at least forty minutes to reach the station, she would not be able to make it. C. Preeti looked at her watch anxiously, it was already two o’clock. D. There was no one else waiting at the bus stop, so it looked as if the bus had just left. Correct Answer ADCB
The correct answer is 'ADCB'.
Key Points
- The given sentence is an example of a Sentence Jumble.
- We know that the first statement of a sentence jumbled question is usually an independent general statement, a noun, a universal fact, starting of an incident, or it starts with 'most' or 'once'.
- Part A will be the first sentence because all the Options in the given question starts with Part A. It is the starting of an incident also.
- Part D will be the next sentence because Part A explains Preeti packed a small suitcase, and rushed to catch the bus to the station. And, Part D tells us what Preeti found there.
- Part C will be the next sentence because Part C tells us that Preeti was anxious because the bus had already departed.
- And lastly, Part B will be used.
Correct Paragraph: Preeti packed a small suitcase, said goodbye to her mother, and hurried out of the house to catch the bus to the station. There was no one else waiting at the bus stop, so it looked as if the bus had just left. Preeti looked at her watch anxiously, it was already two o’clock. Her train would leave at two-thirty, and since it would take her at least forty minutes to reach the station, she would not be able to make it.