Verbal Aptitude-Jumbled Sentences
Strategies:1. Identify the topic sentence. The topic sentence is the first sentence or introductory sentence that explains what the paragraph is about. You don‘t have to read the entire sentence to identify the topic sentence.
2. Look for the below clue words
a.Chronological Clue words – First, Next, Then, Later, Initially, Subsequently, Finally
b. Contrasting Clue words – However, But, although, yet, rather, while
c. Cause and Effect Clue words – Because, as, since, accordingly, consequently
d. Descriptive Clue words – For example, for instance, such as, in addition, furthermore, also, to begin with, likewise, another.
3. If these clue words are not present, then identify the key word or phrase in the sentence which will help connect the sequential sentence.
Jumbled Sentences--I:
B. An ounce of patience is worth, or at times even better than, a pound of brains.
C. Patience, a virtue, is considered to be even better than wisdom.
D. This is the worst drawback in us, in our national character.
E. Every one of us agrees with this fact in principle, without reservation.
F. But, unfortunately, when it comes to practicing patience, there is a problem.
1. Which of the following should be the FIRST statement after rearrangement?
1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E
2. Which of the following should be the SECOND statement after rearrangement?
1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E
3. Which of the following should be the THIRD statement after rearrangement?
1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E
4. Which of the following should be the FIFTH statement after rearrangement?
1)A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E
5. Which of the following should be the SIXTH (LAST) statement after rearrangement?
1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E
Jumbled Sentences--II:
A. Had it been not for them, Indian banks would have had their hands tied down.
B. Today, almost all the countries are facing the heat of recession.
C. One of these is the strict RBI and SEBI rules which regulated banking sector veryefficiently.
D. This could have led to massive losses to them, which could have percolated to other sectors as well.
E. However, there are a few things which help India in bouncing back from the state of recession.
F. Like others, India too has not remained immune to the epidemic.
6. Which of the following sentences should be the THIRD after rearrangement?
1) A 2) D 3) E 4) F 5) C
7. Which of the following sentences should be the FIRST after rearrangement?
1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E
8. Which of the following sentences should be the SECOND after rearrangement?
1) A 2) B 3) D 4) E 5) F
9. Which of the following sentences should be the SIXTH (LAST) after rearrangement?
1) A 2) E 3) D 4) B 5) F
10. Which of the following sentences should be the FIFTH after rearrangement?
1) B 2) C 3) A 4) E 5) F
Jumbled Sentences--III:
A. I was pleased by their reaction
B. Writing my speech was easy, but I was unsure if I could motivate the employees to donate to those affected by the earthquake.
C. Instead of throwing out their unusable articles, they had transferred them to my office in the name of donations.
D. When a reputed company invited me to deliver a lecture on Corporate Social Responsibility, I agreed.
E. It was an affluent company and the well dressed employees who met me afterwards promised to send lots of donations to my office.
F. What I saw however when I opened the bags of ‗donations‘ they had sent shocked me.
11) Which of the following should be the SECOND sentence after rearrangement?
1) B 2) C 3) D 4) E 5) F
12) Which of the following should be the THIRD sentence after rearrangement?
1) A) 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E
13) Which of the following should be the FOURTH sentence after rearrangement?
1) A) 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E
14) Which of the following should be the SIXTH (last) sentence after rearrangement?
1) B 2) C 3) D 4) E 5) F
15) Which of the following should be the FIRST sentence after rearrangement?
1) A) 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E
Jumbled Sentences--Answers:
I
1 - 3
2 - 2
3 - 5
4 - 1
5 - 4
II
6 - 3
7 - 2
8 - 5
9 - 3
10 - 3
III
11 - 1
12 - 5
13 - 1
14 - 2
15 - 4
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