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COMMUNICATION SKILLS

Sanjay Kumar, Currently Associate Professor

of English at JK Lakshmipat University (JKLU), Jaipur Pushp Lata, Currently Head, Department of

Languages, BITS, Pilani


Chapter: 5

Jumbled Sentences


Learning Objectives Understand what a jumbled sentence is.

Learn how to unscramble a Jumbled sentence and put it in correct grammatical structure.

Identify the main clause and the dependent clause of a complex sentence so as to put them in the correct order.

Learn how to construct a well knit paragraph with the help of given sentences.


Let us read the following sentences carefully:

We decorated in white the kitchen last year. Good movies are flop always. All families happy one another resemble. If you have to meet the professor today, you want to take a

leave.

Are these sentences correct? No.


Corrected Version We decorated the kitchen in white last year. Good movies are always flop. All the happy families resemble one another. If you want to meet the professorSo you see, proper sentences are divided into certain phrases and

these phrases were jumbled in the first set which we corrected as shown above.


Steps to Approach Jumbled Sentences

For Simple Sentences: Identify the subject Identify the action (verb) Identify the object Identify the Complement Make the sentence and see if it makes the right sense.


For Complex Sentences

Identify the main clause Identify the subordinate clause Put them in the right sequence to make the sentence.


Example Sita did has not finish / her / yet / work. 1. Identify the subject Sita 2. Identify the action did not finish 3. Identify the Object her work 4. Identify the adverbial adjunct yet Sita did not finish her work yet.


Example

/that / lived in / the hills / I dreamt / I / Himalayas/ of

1. Identify the main clause. I dreamt

2. Identify the subordinate clause that I lived in the hills of Himalayas

3. Make the sentence.

I dreamt that I lived in the hills of Himalayas.


Example

as if/ was the boss / he shouted /he/ 1. Identify the main clause He shouted 2. Identify the subordinate clause as if he was

the boss 3. Make the sentence.

He shouted as if he was the boss.


ExerciseJumbled parts of a sentence are given below. Arrange them to makea meaningful sentences.

1. what you/ will get / you / want.

2. She was/ of her youth/ at that time/in the prime.

3. Mr. Sukhwal /Chennai / living /in/ 2001 /since /has been.

4. did not /called /when /My brother/ respond /I.

5. saw /I /him /A moment /going to/ the Registrar’s /office /ago.


6. the /U.S. /Global Summit /Our Prime Minister /last week/ went to /to attend.

7. yesterday /teacher /scolded/ Our /English /Ram.

8. aside / him /and advised/ buy that carpet /my friend/ not to/ I drew /.

9. ship / finally / sank /The wrecked / collapsed.

10. his youngest son /is /very upset/ because/ Mr. Bajaj / has run / from home / away.

Contd


11. The fire-brigade/ broke out /was / as soon as /fire / called out /.

12. decided / The magistrate/ the defendant off/ to let/ with a caution.

13. he /walked into/ As /the hotel,/ to see / there / he was shocked/ his childhood friend.

14. the installation of / shut down/The factory/ was / during / new machinery.

15. The /unexpected / shocked and angry /attack / left / of the crowd/ the leader /.

Contd


Suggested Answers

1. You will get what you want.2. She was in the prime of her youth at that time. Or

At that time, she was in the prime of her youth.3. Mr. Sukhwal has been living in Chennai since 2001.4. My brother did not respond when I called.5. A moment ago, I saw him going to the Registrar’s office.6. Our Prime Minister went to the U.S. last week to attend the

Global Summit.7. Our English teacher scolded Ram yesterday.


8. I drew my friend aside and advised him not to buy that carpet.

9. The wrecked ship finally collapsed and sank. 10. Mr. Bajaj is very upset because his youngest son has run

away from home. 11. As soon as the fire broke out, the fire brigade was called out. 12. The magistrate decided to let the defendant off with a

caution.13. As he walked into the hotel, he was shocked to see his

childhood friend.14.The factory was shut down during the installation of new

machinery.15. The unexpected attack of the crowd left the leader shocked

and angry.

Contd


Unscrambling a Paragraph

When you get a jumbled paragraph and you are asked to unscramble it, you should:

Try to identify what is the theme / topic of the paragraph Know how the discussion may begin What are the various points being communicated related to the

topic under discussion. Finally what makes the idea complete.


Let us read the following scrambled paragraph and try to learn how to construct an effective paragraph.

Writing an essay is a difficult thing to do. It is hard to organize your thoughts. You may have many different ideas about the subject. It's important to pick an idea that's easy to write about. Brainstorming is a good tool for finding the right idea. Organizing your thoughts is an important first step to writing an essay.


Step one

Try to identify what is the theme / topic of the paragraph Writing an Essay

Step two

Know how the discussion may begin Writing an essay is a difficult thing to do.

Contd


Contd

Step three What are the various points being communicated related to the

topic under discussion. It is hard to organize your thoughts. You may have many different ideas about the subject. It's important to pick an idea that's easy to write about. Brainstorming is a good tool for finding the right idea.

Step four Finally what makes the idea complete. Organizing your thoughts is an important first step to writing

an essay


Writing an essay is a difficult thing to do. It is hard to organize

your thoughts. You may have many different ideas about the subject. It's important to pick an idea that's easy to write about. Brainstorming is a good tool for finding the right idea. Organizing your thoughts is an important first step to writing an essay.

Suggested Answer


Exercise In each of the following questions, there are six sentences

marked S1, S6, P ,Q, R, S. The position of S1 and S6 are fixed. You are required to choose one of the four alternatives which would be the most logical sequence of the sentences in the passage.

(S1) People read and recite the Ramayana P. which refers to those high ideals of human conduct Q. with great devotion, R. that aspect of its greatness S. but they mostly fail to appreciate (S6 ) that this great epic places before us(A) RSPQ (B) SRQP(C) QSRP (D) PRQS Ans. C


(S1) What the country needs P. and change tactics Q. who would encourage players R. are coaches and officials S. to read the game as it progresses (S6) accordingly

(A) RQPS (B) SPRQ (C) QSPR (D) RQSP Ans A

Exercise


(S1) Helped by a rescue party, (P) after spending four nights on the world’s second-highest

mountain (Q) following a climbing disaster (R) on Tuesday morning (S) an Italian climber hobbled on frostbitten feet down K2, (S6) that killed 11 others.

(a) PSQR (b) RSQP (c) SRPQ (d) QPSR Ans. c

Exercise


Recap A jumbled sentence can be unscrambled by identifying and

maintaining correct grammatical order between different parts of a sentence such as its subject, verb, object, complement, adverbial adjunct etc.

In complex sentences, identifying the main and the subordinating clauses can help you unscramble a jumbled sentence.

In unscrambling a paragraph and maintain order in it, you need to put in correct sequence the introducers, developers and terminators besides identifying the central idea expressed through the topic sentence in a paragraph.


Thank You!!!

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