Cluster · Sentence and Paragraph Rearrangement

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Jumbled Sentences and Paragraph Ordering
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Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the sentences in the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.

A. Intelligent and strikingly attractive, Tess is indisputably the central character of the novel that bears her name.
B. But she is also more than a distinctive individual: Hardy makes her into somewhat of a mythic heroine.
C. Her name, formally Theresa, recalls St. Teresa of Avila, another martyr whose vision of a higher reality cost her, her life.
D. Tess’s story, thus, is a story representing a deeper and larger experience than that of a single individual.

pipeline-1211002
english intermediate

Given here are four sentences. The first sentence is in correct order, while the rest of the sentences are jumbled. Pick the option that gives their correct order.


A. At last I reached my uncle’s beach house.
B. I was determined to enjoy my stay thoroughly.
C. But, somehow, I had forgotten to pack any sunscreen.
D. So, I had packed everything I might need.

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english intermediate

Given below are four jumbled sentences. Select the option that gives their correct order.


A. When the convicts were led out to work, the convoy soldier noticed that one of the prisoners emptied some earth out of his boots.
B. They all denied the knowledge of it.
C. The prison was searched and a tunnel was found.
D. The Governor came and questioned all the prisoners to find out who had dug the tunnel.

pipeline-1211050
english intermediate

Given below are four jumbled sentences. Out of the given options, pick the one that gives their correct order.


A. Susan Reynolds slipped into her car after putting her shopping bags in the trunk.
B. She reached her house and carried the shopping bags in.
C. It was a thirty-minute ride to her home and the traffic was light.
D. She put them down and turned off the alarm.

pipeline-1211216
english intermediate

Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the sentences in the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.

A.They also resolved to impose restrictions on the Russian central bank's ability to access and deploy the country's 'war chest' of an estimated $630 billion in foreign exchange reserves.
B.Saturday's announcement by the US, the UK and European allies, including France and Germany, of a raft of 'further restrictive economic measures' to increase the costs on Russia for its invasion of Ukraine has just raised the risks of a more widespread economic fallout from this war.
C.The immediate impact of these moves on Russia's economy and financial markets have manifested in a sharp depreciation in the value of the Rouble.
D.With a view to further isolating Russia from the international financial system, the Western allies decided to block 'selected' Russian banks from the SWIFT messaging system that banks and financial institutions use to validate and complete international payment transactions.

pipeline-1210996
english intermediate

Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the sentences in the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.

A.It is unquestionably evident that this virus brought misery and grief into the lives of the people of other professions too.
B.Covid-19 changed the form and face of every field in the world. It did not leave any field untouched.
C.One of the most affected areas is education. Millions of students all over the world could not get a proper education.
D.Millions of the teachers who are working, specifically in private educational institutes, were not paid full salary during the pandemic.

pipeline-1210997
english intermediate

Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the sentences in the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.

A. When the fish at last had been safely landed, I asked the brothers if they ate fish.
B. The condition that I put was that they had to help me land another fish for my men.
C. On receiving their eager answer that they most certainly did, I told them I would give them the fish we had just landed.
D. To this they readily agreed and the wait started again.

pipeline-1211003
english intermediate

Given here are four sentences. The first sentence is in correct order while the rest of the sentences are jumbled. Pick the option that gives their correct order.


A. Basking in the sun for some time regularly is recommended for improving one’s physical condition.
B. One should, however, exercise caution while exposing oneself to the sun.
C. To be more specific, it builds up resistance to infections and tones up the whole system.
D. This is because too much exposure to the sun may prove harmful to health.

pipeline-1211019
english intermediate

Given below are six sentences. A and F are the first and the last sentences. The rest of the sentences namely B, C, D and E are jumbled. Select the option that gives their correct order.


A. It was a bright, cold day.
B. The ground was covered with a sleet that had frozen.
C. But it was difficult to stand or walk on the glassy surface.
D. I took my dog for a little walk up the road.
E. The dog slipped and I fell twice, hard.
F. I got back home in the afternoon.

pipeline-1211045
english intermediate

Given below are six sentences. A and F are the first and the last sentences. The rest of the sentences namely B, C, D and E are jumbled. Select the option that gives their correct order.


A. It was noon and by now the two bandits were very hungry.
B. Now the one who was guarding the treasure thought, “It is a pity that this treasure has to be divided between two.”
C. So they decided that one of them would stay near the treasure and guard it.
D. And the other one would go to the neighbouring village and buy some food.
E. The one who stayed back, placed his sword near the treasure and kept guard while the other set off in the direction of the village.
F. “It would be so much simpler if I could take it all.”

pipeline-1211051
english intermediate

Select the option that arranges the given sentences in the correct sequence The first sentence is in the correct position.


A. Most large companies these days employ trained psychologists.
B. Later, the psychologists also develop such models for lower level positions in the company.
C. To create these competency models, the psychologists ask senior managers to identify the capabilities that are typically needed for such roles.
D. Their job is to develop ‘competency models’ to aid the companies in identifying, training, and promoting likely managers who could take on leadership roles.

pipeline-1211014
english intermediate

Given here are four sentences. The first sentence is in correct order, while the rest of the sentences are jumbled. Pick the option that gives their correct order.



A. A UN body today said that there is no threat to urban areas of India from locusts.
B. After that they will return to Rajasthan from where they originated.
C. In June and July swarms may reach the states of Bihar and Odisha.
D. However, their impact in big cities like Delhi may not be felt as swarms fly over urban areas without troubling humans.

pipeline-1211010
english intermediate

Some sentences are given below. While the first and the last sentences (1 and 2) are in the correct order, the sentences in between are jumbled up. Arrange the sentences in the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.

1.Ranga is the accountant’s son.
A.He returned to his village after his studies were over.
B.He is one rare breed of village folk who loved studies.
C.On his return the villagers milled around his house to see whether he has changed or not.
D.He had gone to Bangalore to pursue his studies.
2.His idea about marriage are now quite different.

pipeline-1211215
english intermediate

Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the sentences in the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.

A. Their brother, John, is more blatantly hostile to Jane, reminding her that she is a poor dependent of his mother.
B. Orphaned as an infant, Jane Eyre lives at Gateshead with her aunt, Sarah Reed, as the novel opens.
C. Her female cousins, Georgiana, and Eliza, tolerate, but don't love her.
D. Jane is ten years old, an outsider in the Reed family.

pipeline-1210993
english intermediate

Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the sentences in the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.

A.In its most humble function, it is a necessary guide without which progress from place to place would be a ceaseless experiment; it is a sustenance without which organised society would be impossible, thus the Road moves and controls all history.
B.The Road is one of the great fundamental institutions of mankind.
C.It is the Road which controls the development of strategies and fixes the sites of battles. It is the Road that gives framework to all economic development. It is the Road which is the channel of all trade, and, what is more important, of all ideas.
D.Not only is the Road one of the great human institutions because it is fundamental to social existence, but also because its varied effects appear in every department of the State. It is the Road which determines the sites of many cities and the growth and nourishment of all.

pipeline-1211004
english intermediate

Select the option that arranges the given sentences in the correct sequence. The first sentence is in the correct position.


A. A traffic policeman usually stands at the junction of roads.
B. With these signs, he either stops people and vehicles, or allows them to pass by.
C. He wears a white uniform and a pair of white gloves.
D. Sometimes he stands on a high platform at the junction or under a flyover.
E. In one hand he carries a red or green, lighted rod or a metal sign plate that says ‘STOP’.

pipeline-1211032
english intermediate

Given here are four sentences. The first sentence is in correct order, while the rest of the sentences are jumbled. Pick the option that gives their correct order.


A. The Brahman used to teach pupils from time to time.
B. This young man knew that the Brahmin was in possession of a certain spell.
C. He had one pupil of whom he thought very highly.
D. But he didn’t know what the spell could do.

pipeline-1211029
english intermediate

Given below are four jumbled sentences. Select the option that gives their correct order.


A. Plants on the farms died whenever the wind brought ashes from the volcano.
B. And birds fell from the sky, dying before they reached the ground.
C. After the eruption of the Paricutin volcano, for 100 miles no green thing, not even grass, could live.
D. The volcano had brought complete ruin to seven villages in the valley.

pipeline-1211033
english intermediate

Select the option that arranges the given sentences in the correct sequence. The first sentence is in the correct position.


A. At a school function, after the school prayer, the Principal welcomes the chief guest.
B. This is followed by a variety entertainment programme by the school children.
C. The function comes to an end with the national anthem.
D. Then, the chief guest gives his speech and distributes prizes to students.
E. The assistant principal then proposes the vote of thanks.

pipeline-1211027
english intermediate

Given below are six sentences. A and F are the first and the last sentences. The rest of the sentences namely B, C, D and E are jumbled. Select the option that gives their correct order.


A. When they reached the great city, they were frightened by the size of it and by the crowds in the streets.
B. However, they visited every street, stopping wherever they saw a crowd.
C. They were afraid they would not even recognise him, for they had not seen him for fifteen years.
D. They felt that their son would be somewhere among those people.
E. But they did not know how to find him.
F. They hoped for a chance meeting.

pipeline-1211034
english intermediate

Given here are four sentences. The first sentence is in correct order, while the rest of the sentences are jumbled. Pick the option that gives their correct order.


A. On the last day of the training, I received an e-mail from my training manager, Jane.
B. I wondered if I had done anything wrong.
C. She had called me to her office.
D. Once I had skipped classes to watch a movie and a football game.

pipeline-1211028
english intermediate

Select the option that arranges the given sentences in the correct sequence The first sentence is in the correct position.


A. Mrs. Salmon who lived in 15, Northwood Street had been unable to sleep.
B. He had a hammer in his hand and had just come out of her house.
C. But when she went to the window she saw Adams standing on the steps of Mrs. Parker’s house.
D. She heard a door click shut and thought it was her own gate.

pipeline-1211017
english intermediate

Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the sentences in the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.

A. One morning the Giant was lying awake in bed when he heard some lovely music.
B. Then the Hail stopped dancing over his head, and the North Wind ceased roaring, and a delicious perfume came to him through the open casement. “I believe the Spring has come at last,” said the Giant; and he jumped out of bed and looked out.
C. It was really only a little linnet singing outside his window, but it was so long since he had heard a bird sing in his garden that it seemed to him to be the most beautiful music in the world.
D. It sounded so sweet to his ears that he thought it must be the King’s musicians passing by.

pipeline-1210994
english intermediate

Given below are four jumbled sentences. Select the option that gives their correct order.


A. Soon I reached the churchyard.
B. To my surprise, I immediately came upon the convict.
C. He was sitting on a tombstone with his back towards me.
D. I went up and touched him gently on the back.

pipeline-1211040
english intermediate

Given below are six sentences. A and F are the first and the last sentences. The rest of the sentences namely B, C, D and E are jumbled. Select the option that gives their correct order.


A. The doctor left three different medicines with instructions for giving them.
B. Back in the room, I wrote the boy’s temperature down.
C. He seemed to know all about influenza.
D. He also said there was no danger if you avoided pneumonia.
E. He said there was nothing to worry if the fever didn’t go above one hundred and four degrees.
F. I also made a note of the time to give the various medicines.

pipeline-1211035
english intermediate

Given here are four sentences. The first sentence is in correct order while the rest of the sentences are jumbled. Pick the option that gives their correct order.


A. Environmental engineers are always trying to find solutions to the problem of pollution.
B. They also have to deal with medical waste and radioactive leakages.
C. The pollution caused by chemicals, oil spills, hazardous and toxic waste is especially dangerous.
D. We can help them by avoiding such pollutants and by segregating waste for easy processing.

pipeline-1211020
english intermediate

Given here are four sentences. The first sentence is in correct order, while the rest of the sentences are jumbled. Pick the option that gives their correct order.


A. Raja Ravi Verma was a famous Indian painter.
B. He was also known for making affordable prints of his paintings available to the public.
C. His works were a fusion of European art and Indian sensibility.
D. This enhanced the interest of public in fine arts.

pipeline-1211025
english intermediate

Given here are four sentences. The first sentence is in correct order, while the rest of the sentences are jumbled. Pick the option that gives their correct order.


A. Both, sympathy and empathy are important in life.
B. Our relationships surely improve as we generate understanding, loyalty and higher productivity.
C. But of the two, empathy is certainly more important.
D. When we empathise with our customers or employees what is the change in our relationships?

pipeline-1211031
english intermediate

Given here are four sentences. The first sentence is in correct order, while the rest of the sentences are jumbled. Pick the option that gives their correct order.


A. Following at the man’s heels was a big native dog.
B. The animal understood and was worried by the great cold and knew that this was no time for travelling.
C. Having understood the danger of being out there in the cold better than the man, it started barking.
D. It was a wolf dog, gray-coated and not noticeably different from the wild wolf.

pipeline-1211030
english intermediate

Sentences of a paragraph—labelled A, B, C, D—are given below in jumbled order. Select the option that arranges the sentences in the correct logical order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.

A.“A brilliant story about death and the fear of death,” said the original jacket blurb on Don DeLillo’s 1985 novel, White Noise, adding that the book “is a comedy, of course.”
B.The writer that inspired Netflix's latest hit, White Noise, is a dazzling chronicler of modern America, and one of the country’s legendary novelists.
C.So this feels like a good time to look again at White Noise’s author, and consider why Don DeLillo is one of the great novelists of our time.
D.This month, Noah Baumbach’s Netflix film, White Noise, dazzles its way on to our screens, and we’re promised ‘a fascinating, invigorating spectacle’, a ‘thrillingly original’ blast of cinematic lustre.

pipeline-1211177
english intermediate

Given below are six sentences. A and F are the first and the last sentences. The rest of the sentences namely B, C, D and E are jumbled. Select the option that gives their correct order.


A. Indeed, Kondiba, the beggar, had saved a life.
B. However, word soon began to spread about the beggar’s courage.
C. By afternoon Kondiba was back on the streets of Bombay with his gunny sack.
D. But his own still had to go on, and for him this meant begging.
E. His picture and the story of his daring rescue were published in many newspapers.
F. Suddenly Kondiba became a hero.

pipeline-1211036
english intermediate

Given below are six sentences. A and F are the first and the last sentences. The rest of the sentences namely B, C, D and E are jumbled. Select the option that gives their correct order.


A. The well was highly useful to the people who lived in the surrounding huts.
B. The well was dangerous: but it had been there for so long that no one worried about it.
C. Consequently, the mouth of the well had gradually widened as the soil and rocks on the side fell in.
D. There had never been any money for a wall around the well.
E. They had dug it two years before because the only water tap in the colony was not enough for the slum’s growing population.
F. Apart from a chicken that had fallen in and had been rescued, the well seemed harmless.

pipeline-1211052
english intermediate

Given below are four jumbled sentences. Select the option that gives their correct order.


A. But on the day when my story begins, it was a winter evening, icy-cold and misty.
B. Sometimes when the weather was clear, I could see ships anchored a little way out from the shore.
C. These were prison ships, full of convicts and their guards.
D. We lived on the edge of the marshes, near the sea.

pipeline-1211049
english intermediate

Given below are four jumbled sentences. Select the option that gives their correct order.


A. The boy was the only son of a poor widow.
B. Sultan Gayasuddin was a famous Pathan king who ruled over eastern India.
C. One day, while he was hunting, one of his arrows killed a little boy.
D. Crying and wailing, the woman reported the matter to the magistrate, who was known as Qazi.

pipeline-1211037
english intermediate

Given here are four sentences. The first sentence is in correct order, while the rest of the sentences are jumbled. Pick the option that gives their correct order.


A. Johann was so different.
B. Elise often worried he was too different.
C. He also knew about secret waterfalls in the heart of the deep woods and he showed them to her.
D. Johann worked with his hands and he knew things about the stars and the position of the sun.

pipeline-1211011
english intermediate

Given here are four sentences. The first sentence is in correct order, while the rest of the sentences are jumbled. Pick the option that gives their correct order.



A. World Environment Day is celebrated on 5 June every year by the UN.
B. In 2019, more than 130 countries participated actively and supported it.
C. It is the UN’s most impactful campaign for spreading awareness to conserve our environment.
D. Over the years this campaign has become the means for public participation.

pipeline-1211012
english intermediate

Select the option that arranges the given sentences in the correct sequence. The first sentence is in the correct position.


A. An ancient sage was teaching his disciples the art of archery.
B. The first disciple was then asked to describe what he saw.
C. He asked his disciples to aim at the eye of the bird.
D. He put a wooden bird as the target on the branch of a tree.

pipeline-1211018
english intermediate

Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the sentences in the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.

A. The sharp increase in our consumption of fossil fuels has led to their depletion at an alarming rate.
B. Unchecked burning of fossil fuel is like an unchecked dripping tap which will eventually run dry.
C. The toxic pollutants released from burning these fuels are also a cause for concern.
D. This has led to the tapping of various non-conventional sources of energy that are cleaner alternatives to fossil fuels.

pipeline-1210998
english intermediate

Parts of a sentence are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the parts in the correct order to form a meaningful sentence.

a) is credited with saying
b) do not dry your feet
c) If you want to leave your footprint on the sands of time,
d) Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, former President of India

pipeline-1210995
english intermediate

Given below are four jumbled sentences. Select the option that gives their correct order.


A. I was brought up by my sister, who was much older than me.
B. I never knew my father or mother.
C. They died when I was very young.
D. She married the village blacksmith, Joe Gargery, and I must say that he was much kinder to me than she was.

pipeline-1211046
english intermediate

Given here are four sentences. The first sentence is in correct order, while the rest of the sentences are jumbled. Pick the option that gives their correct order.


A. Puller sat back and closed his eyes.
B. In his mind’s eye he took a trip through Fort Leavenworth, a place he had often been to in his career.
C. He opened his eyes.
D. His photographic memory clicking away, Puller kept up his mental scroll until he came to the answer.

pipeline-1211016
english intermediate

Given below are four jumbled sentences. Select the option that gives their correct order.


A. It burst from the inside of the earth and tumbled over the edge.
B. A stream of lava began to rush from the crater of the volcano.
C. It travelled slowly across the valley destroying everything that came in its way.
D. Then it rolled down the side of the volcano in a heavy stream, 20 feet thick and 200 feet wide.

pipeline-1211048
english intermediate

Given below are six sentences. A and F are the first and the last sentences. The rest of the sentences namely B, C, D and E are jumbled. Select the option that gives their correct order.


A. All three went home with the young man, who told them his story.
B. The circus people had taken him away from his village.
C. Then one day, a rich lady gave the circus people a sum of money and adopted him.
D. For three years he had travelled with them through many countries.
E. As he was intelligent, he was sent to school and college.
F. As the old lady had no children of her own, she left all her money to him.

pipeline-1211047
english intermediate

Identify the option that arranges the given parts in the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.

a) Though she was a woman of slim build
b) Mrs. Hima Raman used to teach us geography at school
c) she was remarkably strong and energetic
d) She had beautiful eyes and a sharp nose

pipeline-1211001
english intermediate

Given here are four sentences. The first sentence is in correct order, while the rest of the sentences are jumbled. Pick the option that gives their correct order.


A. The Rajasthani men’s style of dressing is very classical.
B. How the pagri is tied varies according to the region the people belong to.
C. It is commonly known as ‘pagri’ or ‘safa’.
D. The turban forms the most traditional form of their dress.

pipeline-1211023
english intermediate

Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the sentences in the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.

(A) I must tell you that I am referring to the tax year which began on 1 April
(B) Let me be the first to wish you a very happy New Year
(C) In case none of your friends or family did so
(D) Now, before you ask whether the spring sunshine has gone to my head

pipeline-1211168
english intermediate

Given here are four sentences. The first sentence is in correct order, while the rest of the sentences are jumbled. Pick the option that gives their correct order.


A. Tilly saw the sea slowly rise, and start to foam and bubble.
B. Her Geography teacher had shown her class the video.
C. She had explained that tsunamis can be caused by earthquakes, landslides and volcanoes.
D. She remembered that she had seen this in a video of a tsunami.

pipeline-1211015
english intermediate

Given here are four sentences. The first sentence is in correct order, while the rest of the sentences are jumbled. Pick the option that gives their correct order.


A. It rained heavily last winter and the little stream near our house became a big river.
B. Luckily the water did not reach any of the houses in our village.
C. But the river carried away our beautiful wooden bridge.
D. It burst its bank and the fields all round were soon full of water.

pipeline-1211021
english intermediate

Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the sentences in the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.

A. The first time that I was seated behind a curtain in a dining car, I felt as if the curtain had been dropped on my selfhood and could never adjust to the separate waiting rooms, separate eating places, separate rest rooms, partly because the separate was always unequal, and partly because the very idea of separation did something to my sense of dignity and self-respect.
B. One Sunday, we went to church in Simsbury, and we were the only Negroes there and on Sunday mornings I was the religious leader and spoke on any text I wanted to 107 boys.
C. Just before going to college I went to Simsbury, Connecticut, and worked for a whole summer on a tobacco farm to earn a little school money to supplement what my parents were doing.
D. After that summer in Connecticut, it was a bitter feeling going back to segregation and it was hard to understand why I could ride wherever I pleased on the train from New York to Washington and then had to change to a Jim Crow car at the nation’s capital in order to continue the trip to Atlanta.

pipeline-1210992
english intermediate

Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the sentences in the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.

A. It was in this spirit that my little ones crept about me the other evening to hear about their great-grandmother Field, who lived in a great house in Norfolk (a hundred times bigger than that in which they and papa lived), which had been the scene—so at least it was generally believed in that part of the country—of the tragic incidents which they had lately become familiar with from the ballad of the Children in the Wood.
B. Here, Alice put out one of her dear mother’s looks, too tender to be called upbraiding.
C. Children love to listen to stories about their elders when they were children ; to stretch their imagination to the conception of a traditionary great-uncle, or grandame, whom they never saw.
D. Certain it is, that the whole story of the children and their cruel uncle was to be seen fairly carved out in the wood upon the chimney-piece of the great hall— the whole story down to the Robin Redbreasts—till a foolish rich person pulled it down to set up a marble one of modern invention in its stead, with no story upon it.

pipeline-1211005
english intermediate
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