Rearrange the following words and phrases to form meaningful sentences.
The first one has been done for you.
on television / a few / appeared / days ago / an advertisement /
An advertisement appeared on television a few days ago
(a)of children / a window / it showed / a group / through / staring out/
(b)he had brought / a cartoon character / with a toy / for them /surprised them /
(c)motorised train set/ could move/ it was a huge/ which / in circles /
(d)happily / for them / were attracted / and parents / children / to thetoy / bought it /
Answers
( b ) A cartoon character surprised them with a toy he had brought for them.
( c ) It was a huge motorised train set which could move in circles.
( d ) Children were attracted to the toy and parents bought it for them happily.
Additional information:
• The words which are not arranged in proper sequence are together known as and are called jumble words.
• Making proper sentences out of these jumble words, can be done if one knows basic grammar rules.
The words in the above given three sentences are jumbled and it is not delivering the proper content.
So, rephrasing of the words is required just to fetch the meaning of the sentence.
The correct usage of words in the sentences are given in the following lines.
a) It showed a group of children staring out through a window.
b) A cartoon character surprised them with a toy he had brought for them.
c) It was a huge motorised train set which could move in circles.
d) Children were attracted to the toy and parents bought it happily for them.
While, rephrasing the words, try to identify the subject first and place it in the first.
Then, try to find the verb and place it next to the subject and finally guess the meaning by arranging the left out words by placing them in their correct positions.