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Sentence Reordering

Sentence reordering is a practice exercise in which the learners have to rearrange the words
and phrases to form sentences. This exercise contains words and phrases in jumbled order.

Rearrange the following words and phrases to form sentences.
1. predicted / but not / can be explained / earthquakes
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2. the earthquakes / the common man / what causes / to think / is bewildered
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3. some earthquakes / volcanoes / according to geologists / eruption of / are caused by
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4. are used / seismometers / the magnitude / to measure / of earthquakes

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5. morning / next / taken / was / she / ill
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Answers

1. Earthquakes can be explained but not predicted.

2. The common man is bewildered to think what causes the earthquakes.
3. According to geologists, some earthquakes are caused by eruption of volcanoes.

4. Seismometers are used to measure the magnitude of earthquakes.

5. Next morning she was taken ill.

Practice Time

Rearrange the following words and phrases to form sentences.

1. (a) only in / the kangaroo / Australia / is found
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(b) there are some / distributed throughout / the continent/ 50 living species

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(c) bigger than rabbits / and some can / some are no / even climb trees
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(d) red kangaroo / as Australia’s / it is the / national symbol / that is famous
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2. (a) I am / of rain / a drop
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(b) on the bodies of / the sun shines / water on Earth
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