Question

Rearrange the following words and phrases to form a meaningful sentence. Choose the most appropriate option as the answer.

The leisure hours / of a child / of the TV / today / are spent / in front 

(a) Today, the leisure hours of a child are spent in front of the TV.

(b) The leisure hours of a child are spent in front of the TV.

(c) Today in front of the TV the leisure hours of a child are spent. 

(d) The leisure hours of the TV today are spent in front of the child. 

Answer 1

Hint: Read the given words and the options carefully. Try to make out the core meaning, subject, predicate, and object of the sentences. Get an idea of the information they are trying to convey and arrange the words in the best way possible to deliver the same. 

Complete answer: 

We are provided with some jumbled words, we have to arrange them in such a manner that they start making sense, and become logical. The given sentence may have two clauses. A clause is a part of the sentence that contains a verb. A typical clause consists of a subject and a predicate, the latter typically a verb phrase, a verb with any objects and other modifiers. We have to choose the best option.

Now, let us examine all the given options to find out the correct answer :

Option(a)’ Today, the leisure hours of a child are spent in front of the TV.’ – It is the correct answer as the adverb today precedes the subject the leisure hours. So, this is the correct option.

Option(b)’ The leisure hours of a child are spent in front of the TV.’ – It is not the correct answer as the subject, and the predicate is placed incorrectly. The sentence is not making sense and is illogical. It is also incorrect as the word today is missing from the sentence.

Option(c)’ Today in front of the TV the leisure hours of a child are spent.’ - It cannot be the correct answer as the subject is towards the nd of the sentence that makes it incorrect. So, we will eliminate this option. 

Option(d)’ The leisure hours of the TV today are spent in front of the child.’ - It cannot be the correct answer as it is not making any sense and is grammatically incorrect. So, we will eliminate this option. 

Hence, option (a) is the correct option.

Note: Pay attention to all the parts of speech given in all the sentences and see if they are correctly placed. This way, you’ll get the correct answer.