Arrange the following parts into a coherent sentence/passage:
P. It would perhaps be possible for you to be of some use to this brave little boy.
Q. She said to herself silently at first, that
R. Without neglecting anything of what was due to her important mission.
S. And this idea pleased her.
P. It would perhaps be possible for you to be of some use to this brave little boy.
Q. She said to herself silently at first, that
R. Without neglecting anything of what was due to her important mission.
S. And this idea pleased her.
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- PSQR
- RSQP
- QRPS
- QSPR
The Correct Option is C
Solution and Explanation
This question asks for the order that turns four fragments into one flowing sentence about a woman thinking through an idea. The trick is to notice that Q sets up a reported thought with 'that', R and P complete that thought, and S closes the sentence with her reaction to it.
- PSQR (option a): Starting with P, 'It would perhaps be possible for you to be of some use to this brave little boy', gives no speaker and no context. There is no 'she' yet for S's 'this idea pleased her' to refer to.
- RSQP (option b): Opening with R, a clause beginning 'Without neglecting', is not a complete sentence on its own and cannot start the passage without a main clause before it.
- QRPS (option c): Q opens with 'She said to herself silently at first, that', which properly introduces the person and sets up a reported thought. R follows naturally as a condition attached to that thought, 'without neglecting anything of what was due to her important mission'. P then completes the thought itself, 'it would perhaps be possible for you to be of some use to this brave little boy'. S closes with her reaction, 'And this idea pleased her', which needs the whole thought to have been stated first. Every part connects to the one before it.
- QSPR (option d): This puts S, her being pleased, directly after Q, before we even learn what the idea was, which reverses cause and effect.
Option (c), QRPS, is correct because Q introduces the thought, R and P build the content of that thought in a natural order, and S ends the sentence with her reaction once the whole idea has been laid out.
Let's summarize:
- Q must come first since it is the only fragment that introduces 'she' and opens the reported thought with 'that'.
- S needs the full thought to be complete before 'this idea' can refer back to it, so S must come last.
So the sentence reads: 'She said to herself silently at first, that without neglecting anything of what was due to her important mission, it would perhaps be possible for you to be of some use to this brave little boy. And this idea pleased her', matching option (c).
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