Question

Directions: In the following questions, different parts of a sentence/passage have been jumbled. Choose the option that represents the best sequence to make the sentence/passage coherent and meaningful. Ignore punctuation marks.

P: We should definitely move them

Q: To cooler climes and safer environments

R: If some species cannot survive in their current habitat

S: Due to global warming or human proximity

• A. SPRQ
• B. QRPS
• C. SQRP
• D. RSPQ

Hint:

Spot the clause that carries the word "if", since a conditional sentence like this one must open with its condition.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is D

Read the four lines as one conditional sentence and find which line sets up the condition before the rest can follow.

1. SPRQ: This starts with S, "Due to global warming or human proximity", which is a reason with no subject stated yet. A reason cannot open the sentence before the reader knows what it explains.
2. QRPS: This starts with Q, "To cooler climes and safer environments", an infinitive phrase that only makes sense after an action like "move them" has already been mentioned. It cannot come first.
3. SQRP: This again opens with S, the same dangling reason, and then jumps to Q before the condition in R or the action in P is stated, so the logic breaks down early.
4. RSPQ: R opens with the condition, "If some species cannot survive in their current habitat", S adds the cause, "due to global warming or human proximity", P states the response, "We should definitely move them", and Q completes it with the destination, "to cooler climes and safer environments". Each part follows logically from the one before it. This order is correct.

Only RSPQ keeps the if-clause, its cause, the action, and the destination in the right logical order, so option RSPQ is correct.