Given below are four jumbled parts of a sentence. Select the option that gives their correct order and forms a meaningful sentence.
A. brought back many warm memories of
B. long summer afternoons
C. re-reading my favourite childhood story
D. spent in the quiet garden
Show answer & explanation
Correct answer: C
Explanation
Correct Answer: CABD
Explanation
• Part C serves as the grammatical subject of the sentence (a gerund phrase: "re-reading my favourite childhood story").
• Part A contains the main predicate verb ("brought back many warm memories of"), which naturally follows the subject.
• The preposition "of" at the end of part A connects smoothly to the noun phrase in part B ("long summer afternoons").
• Part D ("spent in the quiet garden") is a participle phrase that directly modifies "long summer afternoons" and completes the sentence logically.
Complete Sentence: Re-reading my favourite childhood story brought back many warm memories of long summer afternoons spent in the quiet garden.