Given below are four jumbled parts of a sentence. Select the option that gives their correct order and forms a meaningful sentence.
A. would surely tell stories
B. of our forgotten kinship
C. with nature, the earth
D. if humans could communicate
Show answer & explanation
Correct answer: B
Explanation
Correct Answer: DCAB
Explanation
• Part D introduces the conditional clause: "if humans could communicate".
• Part C naturally completes the phrasal verb communicate with ("with nature, the earth"), where "the earth" acts as the subject of the main clause.
• Part A provides the predicate for the subject "the earth": "would surely tell stories".
• Part B finishes the thought by clarifying what the stories are about: "of our forgotten kinship".
Complete Sentence: If humans could communicate with nature, the earth would surely tell stories of our forgotten kinship.