Sentence Rearrangement Practice with Answers

A. and to operate with clearer rules about permitted hours. B. to serve customers without blocking busy roads C. allowed traders who had worked in unsafe locations D. The council's decision to reserve space for street vendors

1. ADABC
2. BCADB
3. CBCAD
4. DABDC
5. EDCBA

A. from accepting instalments that exceeded their means B. and from using expensive new loans to repay older ones. C. The lender's insistence on a realistic repayment schedule D. protected borrowers with irregular earnings

1. AADCB
2. BDABC
3. CDCAB
4. DCDAB
5. EBCDA

A. The railway station's introduction of clear information boards B. before they entered crowded boarding areas C. and reduced confusion during the busiest hours of the day. D. helped passengers identify the correct platforms

1. AACDB
2. BACBD
3. CABCD
4. DABDC
5. EADBC

A. The charity used that information to revise the content of the next course. B. The charity therefore began contacting former participants three months after completion. C. These follow-up conversations revealed which skills employers had actually valued. D. It realised that attendance figures alone did not show what happened after the course. E. A charity could not tell whether its training course helped participants find work.

1. ADBCEA
2. BCABED
3. CEDBCA
4. DECBAD
5. EDACEB

A. and to question unexplained changes in their position B. without having to rely on informal promises from intermediaries. C. The creation of a transparent waiting list for housing assistance D. enabled eligible families to track their applications

1. AACBD
2. BBCAD
3. CACDB
4. DBADC
5. ECDAB

A. Loan officers traced the confusion to examples that used dates unlike the customers' actual schedules. B. This clearer connection reduced repeated questions about the timing of charges. C. A bank found that borrowers misunderstood when interest would be charged. D. Borrowers could then see how the rule applied to their own payments. E. They began explaining the calculation with dates taken from each proposed repayment plan.

1. AAEBDC
2. BABEDC
3. CABCDE
4. DCAEDB
5. ECBEDA

A. for repairing public facilities with the work completed B. and to ask for explanations when the two did not match. C. The publication of detailed expenditure records by the council D. allowed residents to compare the money allocated

1. ADCBA
2. BBADC
3. CADCB
4. DCDAB
5. EDBCA

A. The office opened a separate help desk for the simple enquiries. B. Visitors needing only basic information could then leave without joining the application queue. C. Staff found that simple enquiries and lengthy applications were being handled at the same counter. D. A public office had long queues despite serving a similar number of visitors each day. E. This separation shortened the queue for those who still needed the main counter.

1. ACBDAE
2. BDABCE
3. CCABDE
4. DBCADE
5. EDCABE

A. The list showed that very little money remained after basic needs were met. B. This decision prevented it from accepting a commitment beyond its current means. C. A family was unsure whether it could afford a new monthly loan instalment. D. On seeing that small balance, the family postponed the proposed purchase. E. It listed its regular income and essential expenses before deciding.

1. AACBDE
2. BAECDB
3. CCEBDA
4. DCEADB
5. EBEADC

A. To address that language problem, the bank added simple explanations beside those questions. B. A village bank noticed that customers often abandoned account-opening forms. C. After the explanations were introduced, more customers completed the forms without assistance. D. This improvement encouraged the bank to simplify its other application forms as well. E. A review of these unfinished forms showed that several questions used unfamiliar terms.

1. ABEACD
2. BBECAD
3. CCAEDB
4. DDECBA
5. ECEBAD