CBSE Class 10 English Sentence Reordering Worksheet

Sentence Reordering

Question. Rearrange any four of the following word or phrases to make meaningful sentences.

(a) enters/ millions of tons/ the/ every year/ of/ ocean/ plastic
(b) are/ waters/ sightings/ junk-filled/ of/ common
(c) population/ middle-class/ increasing/ is/ coastlines/ along
(d) trash/ increase/ has led/ waste management/ lack/ of/ in/ to
(e) close/ like/ others/ helping/ my/ friends 

Answer.
(a) Millions of tons of plastic enters the ocean every year. 
(b) Sightings of junk filled waters are common.
(c) Middle-class population is increasing along coastlines.
(d) Lack of waste management has led to increase in trash.
(e) My close friends like helping others. 

Question. Rearrange the following words/phrases to form meaningful sentences. 

(a) work and play/ things/ different/ parents see/ as two
(b) is a/ of time/ they/ waste/ think/ that playing
(c) important/ games/ studies/ are as/ as
(d) a student/ to both/ proper/ should/ attention/ pay
(e) can/ life/ only/ succeed/ he/ in/ then

Answer. 
(a) Parents see work and play as two different things.
(b) They think that playing is a waste of time.
(c) Games are as important as studies./ Studies are as important as games.
(d) A student should pay proper attention to both.
(e) Only then he can succeed in life./ He can succeed in life only then. 

Question. Rearrange the words and phrases given below to form meaningful sentences. The first one has been done for you as an example. 

Example :
by/notorious/the police/was caught/the/thief
The notorious thief was caught by the police.
(a) arrested/criminals/were/in Varanasi/four
(b) steal/tried to/they/from/museum/a Buddha/statue/the
(c) in place/famous/the/is back/statue
(d) Department/thanked/the/the museum/authorities/Police
(e) once/open/for/the/is/museum/ the/ tourists/again/ now 

Answer.
(a) Four criminals were arrested in Varanasi.
(b) They tried to steal a Buddha statue from the museum.
(c) The famous statue is back in place.
(d) The museum authorities thanked the Police Department.
(e) The museum is now open for the tourists once again./ Now the museum is open for the tourists once again.

Question. Rearrange the jumbled words and phrases into meaningful sentences. The first one has been done as an example. 
Example :
in / the cactus / very hot / grows / dry places
The cactus grows in very hot, dry places.
(a) do not / leaves / have / they / but / spiny needles
(b) flowers / and / bloom / some of them / cacti / at night / are big
(c) absorb / from fog / water / in the air / cacti can
(d) is / plant / aloe vera / a / common / cactus
(e) cactus / a / are / large / of / found / variety

Answer.
(a) They do not have leaves but spiny needles.
(b) Cacti flowers are big and some of them bloom at night.
(c) Cacti can absorb water from fog in the air.
(d) Aloe vera is a common cactus plant.
(e) A large variety of cactus are found. 

Question. Rearrange the jumbled words and phrases into meaningful sentences. The first one has been done as an example. 
Example :
refused / beyond / Alexander’s army / to go / the river Beas
Alexander’s army refused to go beyond the river Beas.
(a) to be a / kind / this was / of protest / considered / unique
(b) could not / the soldiers / Alexander / to move / persuade / ahead
(c) finally / them / he / asked / to retreat
(d) final / his / this / decision / was
(e) lead / army / the / the / decision / to / further / move back 

Answer.
(a) This was considered to be a unique kind of protest.
(b) Alexander could not persuade the soldiers to move ahead.
(c) Finally he asked them to retreat.
(d) This was his final decision.
(e) The decision further lead the army to move back.

Question. Rearrange the jumbled words and phrases into meaningful sentences. The first one has been done as an example. 
Example :
population / ruling / young / in India / the / will be / corporations / soon
Soon young population will be ruling the corporations in India.
(a) has / largest / population / India / the / of the young
(b) over / countries / in this way, / an edge / other / India has / developing
(c) can / creativity / only / source of / the youth / be a
(d) the / on / development / youth / depends / country’s / the
(e) are / youth / the / today’s / of / tomorrow / citizens

Answer.
(a) India has the largest population of the young.
(b) In this way, India has an edge over other developing countries.
(c) Only the youth can be source of creativity.
(d) The country’s development depends on the youth.
(e) Today’s youth are the citizens of tomorrow.

Question. Rearrange the jumbled words and phrases into meaningful sentences. The first one has been done as an example.
Example :
provides / to the homeless / the government / night shelters
The government provides night shelters to the homeless.
(a) are / more than / there / in your / two thousand / homeless / living / town
(b) only / five / night / but / shelters / four to / are / available
(c) great / have / hope / the homeless / from / government / the
(d) Plans / worthy / launched / has / Minister / Prime / the / present
(e) are / worthy / these / already / plans / in / progress 

Answer.
(a) There are more than two thousand homeless living in your town.
(b) But only four to five night shelters are available.
(c) The homeless have great hope from the government.
(d) The present Prime Minister has launched worthy plAnswer.
(e) These worthy plans are already in progress.

Question. Look at the words and phrases given below. Rearrange them to form meaningful sentences. 
(a) to be broken/health myths/that need/are/a few/there
(b) contains/only animals/no plant food/cholesterol,/manufacture it
(c) and/are/cholesterol free/all nuts/oilseeds/so
(d) cholesterol free/made from plants/is/any oil/always
(e) is/oil/mustard/best/oil/the 

Answer.
(a) There are a few health myths that need to be broken.
(b) No plant food contains cholesterol; only animals manufacture it.
(c) So all nuts and oilseeds are cholesterol free.
(d) Any oil made from plants is always cholesterol free.
(e) Mustard oil is the best oil.

Question. Rearrange the jumbled words and phrases into meaningful sentences. The first one has been done as an example. 

Example :
curse / a / illiteracy / is /Illiteracy is a curse.
(a) illiterate / remain / the / and / backward / poor / people
(b) easily / by / they / cheated / are / others
(c) our / it is / to help / moral duty / to become / literate / everyone
(d) be / can / increased / the / rate / thus / literacy
(e) illiteracy / of / towards / eradication / one / one / is / each / teach/ a / step

Answer.
(a) The illiterate people remain poor and backward.
OR
The poor and backward people remain illiterate.
(b) They are easily cheated by others.
(c) It is our moral duty to help everyone to become literate.
(d) Thus the literacy rate can be increased.
(e) Each one teach one is a step towards eradication of illiteracy. 

Question. Look at the words and phrases given below. Rearrange them to form meaningful sentences as given in the example. 

Example :
in / sports / requirements / dedication / interest / are / and / two
Dedication and interest are two requirements in sports.
(a) as / some / sports / people / easy / very / consider
(b) is / the / require / hard work / truth / rigorous / that they
(c) also / is / an / training / sports / essential / part of
(d) also / values / sports / morally / high / require
(e) discipline / teach / spirit and / sports / team 
Answer.
(a) Some people consider sports as very easy.
(b) The truth is that they require rigorous hard work.
(c) Training is also an essential part of sports.
(d) Sports also require high moral values
(e) Sports teach discipline and team spirit.

Question. Look at the words and phrases given below. Rearrange them to form meaningful sentences. 

(a) used to/once/in/play/children/the Giant’s garden/every afternoon
(b) was/play there/out of station/could/because the Giant/the children
(c) he came back,/he/when/playing/saw/in his garden/the children
(d) his garden/them/he/of/to get out/ordered
(e) of/the/fear/ran/out/children 

Answer.
(a) Once children used to play in the Giant’s garden every afternoon.
(b) The children could play there because the giant was out of station.
(c) When he came back, he saw the children playing in his garden.
(d) He ordered them to get out of his garden.
(e) The children ran out of fear. 

Question. Rearrange the jumbled words and phrases into meaningful sentences. The first one has been done as an example. 

Example :
Assam / great / flows / the / through / Brahmaputra
The great Brahmaputra flows through Assam.
(a) this state / very rich / flora and / in / is / fauna
(b) thick / and / it has / forests, / big rivers / blue hill
(c) is / home to / wild / it / many / animals
(d) are / floods / the / in / Brahmaputra / disastrous
(e) away / that / everything / comes / its / floods / the / can / carry 
Answer.
(a) This state is very rich in flora and fauna.
(b) It has thick forests, big rivers and blue hills.
(c) It is home to many wild animals.
(d) The floods in Brahmaputra are disastrous.
(e) The floods can carry away everything that comes in its way.

Question. Rearrange the words/phrases given below to form meaningful sentences. The first one has been done for you as an example. 

Example :
a fascinating/rock/today/adventure/climbing/is/sport
Rock climbing is a fascinating adventure sport today.
(a) and develop/one/confidence/can gain/great/ physical stamina
(b) today/introduced/been/advanced/have/techniques / climbing
(c) popular/institutions/is/educational/in/rock climbing
(d) Popular/youngsters/very/is/in/it
(e) in/ it/ hilly/ can/ ares/ be/ only/ done 

Answer.
(a) One can gain great confidence and develop physical stamina.
(b) Today advanced climbing techniques have been introduced.
(c) Rock climbing is popular in educational institutions.
(d) It is very popular in youngsters.
(e) It can be done in hilly areas only.

Question. Rearrange the words and phrases given below to form meaningful sentences. The first one has been done for you as an example.

Example :
the police/to inform/this man,/if you see/immediately/you are advised
If you see this man, you are advised to inform the police immediately.
(a) this man/on/at the/ Kwality Restaurant/was last seen/Parliament Street
(b) this man/decides to give/the police/unless/will not/ a reward/be caught
(c) to his arrest/information/it/would provide/leading
(d) be / given / thousand / ten / a / cash / at / least / amount / of / rupees / should
(e) man / made / of / the / common / should / it / be / aware 

Answer.
(a) This man was last seen at the Kwality Restaurant on Parliament Street.
(b) Unless the police decides to give a reward, this man will not be caught.
(c) It would provide information leading to his arrest.
(d) At least a cash amount of rupees ten thousand should be given.
(e) The common man should be made aware of it.

Question. Look at the words and phrases given below. Rearrange them to form meaningful sentences.

(a) facing/is/a crisis/paper industry/Tanzania/in
(b) read/hardly/have/to/they/anything
(c) necessary/reading material/for/is/good education/good
(d) has come to/ due to/the printing/the cost of paper/a standstill
(e) Popular/so/has/online/become/work 

Answer.
(a) Tanzania is facing a crisis in paper industry.
(b) They have hardly anything to read.
(c) Good reading material is necessary for good education.
(d) The printing has come to a standstill due to the cost of paper.
(e) So, online work has become popular.

Question. Rearrange the following words and phrases into meaningful sentences. One has been done for you as an example. 

Example :
beach vacations/was/an attraction/coconut water/long ago/during
Long ago coconut water was an attraction during beach vacations.
(a) these days/of trade/Delhi/for/has become/but/a centre/tender coconuts
(b) its demand/value/due to/has increased/of the fruit/the food
(c) has been fuelled/by growing awareness/the demand/health benefits/coconut water’s/of
(d) many/diseases/is prescribed/in/water/coconut.
(e) quenchers / summers / one / is / it / best / of / thirst / the best / during

Answer.
(a) But these days Delhi has become a centre of trade for tender coconuts.
(b) Its demand has increased due to the food value of the fruit.
(c) The demand has been fuelled by growing awareness of coconut water’s health benefits.
(d) Coconut water is prescribed in many diseases.
(e) It is one of the best thirst quenchers during summers.

Question. Rearrange the words / phrases given below to form meaningful sentences.

(a) The / body / sleep is / essential a good night’s / for / very
(b) to/fall/people/get/sleep/ill/seven hours/who/less than / of / are /likely
(c) loss of/may also/ appetite/ they/experience
(d) sleep well/comfortable/hence to / clothes / relax / and / wear / one must
(e) be/meal/night/the/light/should/also 
Answer.
(a) A good night’s sleep is very essential for the body.
(b) People who get less than seven hours of sleep are likely to fall ill.
(c) They may also experience loss of appetite.
(d) Hence to sleep well, one must wear comfortable clothes and relax.
(e) The night meal should also be light.

Question. Rearrange the following words and phrases into meaningful sentences. One has been done for you as an example.

Example :
Karnataka,/the tender coconut/and Gujarat/comes/West Bengal/into Delhi/from
The tender coconut comes into Delhi from Karnataka, West Bengal and Gujarat.
(a) extremely popular/high/due to/nutritional value/its/has become/the coconut water
(b) market for/coconut water is/about ` 20/selling in the/now fresh
(c) the cost/the consumers/coconut water/don’t mind/of fresh
(d) a/is/abundance/it/found/nowadays.
(e) buds/ taste/ its/ taste/ also/ the/ buds/ suits 

Answer.
(a) The coconut water has become extremely popular due to its high nutritional value.
(b) Now fresh coconut water is selling in the market for about ` 20.
(c) The consumers don’t mind the cost of fresh coconut water.
(d) Nowadays” it is found in abundance.
(e) Its taste also suits the taste buds.

Question. Look at the words and phrases given below. Rearrange them to form meaningful sentences. 

(a) of/are/Indian temples/a storehouse/Indian art
(b) in the/is/form of/the Konark Temple/a chariot
(c) famous/is for the temple/its scriptures
(d) stand/many Indian temples/a high level/testimony to/of art
(e) its/Temple/famous/the/Sun/also/structure/is/for

Answer.
(a) Indian temples are a storehouse of Indian art.
(b) The Konark Temple is in the form of a chariot.
(c) The temple is famous for its scriptures.
(d) Many Indian temples stand testimony to a high level of art.
(e) The Sun Temple is also famous for its structure.

Question. Rearrange the following words and phrases into meaningful sentences. One has been done for you as an example. 

Example :
gets/tender coconuts/10-15 truck loads/Delhi/of/daily
Delhi gets 10-15 truck loads of tender coconuts daily.
(a) its demand/the craze for/during summer/fresh coconut water/pushes up
(b) nutritional value/coconut water/the idea behind/is its high/the popularity of
(c) its sweet water/in the city/that it is sold/is so popular/like any other fruit
(d) water/relish/people/old/coconut
(e) for/ diseases/ remedy/ many/ water/ is/ coconut. 

Answer.
(a) The craze for fresh coconut water pushes up its demand during summer.
(b) The idea behind the popularity of coconut water is its high nutritional value.
(c) Its sweet water is so popular in the city that it is sold like any other fruit.
(d) Old people relish coconut water.
(e) Coconut water is remedy for many diseases.

Question. Rearrange the jumbled words and phrases into meaningful sentences. The first one has been done as an example. 

Example :
in / the highest / India has / population / livestock / the world
India has the highest livestock population in the world.
(a) is / of milk / the country / also / producer / the highest
(b) is staring / but / at a / major / it / crisis / fodder
(c) due to / pressure / of / it / is / growing / population on land
(d) more / chief minister / farmers grow / to / encouraging / fodder / is / the
(e) fulfilled / fodder / that / so / can be / the / demand 

Answer.
(a) The country is also the highest producer of milk.
(b) But it is staring at a major fodder crisis.
(c) It is due to pressure of growing population on land.
(d) The Chief Minister is encouraging farmers to grow more fodder.
(e) So that the fodder demand can be fulfilled.

Question. Look at the words and phrases given below. Rearrange them to form meaningful sentences : 

(a) eyes/beautiful/and precious/from God/to us/are/gift
(b) thankful/to God/should/we/be/it/for
(c) remember/we/him/distress/in/only
(d) to/grateful/be/we/always/god/should
(e) ultimate/ is/ our/ God/ saviour 

Answer.
(a) Eyes are beautiful and precious gift to us from God.
(b) We should be thankful to God for it.
(c) We remember him only in distress.
(d) We should always be grateful to God.
(e) God is our ultimate saviour.

Question. Rearrange the words/ phrases given below to form meaningful sentences : 

(a) standing/ at the/ one day/ I/ beach/ was
(b) number/ come/ of people/ a large/ had/ there
(c) hawkers/ there/ eatables/ so many/ were/ selling
(d) wave/ suddenly/ came/ huge/ a
(e) road/ all the/ rushed/ towards/ the/ people

Answer. 
(a) One day I was standing at the beach.
(b) A large number of people had come there.
(c) There was so many hawkers selling eatables there/ So many hawkers were selling eatables there.
(d) Suddenly a huge wave came./ A huge wave came suddenly.
(e) All the people rushed towards the road. 

Question. Rearrange the words and phrases given below to form meaningful sentences. The first one has been done for you as an example. 

Example :
have/obesity/changing lifestyles/among/contributed to/children
Changing lifestyles have contributed to obesity among children.
(a) fast foods/ their/ making/ children/ are/ staple diet
(b) causing/is/among/a great alarm/health experts/it
(c) need/that/get/healthy food/we/to ensure/our children
(d) the/all/food/nutrients/contain/should/essential
(e) many/ to/ leads/ obesity/ diseases

Answer.
(a) Children are making fast foods their staple diet.
(b) It is causing a great alarm among health experts.
(c) We need to ensure that our children get healthy food.
(d) Food should contain all the essential nutrients.
(e) Obesity leads to many diseases.

Question. Rearrange the jumbled words and phrases into meaningful sentences. The first one has been done as an example. 

Example :
is / soul of / a / culture / of the / expression / nation
Culture is expression of the soul of a nation.
(a) nation / is the / of any / culture / key element
(b) nation / cultural / every / has its own / identity
(c) of a / spirituality / soul / nation / is / the
(d) are / high / praised / moral / always / spirits
(e) country / is / a / different / India / cultures 

Answer.
(a) Culture is the key element of any nation.
(b) Every nation has i4ts own cultural identity.
(c) Spirituality is the soul of a nation.
(d) High moral spirits are always praised.
(e) India is a country of different cultures. 

Question. Look at the words and phrases given below. Rearrange them to form meaningful sentences. 

(a) potter/in/once/a/a/lived/there/village
(b) innocent/was/a very/ and/fellow/simple/he
(c) for him/a problem/old donkey/his/had become
(d) sold/it/the donkey/ the potter/ fed up with/being
(e) thinking/but/animal/whole/the/he/night/the/about/was 

Answer.
(a) Once there lived a potter in a village.
(b) He was a very innocent and simple fellow.
(c) His old donkey had become a problem for him.
(d) The potter being fed up with the donkey sold it.
(e) But he was thinking about the animal the whole night.

Question. Look at the words and phrases given below. Rearrange them to form meaningful sentence. 

(a) without knowing/not good/his/nature/a person/to be friend/is/it
(b) continue/you/your/should not/with him/friendship
(c) flatter you/should beware of/always/friends/you/who
(d) deceive/one day/certainly/will/they/you
(e) a/is/friend/in/friend/need/a/indeed 

Answer.
(a) It is not good to be friend a person without knowing his nature.
(b) You should not continue your friendship with him.
(c) You should beware of friends who always flatter you.
(d) They will certainly deceive you one day.
(e) A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Question. Look at the words and phrases given below. Rearrange them to form meaningful sentences. 

(a) a fashion/some people/has become/with/eating out/today
(b) relished by/home cooked food/no longer/the youngsters/healthy/is
(c) eating joints/to/the popularity/has led/of junk food/the opening of
(d) our digestive system/however,/good for/may not be/the junk food.
(e) system/our/really/body/harms/it 

Answer.
(a) Eating out has become a fashion with the people today.
(b) Healthy home cooked food is no longer relished by the youngsters.
(c) The opening of eating joints has led to the popularity of junk food.
(d) However, the junk food may not be good for our digestive system.
(e) It really harms our body system 

Question. Look at the words and phrases given below. Rearrange them to form meaningful sentences.

(a) wheel/man’s/is/the/invention/greatest/perhaps
(b) very difficult/was/it/to travel/earlier,/long distances
(c) backs/their belongings/travellers/on their/carried
(d) few places/take rest/on the way/there were/to
(e) to/for/travel/months/had/they 

Answer.
(a) The wheel is perhaps man’s greatest invention.
(b) Earlier, it was very difficult to travel long distances.
(c) Travellers carried their belongings on their backs.
(d) On the way, there were few places to take rest.
(e) They had to travel for months. 

Question. Look at the words and phrases given below. Rearrange them to form meaningful sentence. 

(a) dying from cancer/can help/of/eating/cut the risk/flax seeds
(b) or salads/sprinkled on cereals/can be/they
(c) kills/contain/flax seeds/cancer cells/a special compound/which
(d) local general stores/all/obtained/flax seeds/may be/from
(e) very/are/seeds/these/beneficial 

Answer.
(a) Eating flax seeds can help out the risk of dying from cancer.
(b) They can be sprinkled on cereals or salads.
(c) Flax seeds contain a special compound which kills cancer cells.
(d) Flax seeds may be obtained from all local general stores.
(e) These seeds are very beneficial.

Look at the words and phrases given below. Rearrange any four groups of words or phrases to form meaningful sentences as shown in examples:

Example 1:
the/Indian/English/exploited/the/farmers
The English exploited the Indian farmers.

Example 2:
hydrogen / now / electricity in the / we / bombs / and / are / age of
We are now in the age of hydrogen bombs and electricity.

There is an error in each line. Write the incorrect word and the correct one against the corresponding blanks.

1. (a) enters/millions tons/the/every year/of/ocean/plastic
(b) are/waters/sightings/junk-filled/of/common
(c) population/middle-class/increasing/is/coastlines/along
(d) trash/increase/has led/waste management/lack/of/in/to
(e) close/like/others/helping/my/friends

2. (a) standing/at the/one day/I/beach/was
(b) number/come/of people/a large/had/there
(c) hawkers/there/eatables/so many/were/selling
(d) wave/suddenly/came/huge/a
(e) road/all the/rushed/towards/the/people

3. (a) work and play/things/different/parents see/as two
(b) is a/of time/they/waste/think/that playing
(c) important/games/studies/are as/as
(d) a student/to both/proper/should/attention/pay
(e) can/life/only/succeed/he/in/then 

4. (a) pay/the/had to/poor farmers/high times/very
(b) natural disasters/farmers/share of taxes/even/pay/their/in times of/the/had to
(c) also/cultivate/they/asked them to/had to/those/which/crops/the English
(d) Were/they/free/to/not/crops/grow/their own
(e) reduced/them/it/to/slaves/almost

5. (a) mild/peace loving/is/animal/it/a/and
(b) more easily/that is why/domesticated/be/can/and/it/trained
(c) weigh up/elephant/an/to/can/5 tons
(d) elephant/live/an/can/100years/for/even
(e) has/memory/it/good/a

Read the paragraphs given below and complete the dialogue with appropriate words.

Question. (a) dedicated/the poorest of the poor/entire life/she/to/her/the/service/of
(b) she/apostle/was/of/unwanted/the/an
(c) Mother Teresa/Calcutta/foreigner/and/home/settled/though/in/made/a/it/her
(d) mother/was/anointed/saint/a/as/Pope/by/in 2016/Teresa
(e) Indian/every/proud/is/her/of
Answer.
(a) She dedicated her entire life to the service of the poorest of the poor.
(b) She was an apostle of the unwanted.
(c) Though a foreigner, Mother Teresa settled in Calcutta and made it her home.
(d) Mother Teresa was anointed as a saint by Pope in 2016.
(e) Every Indian is proud of her.

Question. take place / on / accidents / daily / almost / Indian roads
Accidents take place almost daily on Indian roads.
(a) Indian roads / 16 / daily / children / on / die
(b) of traffic rules / is / the chief cause / violation / accidents / of
(c) lack of / the saddest thing / public concern / is / for / the road victims.
Answer. 
(a) 16 children die daily on Indian roads.
(b) The chief cause of accidents is violation of traffic rules.
(c) The saddest thing for the road victims is lack of public concern.

Question. (a) healthy person/germs/a/carry/may/of/in/body/typhoid/his/cholera/dysentery/etc.
(b) person/does not/such/usually/a/disease/suffer/the/from
(c) people/however/who/into contact/carrier/come/with/are/the/catching/danger/the/disease/in/of
(d) We/avoid/contacts/all/such/affected/the/with/person/should
(e) take/of/care/we/should/health/our
Answer. 
(a) A healthy person may carry germs of typhoid, cholera, dysentery, etc. in his body.
(b) Such a person usually does not suffer from the disease.
(c) However, people who came into contact with the carrier are in danger of catching the disease.
(d) We should avoid all such contacts with the affected person
(e) We should take care of our health.

Question. (a) coloured bus/children/we saw/full of/a yellow/excited
(b) they were/we guessed/on the planetarium/way/to the
(c) part/this/study tour/of their/was
(d) are/interested/deeply/in/children/study/the/stars/of
(e) stars/them/thrill/and excite/and planets
Answer. 
(a) We saw a yellow coloured bus full of excited children.
(b) We guessed they were on the way to the planetarium.
(c) This was part of their study tour.
(d) Children are deeply interested in the study of stars.
(e) Stars and planets thrill and excite them.

Question. (a) algebra and / a week / me / geometry / twice / he taught
(b) very poor / subjects / I was / in these / earlier
(c) very / now / proficient / have become / in them / I
(d) I/ much / owe/ him/to/this/for/change
Answer. 
(a) He taught me algebra and geometry twice a week.
(b) Earlier I was very poor in these subjects.
(c) Now I have become very proficient in them.
(d) I owe much to him for this change.

Question. (a) if/something/then/in return for/should be/it is so/it
(b) self-respect/come out of/something/has/our/self/that/and/is/that
(c) people/look at/tend to/you look/the way/yourself/at/you
Answer. (a) If it is so, then it should be in return for something.
(b) Something that has come out of ourself and that is self-respect.
(c) People tend to look at you the way you look at yourself.

Question. (a) knew/father/nobody/who/was/his
(b) died/mother/his birth/his/soon/after
(c) brought up/oliver/was/workhouse/orphanage/run by/the/an/in
Answer. (a) Nobody knew who his father was.
(b) His mother died soon after his birth.
(c) Oliver was brought up in an orphanage run by the workhouse.

Question. (a) both/in the making of/share/responsibility/equal/the/society
(b) both/each other/hence/are/supplement/to
(c) from the very beginning/status of women/there/but/question mark/has been/a/big/the/an/in our society
Answer. (a) Both share equal responsibility in the making of the society.
(b) Hence, both are supplement to each other.
(c) But from the very beginning, there has been a big question mark on the status of women in our society.

Question. (a) Saudi Arabia/lifestyle/discovery/has changed/of/of the people/the/petroleum/ in/the
(b) petroleum/world/all over/in great/is/demand/the
(c) exporting petroleum/money/improve/is used/to/the/the standard/from/ earned/the people/of
Answer. (a) The discovery of petroleum in Saudi Arabia has changed the lifestyle of the people.
(b) Petroleum is in great demand all over the world.
(c) The money earned from exporting petroleum is used to improve the standard of the people.

Question. (a) it/plants/which/supports/food/provide/all living things/to/planet/on/this
(b) soil/thus/foundation/earth/life/on/of/is/the/all
(c) solid rocks/below/soil/the/are/there
Answer. (a) It supports plants which provide food to all living things on this planet.
(b) Thus, soil is the foundation of all life on earth.
(c) Below the soil there are solid rocks.