CBSE Class 11 English Reordering of Sentences Worksheet Set 01

Reordering of Sentences

Read the jumbled sentences carefully and arrange the phrases/words in its correct order.

Question. (a) will impact / we / our / all / feel / the / of / in / daily / leadership / lives
(b) the / lives / studying / of / understanding / way / of / it / is / by / and / believes / great leaders / one
(c) and / much / an / leadership / is / human / trait / that / has / important / the subject / of / been / research / study
(d) of / our / inculcate / early / in / leadership / the / must / we / virtue / lives
Answer: (a) We all feel the impact of leadership in our daily lives.
(b) One way of understanding it is by studying the lives and believes of great leaders.
(c) Leadership is an important human trait that has been the subject of much research and study.
(d) We must inculcate the virtue of leadership early in our lives.

Question. (a) born / geniuses / not / made / are
(b) the / moon / as / rare / they / blue / are / as
(c) have / qualities / that / of / training / instruction / or / are / inborn / they / independent
(d) have / in / been / their / respective / they / trailblazers / fields
Answer: (a) Geniuses are born not made.
(b) They are as rare as the blue moon.
(c) They have inborn qualities that are independent of instruction or training.
(d) They have been trailblazers in their respective fields.

Question. (a) my / sailing / first / experience / it / was / the / of / in / sea
(b) morning / weighed / boarded / we / the / ship / 10:00 / in / anchor / the / but / it / was well / 5 o’clock / before / ship / at / the / past
(c) retired / my / along / I / to / cabin / with / the / friends
(d) glory / breaking / in / the / all / its / day / was
Answer: (a) It was my first experience of sailing in the sea.
(b) We boarded the ship at 10:00 in the morning but it was well past 5 o’clock before the ship weighed anchor.
(c) I retired to the cabin along with my friends.
(d) The day was breaking in all its glory.

Question. (a) around / the / realised / an / corner / death / farmer / aged / that / was / for / him
(b) the / farm / he / not / able / said / he / longer / to / was / any / run
(c) the / farmer / nothing / his / from / nothing / sons / that / advised / comes
(d) he / reward / reminded / always / reaps / work / hard / them
Answer: (a) An aged farmer realised that death was around the corner for him.
(b) He said he was not able to run the farm any longer.
(c) The farmer advised his sons that nothing comes from nothing.
(d) He reminded them hard work always reaps reward.

Question. (a) inseparable / part / of / become / an / earphones / have / our / lives
(b) listening / crossing / not / roads / unusual / to / it / is / to / music / while / see / people / busy
(c) take / such / I / often / have / wondered / they / why / risks
(d) to / if / want / it / bothering / is / as / tell / the / world / stop / them / to / they
Answer: (a) Earphones have become an inseparable part of our lives.
(b) It is not unusual to see people listening to music while crossing busy roads.
(c) I have often wondered why they take such risks.
(d) It is as if they want to tell the world to stop bothering them.

Question. (a) to / most / it’s / way / make / the / dreams / of / life / your / and / achieve / a / great / your
(b) in / most / the / of / life / quality / offered / foreign / is / high / countries
(c) migrating / today / are / people / countries / therefore, / to / foreign
(d) be / loneliness / ready / there, / must / when / but / you / are / you / for
Answer: (a) It’s a great way to make the most of your life and achieve your dreams.
(b) The quality of life offered in most foreign countries is high.
(c) Therefore, people are migrating today to foreign countries.
(d) But when you are there, you must be ready for loneliness.

Question. (a) invention / 21st / is / the / of / television / the / century / best
(b) has / the / is / television / educational / brought / also / world / universally / closer / and
(c) imparts / instantly / about / information / to / everyone / world / almost / television / the / and
(d) together / is / perhaps / it / the / only / family / medium / can / that / the / whole / watch
Answer: (a) Television is the best invention of the 21st century.
(b) Television has brought the world closer and is also universally educational.
(c) Television imparts information about the world almost instantly and to everyone.
(d) It is perhaps the only medium that the whole family can watch together.

Question. (a) technology / been / lives / created / modern / has / to / daily / enhance / our
(b) the / daily / our / are / to / world / enslaved / electronic / lives
(c) to / of / how / we’re / a / crowd / in / learning / live / front
(d) of / increasingly / ourselves / we / making / fools / are
Answer: (a) Modern technology has been created to enhance our daily lives.
(b) Our daily lives are enslaved to the electronic world.
(c) We’re learning how to live in front of a crowd.
(d) We are increasingly making fools of ourselves.

Question. (a) erosion / modern / is / wrath / the / of / flood / due / of / river / civilization / to / experiencing
(b) standing / off / on / uprooted / the / coasts / not / should / cut / or / be / trees
(c) which / for / vegetation / provides / surface / the / controls / the / heat / build-up / earth
(d) is / warming / major / factor / of / global / deforestation / global / the
Answer: (a) Modern civilization is experiencing the wrath of flood due to erosion of river.
(b) Trees standing on the coasts should not be cut off or be uprooted.
(c) The earth provides surface for vegetation which controls the heat build-up.
(d) Global deforestation is the major factor of global warming.

Question. (a) to / safe / the / Indian / changed / tendency / lie / the / last / has / over / 10 years
(b) people / disposable / a / higher / income / to / adventurous / have / activities / spend / on
(c) their / to / executives / several / send / adventure-oriented / corporates, / activities / these / days,
(d) available / are / easily / today / adventurous / for / the / activities / youth
Answer: (a) The Indian tendency to lie safe has changed over the last 10 years.
(b) People have a higher disposable income to spend on adventurous activities.
(c) Several corporates, these days, send their executives to adventure-oriented activities.
(d) Adventurous activities are easily available for the youth today.

Question. (a) buildings / are / the / Egypt / the / stone/ in / of / oldest / the / world / pyramids
(b) 5,000 / nearly / stood / have / for / years / they
(c) thousands / continue / it / stand / that / they / will / to / seems / for / of / years
(d) helped / climate / has / Egypt / pyramids / of / to / preserve / the / dry / the
Answer: (a) The oldest stone buildings in the world are the pyramids of Egypt.
(b) They have stood for nearly 5,000 years.
(c) It seems that they will continue to stand for thousands of years.
(d) The dry climate of Egypt has helped to preserve the pyramids.

Question. (a) uphill / of / laughing / for / us, / loud / is / task / most / out / an
(b) time / laughed / last / out / do / the / you / remember / you / loud?
(c) and / up / creative / laughter / the / the / juices / mind / frees / opens
(d) all / learn / can / comedian, / joyful / not / be / a / but / we / be / more / everyone / can / to
Answer: (a) For most of us, laughing out loud is an uphill task.
(b) Do you remember the last time you laughed out loud?
(c) Laughter opens up the mind and frees the creative juices.
(d) Not everyone can be a comedian, but we can all learn to be more joyful.

Question. (a) children / country / asset / are / as / their / the / important / conserved / of / most
(b) powerful / flower / they / the / new / with / of / are / fragrance / any / nation
(c) future / the / country / some / the / and / declining / are / the / of / people / power / destroying
(d) availed / must / all / they / resources / children / be / with / the / poor / which / lack
Answer: (a) Children are conserved as the most important asset of their country.
(b) They are the new flower with powerful fragrance of any nation.
(c) Some people are declining the power and destroying the future of the country.
(d) Poor children must be availed with all the resources which they lack.

Question. (a) will impact / we / our / all / feel / the / of / in / daily / leadership / lives
(b) soul / mind / great / book / elevates / and / a / the / enriches / the
(c) enables / reading / through / the / world / eyes / us / the / of / others / to / see
(d) be / points / flexible, / to / trains / the / other’s / of / to / comprehend / view / it / mind
Answer: (a) Books enrich humanity and transport us to a different world.
(b) A great book enriches the mind and elevates the soul.
(c) Reading enables us to see the world through the eyes of others.
(d) It trains the mind to be flexible, to comprehend other’s points of view.

Question. (a) used / you’ve / if / you / a / favour, / after / favour / someone / that / follow-up / does
(b) forget / that / we / kindergarten / we / not / should / the / learned / basics / in
(c) must / who / progress / being / is / everyone / desires / to / make / in / life / courteous / a / for
(d) courtesy / manners / in / act / demands / our / daily / life / good / and / good
Answer: (a) If someone does you a favour, follow-up after you’ve used that favour.
(b) We should not forget the basics that we learned in kindergarten.
(c) Being courteous is a must for everyone who desires to make progress in life.
(d) Courtesy demands good act and good manners in our daily life.

Question. (a) morning / the / with / joy / the / of / the / air / fills / heart / coolness
(b) and / spirits / gain / in / health / in / but / of / work / as / well / efficiency / early / not / only / risers
(c) enjoy / in / the / beauties / of / morning / they / can / the / nature / early
(d) at / risers / always / ill / late / ease / are
Answer: (a) The coolness of the morning air fills the heart with joy.
(b) Early risers gain not only in health and spirits but in efficiency of work as well.
(c) They can enjoy the beauties of nature early in the morning.
(d) Late risers are always ill at ease.

Question. (a) disappointment / to / lead / broken / and / sorrow / promises
(b) and / his / word / thoughtful / keeps / is / always / gentleman / true / a
(c) to / keep / and hasten / promise / it / will be / he / slow to / a / make
(d) friendship / a / you / broken / cost / promise / your / can
Answer: (a) Broken promises lead to disappointment and sorrow.
(b) A true gentleman is always thoughtful and keeps his word.
(c) He will be slow to make a promise and hasten to keep it.
(d) A broken promise can cost you your friendship.

Question. (a) this / has / bright / generation / future / a / young
(b) the / are / a / students / lot / motivated
(c) they / achieve / willing / are / tirelessly / to / their / goals / to work
(d) they / sky is / that / for / the / know / the / them
Answer: (a) This young generation has a bright future.
(b) The students are a motivated lot.
(c) They are willing to work tirelessly to achieve their goals.
(d) They know that for them the sky is the limit.

Question. (a) Rajasthan / Bharatpur National Park / located / is / in
(b) by / vegetation / 29 sq. km / surrounded / it / and / is / area of / an / covers
(c) it / thousands / attracts / of / every year / migratory birds
(d) haven / for / this / is / a / many / place / birds
Answer: (a) Bharatpur National Park is located in Rajasthan.
(b) It covers an area of 29 sq. km and is surrounded by vegetation.
(c) It attracts thousands of migratory birds every year.
(d) This place is a haven for many birds.

Question. (a) the police / to inform / this man / if you see / immediately / you are advised
(b) last seen / at the / this man / was / in the / Kwality Restaurant / Parliament Street
(c) this man / decides to give / the police / unless / will not / a reward / be caught
(d) to his arrest / if I were / information / poor / I / would provide / leading
Answer: (a) If you see this man, you are advised to inform the police immediately.
(b) This man was last seen in the Parliament Street at the Kwality Restaurant.
(c) Unless the police decides to give a reward this man will not be caught.
(d) If I were poor I would provide information leading to his arrest.

Question. (a) the spiders / are / not / most of / dangerous
(b) every / found / spiders / are / continent / on / almost
(c) very / helpful / they are / eat / they / because / flies / other / and / insects
(d) don’t / get / caught / spiders / own / in / their / webs
Answer: (a) Most of the spiders are not dangerous.
(b) Spiders are found on almost every continent.
(c) They are very helpful because they eat flies and other insects.
(d) Spiders don’t get caught in their own webs.

Question. (a) not speak in / a message / one need / order to communicate / or convey
(b) communicate in / of animals / a number / language / chemical
(c) to pass messages / smelly chemicals / pheromones are / secreted by / some insects
(d) antennae / others / messages with the / pick up these / help of
Answer: (a) One need not speak in order to communicate or convey a message.
(b) A number of animals communicate in chemical language.
(c) Pheromones are smelly chemicals secreted by some insects to pass messages.
(d) Others pick up these messages with the help of antennae.

Question. (a) winter sport / Luge is a / the luger lies on / in which / his back / and races down on / on a sled / ice covered course
(b) French word / a / from / the name / the / of / sport / comes
(c) luge shed / is made / the / wood and fibre glass / of
(d) the Winter Olympics / Shiva Keshavan / the first Indian / to / compete / is / in a luge event / at
Answer: (a) Luge is a winter sport in which the luger lies on his back on a sled and races down on ice-covered course.
(b) The name of the sport comes from a French word.
(c) The luge shed is made of wood and fibre glass.
(d) Shiva Keshavan is the first Indian to compete in a luge event at the Winter Olympics.

Question. (a) does / why / reddish orange / the rising / sun / setting / or / appear
(b) through the atmosphere / of the sun / the / are scattered as / rays / they / travel
(c) the sun / overhead / is / when / rays / the vertically / travel
(d) yellow colour / scattered / the / is / more so / appears / overhead / yellow / the sun
Answer: (a) Why does the rising or setting sun appear reddish orange?
(b) The rays of the sun are scattered as they travel through the atmosphere.
(c) When the sun is overhead, the rays travel vertically.
(d) The yellow colour is scattered more so the sun overhead appears yellow.

Question. (a) healthy / donate / between / any / blood / person / 18 and 65 years / can
(b) blood / before / the doctor / all / screens / donors / donation
(c) does / donating / not / weakness or / cause / discomfort / blood
(d) all the blood / camps / sterilized / are / used / in / instruments
Answer: (a) Any healthy person between 18 and 65 years can donate blood.
(b) The doctor screens all donors before blood donation.
(c) Donating blood does not cause weakness or discomfort.
(d) Sterilized instruments are used in all the blood camps.

Question. (a) a lot of / requires / mountaineering / a / expedition / careful planning
(b) waterproof tents / light warm / the equipment / includes / and oxygen cylinders / clothing
(c) no footholds / have to make / climbers / over walls of rock / their way / where there are
(d) they carry / this dangerous path / their tents, / across / food and everything else / instruments / they may require
Answer: (a) A mountaineering expedition requires a lot of careful planning.
(b) The equipment includes waterproof tents, light warm clothing and oxygen cylinders.
(c) Climbers have to make their way over walls of rock when there are no footholds.
(d) They carry their tents, instruments, food and everything else that they may require across this dangerous path.

Question. (a) living / was / religion / Gandhiji / a force / to
(b) studied / to find / different / approach to life / religions / correct / a / he
(c) to shed / this / mindedness / helped him / narrow
(d) he / tolerant / and / became / other religions / for
Answer: (a) Religion was a living force to Gandhiji.
(b) He studied different religions to find a correct approach to life.
(c) This helped him to shed narrow mindedness.
(d) And he became tolerant for other religions.

Question. (a) writing / system / telephone / am / to / I / about / banking / your complain
(b) I / tried / four / details / this week / to / system / access / to / my account / times / have / use / the
(c) crashed / on / I / the / system / been / that / each / informed / computer / has / have / occasion
(d) branch / day / person / unable / to / working / a / am / I / bank / my / as / during / the / visit
Answer: (a) I am writing to complain about your telephone banking system.
(b) I have tried four times this week to use the system to access my account details.
(c) On each occasion, I have been informed that the computer system has crashed.
(d) As a working person, I am unable to visit my bank branch during the day.