Question

Arrange the jumbled words appropriately to form a meaningful sentence:
am | I | when | to | return | supposed | the | book |?
a)When I am to return the supposed book?
b)Am I to return the supposed book when?
c)I am to return when the supposed book?
d)When am I supposed to return the book?

Answer 1

Hint: The presence of a question mark indicates that it is an interrogative sentence.

Complete step by step answer:

 As given in the hint, we can understand that it is an interrogative sentence.
Interrogative sentences have the following characteristics:
1)They usually begin with ‘interrogative’ or ‘wh words’, such as; What, why, when, who etc.
2)The interrogative words are followed by a verb and a subject. Example- When am I leaving?
According to the above-given question, supposed means to be expected to do something. Supposed is a predicative adjective that goes along with a linking verb and alters the subject of the linking verb.
Let’s look at the given options:
a)The composition of the sentence is inappropriate and illogical. Hence, it is an incorrect option.
b)We can not place the interrogative word at the end of the sentence. Hence, it is an incorrect option.
c)An interrogative sentence cannot begin with a subject. Hence, it is an incorrect option.
d)The predicative adjective ‘supposed’ follows an infinitive ‘to + return’ and alters the subject of the linking verb, that is ‘the book’. Hence, it is the correct option.
The correct answer is Option ‘d’.

Note: Subject + verb composition is used in a declarative or an assertive sentence. Example- I am going to the market.