Question

Rearrange the following words and phrases to form a meaningful sentence-
not/children/below/of/the age/must/drive/eighteen years
a)Children must not drive below the age of eighteen years.
b)Children below eighteen years of the age must not drive.
c)Children below the age of eighteen years must not drive.
d)Children not below the age of eighteen years must drive.

Answer 1

Hint: A meaningful sentence features a subject, verb, and object. You can also join a phrase with the rest of the words by appropriately positioning the qualifiers or the noun.

Complete step-by-step answer:

A phrase cannot qualify without an appropriate noun or a pronoun. Hence, the phrase must be preceded by a noun, that it qualifies. The appropriate phrase that can be formed from the above-given question is; Below the age of eighteen years.
Let’s look at the given options:
a)Children must not drive below the age of eighteen years- This sentence has grammatical errors and lacks appropriateness.
b)Children below eighteen years of age must not drive- The composition of the sentence is incorrect.
c)Children below the age of eighteen years must not drive- This sentence features a phrase that is preceded by a noun it qualifies.
d)Children not below the age of years must drive- This sentence is grammatically incorrect.
Hence, the correct answer is Option ‘c’.

Note: Remember to follow this suitable form of a sentence formation; subject + verb + object.