Question

Rearrange the following words and phrases to form a meaningful sentence:
in increasing / cities / they help / connectivity / between
(a) Cities connectivity in increasing between they help.
(b) Connectivity they help in increasing between cities.
(c) They help cities in increasing connectivity between.
(d) They help in increasing connectivity between cities.

Answer 1

Hint: Read the given words and try to understand what information/message can be conveyed best using them. Now go through the options and look for the arrangement which conveys the message/information in the best way possible and is also grammatically correct.

Complete answer: A sentence is a string of words satisfying the grammatical rules of a language. A word is a unit of language that native speakers can identify.
Let us analyze the options given to us in this question -
Option (a.), 'Cities connectivity in increasing between they help', refers to ‘they help’ at the end of the sentence. Therefore, option (a.) is incorrect as the subject ‘they’ should be in the beginning.
Option (b.), ‘Connectivity they help in increasing between cities', refers to the conjunction ‘between’ as the second last word in the sentence. Therefore, option (b.) is incorrect as ‘between’ is supposed to join two clauses.
Option (c.), ‘They help cities in increasing connectivity between', refers to a properly formed sentence. Therefore, option (c.) is correct as it is grammatically correct and meaningful.
Option (d.), ‘They help in increasing connectivity between cities', is incorrect as it does not make complete sense or meaning.

Note: In this question, it will be helpful for the student to recall the concept of a phrase. A phrase can be an expression consisting of one or more words forming a grammatical constituent of a sentence. For example – he said.