Question

Rearrange the following words to form a meaningful sentence:
Of most/ nowadays/ the attitude/ parent is/ different

Answer 1

Hint: The question requires us to form a sentence from the given words. A sentence is a grouping of words that has meaning. A sentence can be defined as a group of words containing a subject, a verb, and an object, by grammar rules. The SVO structure, or Subject-Verb-Object structure, is followed in English grammar generally.

Complete answer:
In the given sentence, we have to identify the subject, verb and object to form the sentence.
We will first identify the subject. The subject of a sentence or clause is often referred to as the "naming element." It identifies the subject of the sentence or the person or thing who or what is performing an action in the sentence. Most of the time, the subject is a noun, pronoun, or noun phrase. “the attitude of most parents” will form the subject in our case as it is the centre of attention/topic which is stressed upon.

The verb and object can be easily identified. Verb is “is” in our case. A noun, pronoun, or noun phrase on which a verb performs an action is called an object. It is ruled by a verb or a preposition and appears at the end of a sentence. The word “different” will form our object. The word “is different” together will form a predicate. A predicate is the part of a sentence or clause containing a verb and stating something about the subject.

We are only left with “nowadays” which can be used at the beginning of sentence to make a logical statement. Hence the sentence formed will be – “Nowadays, the attitude of most parents is different.”

The sentence follows the syntax of the sentence beginning with an adverb- nowadays, the subject- the attitude of most parents, followed by the predicate- is different. It is the attitude of most parents which is being talked about, as indicated by the following verb “is”.

“Nowadays, the attitude of most parents is different.” is the correct answer.

Note: A word that defines a noun, adjective, or other adverb is called an adverb. We can start a sentence with an adverb instead of subject. Adverbs generally end with -ly. For example – quietly, slowly, softly etc. “Nowadays” is also an adverb in the given answer.