Question

Rearrange the words to make a meaningful sentence:
Stood / first / term / first / who / the / in / class / ? / in.
a)First who stood in the class in first term?
b)Who stood first in class in the first term?
c)Who in stood first in the first term class?
d)In class in the first term who stood first?

Answer 1

Hint: We need to follow the basic order of words in a sentence- Subject + Verb + Object (SVO). Also, interrogative sentences begin with an interrogative word.

Complete answer:

As given in the hint, interrogative sentences begin with an interrogative word.
Interrogative words refer to the ‘wh words’ or the ‘question words’. i.e. why, what, who, whom, when, etc. Interrogative words are used to ask certain types of questions. Example- Who is the monitor of this class?
In the above question, we need to follow the given order of words= Interrogative word + main verb + verb complement + prepositional phrase.

Let’s examine the given options-
a)First who stood in the class in the first term? – We need to use the interrogative word at the beginning of the sentence. Hence, it is an incorrect option.
b)Who stood first in class in the first term? – The given sentence follows the above-given sentence formation. Hence, it is the correct option.
c)Who in stood first in the first term class? – The sentence produces an illogical meaning. Hence, it is an incorrect option.
d)In the class in the first term who stood first? -We cannot use a prepositional phrase at the beginning of the sentence. Hence, it is an incorrect option.
The correct answer is Option ‘b’.

Note: We always position the ‘interrogative word’ or the ‘wh-word’ at the beginning of a sentence.