Question

Rearrange the words to make a meaningful sentence:
Listen/what/to/parents/your/say.
a) What your parents say listen to
b) Your parents say listen to what
c) Listen to what your parents say
d) Say what your parents listen to

Answer 1

Hint: A sentence is constructed in the basic Subject + Verb + Object (SVO) formation. Also, imperative sentences that express order or a command begin with the ‘commanding word’.

Complete answer:
As explained in the hint, we always follow the SVO format to compose a sentence.
Now, in the given question: We know that it is an imperative sentence. Imperative sentences have no grammatical subjects.
So, let’s look at the formation of an imperative sentence:
Example- (Verb + Object) Listen to your mother. Here, we have combined the verb ‘listen’ in its base form with the understood subject ‘you’ and the object ‘mother’.
Let’s examine the given options-
Option a ‘What your parents say listen to’ does not make any appropriate sense and calls for improvement. Hence, it is an incorrect option.
Option b ‘Your parents say listen to what’ is again a total amalgamation of the words that were jumbled up. This line sounds already jumbled up and needs to be reframed in order to improve the formation. Hence, it is an incorrect option.
Option c ‘Listen to what your parents say’ produces a logical meaning and follows the above-given pattern of imperative sentences. Hence, it is the correct option.
Option d ‘Say what your parents listen to’ expresses an illogical meaning. Hence, it is an incorrect option.
The correct answer is Option ‘c’.

Note:
We tend to use the subject ‘your’ whenever we form an imperative sentence or a sentence that states an order or a command.