Question

Rearrange the following sentence in the correct order:
a. same as February
b. rainfall in September
c. is usually the
d. the average

• A. d-b-c-a
• B. d-a-c-b
• C. c-b-d-a
• D. a-b-c-d

Answer 1

The correct option is A d-b-c-a

The given sentence starts with an adjective- 'Average'. Let's find the subject of the sentence first. It is 'rainfall'. Usually, we place the adjectives before the nouns/subject in a sentence, like - 'The average rainfall in September...'

Here, a comparison of the amount of rainfall can be seen between different months - September and February.

Hence the correct option is - A - d-b-c-a (The average rainfall in September is usually the same as February). Here, d. The average, is an adjective which needs to be placed before a noun. b. rainfall in September, 'rainfall' is the noun placed after the adjective, to link the clause, we will use the option with a linking verb - c. is usually the, and to complete the comparison, we will end the sentence with a. same as February.

Option B is incorrect- d-a-c-b- because 'the average same as February' is grammatically incorrect. Here, the adjective is used without the main subject, hence it is incorrect.

Option C is incorrect- c-b-d-a- 'is usually the rainfall in September...' We usually start a question with an auxiliary verb like 'is'. Looking at the options we clearly understand that it's not an interrogative sentence.

Option D is incorrect -a-b-c-d - 'same as February rainfall in September is usually the the average'. 'The the' is repetitive and that makes the sentence grammatically incorrect. Also, the main subject is not in it's place.