A: leaped into the water
B: ship touched the shore
C: as soon as the
D: a soldier of the tenth legion
Sentence Arrangement Practice
This question tests our ability to arrange jumbled parts of a sentence into a coherent and meaningful order. We need to identify the subject, verb, and the sequence of events or descriptions to form a grammatically correct sentence.
Analyzing the Sentence Components
Let's break down the given parts:
- Part A: leaped into the water
- Part B: ship touched the shore
- Part C: as soon as the
- Part D: a soldier of the tenth legion
Determining the Correct Sequence (DACB)
To construct a logical sentence, we follow these steps:
- Start with the Subject: Part D, "a soldier of the tenth legion", clearly introduces the main character or subject of the sentence.
- Describe the Action: Part A, "leaped into the water", describes the action performed by the soldier. So, D followed by A makes sense ("A soldier of the tenth legion leaped into the water").
- Introduce the Timing/Condition: Part C, "as soon as the", is a conjunction phrase that introduces a time clause, indicating when the action occurred. This should follow the main action.
- Complete the Timing/Condition: Part B, "ship touched the shore", completes the time clause started by Part C. It provides the specific event that triggered the soldier's action.
Putting these together in the order D-A-C-B yields the sequence:
"a soldier of the tenth legion" + "leaped into the water" + "as soon as the" + "ship touched the shore"
The Final Meaningful Sentence
The correctly arranged sentence is:
"A soldier of the tenth legion leaped into the water as soon as the ship touched the shore."
This sentence logically describes an event, establishing the subject, their action, and the precise timing of that action relative to another event.
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Q: This is so because the object to be attained is a matter of actual experiment in which you either succeed or fail.
R: He must either correct his aim or persevere in his error with his eyes open.
S: If a man aims at a mark with a bow and arrow, he must either hit it or aim it.
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S: I remember the desperate nervousness that used to grip me from January to April every year.
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