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Sentence Rearrangement: SSC CGL English
Sentence Rearrangement has 212 questions in the SSC CGL Tier I bank: 76 from the 2023 shifts, 65 from the 2024 shifts and 71 from the 2025 shifts, and 116 of them EASY. Most give four jumbled sentences of a paragraph, lettered A to D in 2023 and numbered 1 to 4 in 2025, while most of the 2024 questions cut a single sentence into parts instead. In both kinds, find the piece that can start, the pieces that must sit together and the piece that closes, then test only the options that agree.
The handout has every subtopic, worked example, formula and trap with answers shown.
Subtopic notes
Ordering Sentences in a Paragraph
88 PYQsPutting four jumbled sentences in order by finding the opener and the closer, and by following time when the sentences tell a story or a process.
Links Between Sentences
76 PYQsThe words that tie a sentence to the one before it: pronouns and short names, pointers such as 'this' and 'such', and linking words such as however and therefore.
Ordering the Parts of a Sentence
48 PYQsRebuilding one sentence from four or five jumbled parts by finding its subject and verb and joining the loose ends of the parts.
Formula & revision sheet
0 formulas · 14 gotchas across all subtopics — the exam-eve cheat-sheet
Formula & revision sheet
0 formulas · 14 gotchas across all subtopics — the exam-eve cheat-sheet
Watch out for (4)
- Opening with the most striking sentence→ The opener, the closer and the shape between
- Leaving the balancing remark in the middle→ The opener, the closer and the shape between
- Putting the summary before the steps→ Time order and the steps of a process
- Ignoring a time phrase that points back→ Time order and the steps of a process
Watch out for (6)
- Linking a pronoun to the wrong noun→ Pronouns and short names point back
- Opening with a short form→ Pronouns and short names point back
- Separating the pointer from what it names→ This, these and such
- Expecting the same word→ This, these and such
- Joining the linker to the wrong sentence→ Linking words
- Reading past 'also'→ Linking words
Watch out for (4)
- Opening with a part that needs something before it→ Subject, verb and the rest
- Moving a describing phrase away from its noun→ Subject, verb and the rest
- Moving on from a part that ends in 'the'→ Loose ends that must join
- Joining 'and' to the wrong half→ Loose ends that must join
PYQ weightage by concept
7 concepts · 212 PYQs — where the marks actually sit, so you know what to drill first
PYQ weightage by concept
7 concepts · 212 PYQs — where the marks actually sit, so you know what to drill first
| Concept | PYQs | Share |
|---|---|---|
| The opener, the closer and the shape between | 47 | 22% |
| Time order and the steps of a process | 41 | 19% |
| Concept | PYQs | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pronouns and short names point back | 30 | 14% |
| This, these and such | 26 | 12% |
| Linking words | 20 | 9% |
| Concept | PYQs | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Subject, verb and the rest | 26 | 12% |
| Loose ends that must join | 22 | 10% |
Test yourself on Sentence Rearrangement
20 past SSC CGL questions from this chapter, timed at 12 minutes and marked the way the exam marks it. You see your score and every answer the moment you finish. Free to start.