Rearrangement
Rearrange the following sentences to make a coherent order.
1. (a) The cook was very stubborn.
(b) The cook could not check his temptation and ate up one of the drumsticks.
(c) The master was very cautious and was not to be fooled so easily.
(d) The cook was more than clever.
(e) He replied that it was a one-legged duck.
(f) One a cook roasted a duct for his and it looked very delicious.
(g) When the master sat to have his meal, he noticed that one of the legs was missing.
(h) He said that there was no one legged duck.
(i) He asserted that this duck had only one leg.
(j) He asked what had happened to the other leg.
Ans: f, b, g, j, d, e, c, h, a, i.
2. (a) One day he was very hungry.
(b) The grapes were too high for him to reach.
(c) Again and again, he jumped.
(d) At last, he entered a vineyard.
(e) Once upon a time there lived a fox in a forest.
(f) But every time he failed to reach the grapes.
(g) At last, being tired he left the place saying that the grapes were sour.
(h) He took a run and a jump to reach the bunch of grapes, but he could not reach it.
(i) He looked for food everywhere but could not find any.
(j) He saw ripe grapes hanging up on the vines.
Ans: e, a, i, d, j, b, h, c, f, g.
3. (a) The king was very fond of knowing his future from astrologers.
(b) The king called him to the palace.
(c) At this the king got furious and condemned him to death.
(d) A good astrologer happened to visit his capital.
(e) Once there was a king.
(f) With ready wit, he said, ‘The stars declare that I will die just before week of your death.’
(g) But another thought crossed his mind before the astrologer was removed for execution.
(h) The king then said, ‘How long will you live?’
(i) The astrologer said something unpleasant.
(j) He then thought for a while for some ways of escape.
Ans: e, a, d, b, i, c, g, h, j, f.
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