Subject Experts Solutions for Exercise 2: PRACTICE EXERCISES

Arrange the sentences, A, B, C, and D to form a logical sequence between sentences 1 and 6.
1. I can think of no serious prose play that has survived the generation that gave it birth.
A. They are museum pieces.
B. They are revived now and then because a famous part tempts a leading actor, or a manager in want of a stop-gap thinks he will put on a play on which he has no royalties to pay.
C. A few comedies have haphazardly travelled down a couple of centuries or so.
D. The audience laughs at their wit with politeness and at their face with embarrassment.
6. They are not held nor taken out of themselves.

Arrange the sentences, A, B, C and D to form a logical sequence between sentences 1 and 6.
1. The wind had savage allies
A. If it had not been for my closely fitted helmet, the explosions might have shattered my eardrums.
B. The first clap of thunder came as a deafening explosion that literally shook my teeth.
C. I didn't hear the thunder, I actually felt it an almost unbearable physical experience.
D. I saw lightning all around me in every shape imaginable.
6. When very close, it was raining so torrentially that I thought I would drown in mid-air.

Arrange the sentences, A, B, C and D to form a logical sequence between sentences 1 and 6.
1. A thorough knowledge of the path or course to be followed is essential for achieving success
A. Seniors must show the path clearly by laying down the precise expectations of the management in terms of job description, key result areas and personal targets.
B. They should also 'light the path' by personal example.
C. Advice tendered or help offered must be objectively evaluated for its effectiveness in achieving the desired goal.
D. A display of arrogance and a false sense of "self-worth", in order to belittle those who come to help prove dysfunctional.
6. The individuality of each employee must be respected.

Arrange the sentences, A, B, C and D to form a logical sequence between sentences 1 and 6.
1. But the vessel kept going away
A. He looked anxiously around
B. There was nothing to see but the water and empty sky.
C. He could now barely see her funnel and masts when heaved up on a high wave.
D. He did not know for what.
6. A breaking wave slapped him in the face, choking him.

Arrange the sentences, A, B, C and D to form a logical sequence between sentences 1 and 6.
1. Historically, stained-glass was almost entirely reserved for ecclesiastical spaces
A. By all counts, he has accomplished that mission with unmistakable style.
B. "It is my mission to bring it kicking and screaming out of that milieu," says Clarke.
C. The first was the jewel-like windows he designed for a Cistercian Church in Switzerland
D. Two recent projects show his genius in the separate worlds of the sacred and the mundane.
6. The other was a spectacular, huge skylight in a shopping complex in Brazil.

Arrange the sentences, A, B, C and D to form a logical sequence between sentences 1 and 6.
1. So how big is the potential marker?
A. But they end up spending thousands more each year on hardware upgrades and software overhauls.
B. Analysts say the new machines will appeal primarily to corporate users.
C. An individual buyer can pick up a desktop computer for less than in America
D. For them, the best drawing card is its promise of much lower maintenance costs.
6. Which automatically load the latest version of whatever software they need, could put an end to all that.

Arrange the sentences, A, B, C and D to form a logical sequence between sentences 1 and 6.
1. The problem of improving Indian agriculture is both a sociological and an administrative one.
A. It also appears that there is a direct relationship between the size of a state and its development.
B. The issues of Indian development, and the problems of India's agricultural sector, will remain with us long into the next century.
C. Without improving Indian agriculture, no liberalization and relicensing will be able to help India.
D. At the end of the day, there has to be a ferment and movement of life and action in the vast segment of rural India.
6. When it starts marching, India will fly.

Arrange the sentences, A, B, C and D to form a logical sequence between sentences 1 and 6.
1. Making people laugh is tricky.
A. At times, the intended humour may simply not come off.
B. Making people laugh while trying to sell them something is a tougher challenge since the commercial can fall flat on two grounds.
C. There are many advertisements which do amuse but do not even begin to set the cash thrills ringing.
D. Again, it is rarely sufficient for an advertiser simply to amuse the target audience in order to reap the sales benefit.
6. There are indications that in substituting the hard sell for a more entertaining approach, some agencies have rather thrown out the baby with the bathwater.