VEPT Sentence Building from Fragments 4 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Rearrange: 'neither / came / to the party / nor / he / she'
- Neither he nor she came to the party. (Correct answer)
- He neither came nor she to the party.
- Neither came he nor she to the party.
- Neither he came nor she to the party.
Correct answer: Neither he nor she came to the party.
'Neither...nor' is a correlative conjunction connecting parallel subjects before the verb.
Question 2: Form a sentence from: 'been / I / to Paris / have / never'
- I have never been to Paris. (Correct answer)
- Never been I have to Paris.
- I never have been to Paris.
- Have I never been to Paris.
Correct answer: I have never been to Paris.
In a positive statement, frequency adverbs like 'never' come between the auxiliary 'have' and the past participle.
Question 3: Which sentence correctly uses: 'although / tired / she / was / she kept working'?
- She kept working although she was tired.
- Although she was tired she kept working.
- Although she kept working she was tired.
- Both A and B are correct. (Correct answer)
Correct answer: Both A and B are correct.
A subordinate 'although' clause can begin or end the sentence; both positions are grammatically correct.
Question 4: Rearrange: 'the children / playing / in the garden / were'
- Playing in the garden were the children.
- The children were playing in the garden. (Correct answer)
- In the garden the children playing were.
- The children playing in the garden were.
Correct answer: The children were playing in the garden.
Past continuous follows: subject + was/were + present participle + location.
Question 5: Form a sentence from: 'it / a good idea / would be / to call first'
- It would a good idea be to call first.
- To call first it would be a good idea.
- It would be a good idea to call first. (Correct answer)
- A good idea would be it to call first.
Correct answer: It would be a good idea to call first.
The structure 'It would be + adjective phrase + infinitive' is standard for suggestions.
Question 6: Which correctly arranges: 'the more / the more / you practice / you improve'?
- The more you practice, the more you improve. (Correct answer)
- The more you improve, the more you practice.
- You practice the more, you improve the more.
- The more the more you practice you improve.
Correct answer: The more you practice, the more you improve.
The 'the more...the more' structure expresses proportional relationships with the cause first.
Question 7: Rearrange: 'what / said / surprised / she / everyone'
- What she said surprised everyone. (Correct answer)
- She said what surprised everyone.
- Everyone surprised what she said.
- What surprised everyone she said.
Correct answer: What she said surprised everyone.
A nominal 'what' clause can function as the subject of the main verb.
VEPT Sentence Building from Fragments 4
Rearrange: 'neither / came / to the party / nor / he / she'