John is on the bench sitting and reading a book.

[optimistic pessimist]

I wrote a test item for my students as follows:
Put the words in the correct order. John is [ on/and/the bench/sitting ] reading a book.
"John is sitting on the bench and reading a book." is the answer, but Is the title sentence also correct?

 

[Piscean]

It's not natural.

 

[emsr2d2]

I wrote a test item the following test question for my students: as follows:

Put the words in brackets in the correct order. John is [on/and/the bench/sitting] reading a book.
"John is sitting on the bench and reading a book no full stop here" is the answer, but is the title sentence also correct?

Note my corrections above.
Most native speakers wouldn't use "and" in that sentence. "John is sitting on the bench reading a book". Also, unless the bench in question has been mentioned before, it would be more natural to use the indefinite article.

 

[Tarheel]

I might mix the words up so they are totally random (more or less). Perhaps:

Sitting book reading bench on a John is a.

Lots of fun!

 

[jutfrank]

I might mix the words up so they are totally random (more or less). Perhaps:

Sitting book reading bench on a John is a.

Lots of fun!

That indeed sounds like enormous fun but I wouldn't count it as correct answer.

 

[Tarheel]

That indeed sounds like enormous fun but I wouldn't count it as correct answer.

It's not supposed to be the correct answer. The students would be asked to arrange the words into a sentence that makes sense.

 

[jutfrank]

It's not supposed to be the correct answer. The students would be asked to arrange the words into a sentence that makes sense.

Oh, I see!