This report describes some preliminary steps in the development of a Sentence Arrangement Test, designed for individual administration in conjunction with the WAIS. High performance on an SA item is associated with the use of a short sentence, the avoidance of internal punctuation as a cue to the solution, and the avoidance of psychological "threat" in the content of the solution. High SA performance by an individual subject is dependent on a factor of verbal knowledge and a factor of freedom from the "effect of uncertainty." (The latter is regarded as equivalent to "situational anxiety.") It appears to be possible to construct and administer a reliable form of SA that is valid for the two factors.