Question 40
MediumOriginal questionArrange the sentences in the right order to make a paragraph.
P. For this reason, several states have banned thin plastic bags.
Q. Shoppers are now asked to carry cloth or jute bags instead.
R. Until they do, they block drains and choke the animals that eat them.
S. Plastic bags take hundreds of years to break down.
Show the answer and explanation
Correct answer: A
Explanation
S opens: it names the problem. R follows with "until they do", which means until they break down.
P says "for this reason", pointing back at the harm in R. Q says what shoppers carry "instead" of those bags.
So the order is SRPQ.
Worth noting
SPRQ puts the ban before the harm that is its reason, and "until they do" then has nothing to point back to.
- Concept
- Ordering sentences by their links: the opener, pronouns, connectors and sequence
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