Arrange the sentences in the right order to make a paragraph.
P. Honeybees live in large groups called colonies.
Q. Each colony has one queen, who lays all the eggs.
R. They clean the hive, feed the young, guard the door and collect nectar.
S. The thousands of worker bees are all female, and they do every other job.

PQRSCorrect answerYour answerSPRQCorrect answerYour answerPQSRCorrect answerYour answerSQPRCorrect answerYour answer

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CorrectNot quiteAnswer C

Correct answer: C

P opens: it names honeybees and their colonies. Q follows with "each colony" and its queen.
S turns to the other bees, the workers, and R lists the jobs that "they" do.
So the order is PQSR.

Worth noting

PQRS lists the jobs before the worker bees who do them are named, so "they" seems to point at the queen.

Concept: Ordering sentences by their links: the opener, pronouns, connectors and sequence
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