Question 49
MediumOriginal questionArrange the sentences in the right order to make a paragraph.
P. She crept down the stairs with a torch, her heart beating fast.
Q. There, in the torchlight, was the neighbour's cat, eating the leftover fish.
R. A strange sound woke Kavya in the middle of the night.
S. It seemed to come from the kitchen.
Show the answer and explanation
CorrectNot quiteAnswer D
Correct answer: D
Explanation
R opens: it names Kavya and the sound. S says where "it" seemed to come from.
P is what she did next, and Q begins with "there", the kitchen she reached.
So the order is RSPQ.
Worth noting
SRQP opens with "it seemed to come from the kitchen", before any sound has been mentioned.
- Concept
- Ordering sentences by their links: the opener, pronouns, connectors and sequence
- Typical timeTypical
- 75 s
- Your timeYours
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