Arrange the sentences in the right order to make a paragraph.
P. Within two months, the lake was clean and ducks had come back to it.
Q. Seeing them at work, more people joined them the next week.
R. On the first Sunday, they pulled out over fifty bags of plastic and rubbish.
S. A group of friends decided to clean up the lake near their colony.

RSPQCorrect answerYour answerSRQPCorrect answerYour answerSQRPCorrect answerYour answerPSRQCorrect answerYour answer

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CorrectNot quiteAnswer B

Correct answer: B

S opens: it names the friends and their plan. R is "the first Sunday" of the work.
Q says more people joined "the next week", and P is "within two months", the result.
So the order is SRQP.

Worth noting

RSPQ opens with "on the first Sunday, they", before we know who "they" are.

Concept: Ordering sentences by their links: the opener, pronouns, connectors and sequence
Typical timeTypical: 75 s
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