Question 18
EasyOriginal questionArrange the sentences in the right order to make a paragraph.
P. My father dug the hole, and I held the sapling straight.
Q. My sister filled the hole with soil and pressed it down.
R. Last Sunday, our family planted a mango tree in the garden.
S. Finally, my mother watered it, and we all hoped it would grow tall.
Show the answer and explanation
CorrectNot quiteAnswer A
Correct answer: A
Explanation
R opens: it names the day and the job. P is the first step: digging "the hole".
Q fills "the hole", and S says "finally", so it comes last.
So the order is RPQS.
Worth noting
PRQS opens with "my father dug the hole", before we know what the hole was for.
- Concept
- Ordering sentences by their links: the opener, pronouns, connectors and sequence
- Typical timeTypical
- 65 s
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