Question 59
MediumOriginal questionArrange the sentences in the right order to make a paragraph.
P. The first day of the fair was a disaster.
Q. It rained all morning, and the ground turned to mud.
R. The next day, the sun came out, and the crowds were the biggest the town had seen.
S. Half the stalls could not open, and very few people came.
Show the answer and explanation
CorrectNot quiteAnswer D
Correct answer: D
Explanation
P opens with a summary: a disaster. Q gives the cause: rain and mud.
S says what followed from the mud, and R turns to "the next day".
So the order is PQSR.
Worth noting
QPRS puts the next day's sunshine before the stalls that could not open, which mixes up the two days.
- Concept
- Ordering sentences by their links: the opener, pronouns, connectors and sequence
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- 75 s
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