Question 63
MediumOriginal questionArrange the sentences in the right order to make a paragraph.
P. She reached the hall with two minutes to spare.
Q. Finally, an auto-rickshaw driver saw her worried face and offered to take her.
R. She waited at the stop for twenty minutes, checking her watch.
S. Hema's bus was late, and her exam started at nine.
Show the answer and explanation
CorrectNot quiteAnswer A
Correct answer: A
Explanation
S opens: it names Hema and her problem. R says what "she" did first: waited.
Q is "finally", the help that came, and P is the result.
So the order is SRQP.
Worth noting
RSQP opens with "she", who has not been named yet.
- Concept
- Ordering sentences by their links: the opener, pronouns, connectors and sequence
- Typical timeTypical
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