Question 67
MediumOriginal questionArrange the sentences in the right order to make a paragraph.
P. A stick stood upright in the ground cast a shadow that moved through the day.
Q. Long before clocks, people told the time by the Sun.
R. By marking where the shadow fell at each hour, they made the first sundials.
S. Sundials worked well, but they were useless on cloudy days and at night.
Show the answer and explanation
CorrectNot quiteAnswer A
Correct answer: A
Explanation
Q opens: people told the time by the Sun. P says how: a stick's moving shadow.
R says what marking "the shadow" produced, and S gives the sundials' weakness.
So the order is QPRS.
Worth noting
PQSR opens with "a stick stood upright", before we know what it was for.
- Concept
- Ordering sentences by their links: the opener, pronouns, connectors and sequence
- Typical timeTypical
- 75 s
- Your timeYours
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