Arrange the sentences in the right order to make a paragraph.
P. The owner, an old man who lived alone upstairs, had not been seen.
Q. The shop had been closed for a week, and the neighbours began to worry.
R. They found him sitting in his chair, with a broken leg but alive and very hungry.
S. At last, one of them called the police, who broke open the door.

QSPRCorrect answerYour answerQPSRCorrect answerYour answerSPQRCorrect answerYour answerSQRPCorrect answerYour answer

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CorrectNot quiteAnswer B

Correct answer: B

Q opens: it names the shop and the worry. P says why they worried: the owner had not been seen.
S is "at last", when someone called the police, and R says what "they", the police, found.
So the order is QPSR.

Worth noting

QSPR calls the police before we learn that the owner is missing.

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

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