Question 90
HardOriginal questionArrange the sentences in the right order to make a paragraph.
P. For years, the river through the town had been dirty with waste from factories.
Q. Within five years, the fish returned, and families began to picnic by the river again.
R. Fish had disappeared, and nobody went near the banks.
S. Then a court ordered the factories to clean their water before letting it out.
Show the answer and explanation
CorrectNot quiteAnswer D
Correct answer: D
Explanation
P opens with the problem. R shows how bad it was.
S begins with "then", the change, and Q gives the result "within five years".
So the order is PRSQ.
Worth noting
PSQR ends with the fish disappearing, after they have already come back.
- Concept
- Ordering sentences by their links: the opener, pronouns, connectors and sequence
- Typical timeTypical
- 85 s
- Your timeYours
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