Question 136
MediumOriginal questionArrange the sentences in the right order to make a paragraph.
P. Within a year, parcels had arrived from all over the country.
Q. She wrote to publishers and old students, asking for books.
R. Today the library has three rooms and more than five thousand books.
S. The library in our village had only one shelf of books.
T. A retired teacher decided to change that.
Show the answer and explanation
CorrectNot quiteAnswer C
Correct answer: C
Explanation
S opens: the small library. T says a teacher decided "to change that".
Q is what "she" did, P is "within a year", and R is "today".
So the order is STQPR.
Worth noting
STPQR has parcels arrive before anyone has written to ask for books.
- Concept
- Ordering sentences by their links: the opener, pronouns, connectors and sequence
- Typical timeTypical
- 90 s
- Your timeYours
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