Question 172
HardOriginal questionArrange the sentences in the right order to make a paragraph.
P. But the road also brought trucks that took away the forest's timber.
Q. When the new road reached the mountain village, everyone expected life to get better.
R. Now the villagers are planting trees again, hoping the road will bring visitors rather than trucks.
S. And in some ways it did: buses came, and the sick could reach a hospital in hours instead of days.
T. Within ten years, the hills above the village were bare, and landslides began.
Show the answer and explanation
Correct answer: D
Explanation
Q opens with the road and the hope. S says "in some ways it did".
P turns with "but" to the harm, T is "within ten years", and R is "now".
So the order is QSPTR.
Worth noting
QPSTR brings in the harm, with "but ... also", before the good it is set against.
- Concept
- Ordering sentences by their links: the opener, pronouns, connectors and sequence
- Typical timeTypical
- 100 s
- Your timeYours
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