Question 106
EasyOriginal questionArrange the sentences in the right order to make a paragraph.
P. They bowled the fathers out for forty runs.
Q. But the children had been practising every evening for a month.
R. The children of the colony decided to play a cricket match against their fathers.
S. The fathers laughed and said it would be an easy win.
T. Then they reached the target in just six overs, and the fathers had to buy everyone ice cream.
Show the answer and explanation
CorrectNot quiteAnswer D
Correct answer: D
Explanation
R opens: it names the match. S is "the fathers" laughing.
Q turns with "but", P is the children bowling, and T is "then", the chase.
So the order is RSQPT.
Worth noting
SRQPT opens with "the fathers laughed", before we know about any match.
- Concept
- Ordering sentences by their links: the opener, pronouns, connectors and sequence
- Typical timeTypical
- 80 s
- Your timeYours
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