Question 152
MediumOriginal questionArrange the sentences in the right order to make a paragraph.
P. When the council decided to widen the road, the tree was marked to be cut down.
Q. For years, the old banyan tree in the village square had been the meeting place of the elders.
R. The children of the village wrote letters to the council, and the elders sat under the tree in protest.
S. After a week, the council agreed to bend the road around the tree instead.
T. Today the tree still stands, and the children who saved it now sit under it as elders themselves.
Show the answer and explanation
Correct answer: A
Explanation
Q opens with the tree. P is the threat to it.
R is how the village fought back, S is "after a week", and T is "today".
So the order is QPRST.
Worth noting
QPSRT has the council give in before anyone has protested.
- Concept
- Ordering sentences by their links: the opener, pronouns, connectors and sequence
- Typical timeTypical
- 90 s
- Your timeYours
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