Question 110
EasyOriginal questionArrange the sentences in the right order to make a paragraph.
P. They built nests in holes in walls and ate grain spilled in the courtyard.
Q. Sparrows were once seen in every house and market in India.
R. New buildings have no holes for nests, and fewer people dry grain outside.
S. But in the last thirty years, their numbers have fallen in many cities.
T. Some people now put up small wooden boxes to give sparrows a place to nest again.
Show the answer and explanation
Correct answer: A
Explanation
Q opens: sparrows were everywhere. P says how "they" lived.
S turns with "but", R gives the reasons, and T is what some people now do.
So the order is QPSRT.
Worth noting
PQSRT opens with "they", which has nothing to point to until sparrows are named.
- Concept
- Ordering sentences by their links: the opener, pronouns, connectors and sequence
- Typical timeTypical
- 80 s
- Your timeYours
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