Question 181
HardOriginal questionArrange the sentences in the right order to make a paragraph.
P. When the sun heats the sea, water rises as vapour, but the salt stays behind.
Q. Over millions of years, the salt has built up, and the sea has become salty.
R. Why is the sea salty, when rivers are not?
S. Rivers carry this salt to the sea.
T. Rainwater picks up tiny amounts of salt as it flows over rocks and soil.
Show the answer and explanation
Correct answer: D
Explanation
R opens with the question. T begins the answer: rain picks up salt.
S says rivers carry "this salt", P is what happens when the sun heats the sea, and Q is the result over millions of years.
So the order is RTSPQ.
Worth noting
TRSPQ opens with an answer before the question has been asked.
- Concept
- Ordering sentences by their links: the opener, pronouns, connectors and sequence
- Typical timeTypical
- 100 s
- Your timeYours
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