Question 182
HardOriginal questionArrange the sentences in the right order to make a paragraph.
P. The illness, called scurvy, was later found to be caused by a lack of vitamin C.
Q. Their gums bled, their teeth fell out and their old wounds opened again.
R. For a long time, doctors could not explain why so many sailors on long voyages fell ill and died.
S. They got better within days, while the others did not.
T. In 1747, a ship's doctor named James Lind gave some sick sailors oranges and lemons.
Show the answer and explanation
Correct answer: A
Explanation
R opens with the mystery. Q describes the illness with "their".
T is Lind's test, S is the result, and P names the illness and its cause.
So the order is RQTSP.
Worth noting
RQSTP gives the result of Lind's test before the test.
- Concept
- Ordering sentences by their links: the opener, pronouns, connectors and sequence
- Typical timeTypical
- 100 s
- Your timeYours
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