Arrange the sentences in the right order to make a paragraph.
P. When a drop becomes too heavy for the air to hold up, it falls.
Q. A cloud is made of billions of tiny drops of water, too small and light to fall.
R. That is rain, and it can take a million tiny drops to make one raindrop.
S. Rain does not fall from every cloud.
T. Inside the cloud, these drops bump into each other and join together.

SQTPRCorrect answerYour answerSTQPRCorrect answerYour answerSRTQPCorrect answerYour answerQSPTRCorrect answerYour answer

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CorrectNot quiteAnswer A

Correct answer: A

S opens with the puzzle. Q explains what a cloud is made of.
T says what "these drops" do, P is when a drop becomes too heavy, and R names "that": rain.
So the order is SQTPR.

Worth noting

STQPR says "these drops" before any drops have been mentioned.

Concept: Ordering sentences by their links: the opener, pronouns, connectors and sequence
Typical timeTypical: 80 s
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