Arrange the sentences in the right order to make a paragraph.
P. Every monsoon, the river near our town floods the fields on its banks.
Q. But when the water went down, the rice stood up again, and they had a good harvest.
R. When the flood came last year, their fields were under water for ten days.
S. For years, farmers lost their crops to the water.
T. Then they began to grow rice that can survive under water for two weeks.

PSRTQCorrect answerYour answerTPRSQCorrect answerYour answerSRTPQCorrect answerYour answerPSTRQCorrect answerYour answer

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CorrectNot quiteAnswer D

Correct answer: D

P opens with the yearly flood. S says what it cost farmers "for years".
T is "then", the new rice, R is last year's flood, and Q turns with "but" to the result.
So the order is PSTRQ.

Worth noting

PSRTQ brings last year's flood before the new rice has been planted.

Concept: Ordering sentences by their links: the opener, pronouns, connectors and sequence
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