Arrange the sentences in the right order to make a paragraph.
P. When a new shopping mall opened nearby, people began to buy new shoes instead of mending old ones.
Q. He knew every family in the street by their footwear.
R. But last year, a group of college students started a campaign to "mend, not throw", and now there is a queue at his box every morning.
S. The old man had repaired shoes on the same pavement for fifty years.
T. For a while, he had almost no customers.

SQPTRCorrect answerYour answerSQTPRCorrect answerYour answerPQTSRCorrect answerYour answerPSTRQCorrect answerYour answer

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CorrectNot quiteAnswer A

Correct answer: A

S opens with the old man. Q says what "he" knew.
P is the change the mall brought, T is "for a while", and R turns with "but" to last year.
So the order is SQPTR.

Worth noting

SQTPR says he had almost no customers before the mall has opened.

Concept: Ordering sentences by their links: the opener, pronouns, connectors and sequence
Typical timeTypical: 90 s
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