Arrange the sentences in the right order to make a paragraph.
P. Covered drains ran under the streets to carry waste water away.
Q. Their streets were laid out in straight lines, crossing at right angles.
R. The Indus Valley people built some of the world's first planned cities, nearly five thousand years ago.
S. Houses were built of baked bricks of the same size, and many had their own bathrooms.
T. Such planning suggests a strong government, though we still cannot read their writing to know for sure.

QRSPTCorrect answerYour answerRQSPTCorrect answerYour answerRPSTQCorrect answerYour answerSQRPTCorrect answerYour answer

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CorrectNot quiteAnswer B

Correct answer: B

R opens: it names the Indus Valley people and their cities. Q describes "their streets".
S describes the houses, P the drains under "the streets", and T says what "such planning" suggests.
So the order is RQSPT.

Worth noting

QRSPT opens with "their streets", which have nothing to belong to yet.

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