The opening and closing sentences are given. Arrange the sentences between them.
Opening: In many Indian homes, the day begins with a cup of tea.
P. A little under two hundred years ago, the British began to grow it in Assam to sell abroad.
Q. Then, in the early twentieth century, tea companies began to advertise it to Indians themselves.
R. For a long time, most of it was sent out of the country, and few Indians drank it.
S. But tea was not always a common drink here.
Closing: Within a few decades, a cup of chai had become part of daily life across the country.

SRQPCorrect answerYour answerPRQSCorrect answerYour answerSPRQCorrect answerYour answerRSQPCorrect answerYour answer

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CorrectNot quiteAnswer C

Correct answer: C

After the opening sentence, S turns with "but": tea was not always common.
P says when it began to be grown, R is "for a long time" it was sent abroad, and Q is "then", the advertising, which leads to "within a few decades" in the closing sentence.
So the order is SPRQ.

Worth noting

SRQP says "most of it was sent out" before the paragraph has said where the tea came from.

Concept: Ordering sentences by their links: the opener, pronouns, connectors and sequence
Typical timeTypical: 85 s
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