The opening and closing sentences are given. Arrange the sentences between them.
Opening: A single tree can do a great deal of work in a city.
P. In the monsoon, its roots soak up the rain, and the gate is the only place that never floods.
Q. Take the neem tree outside our school, planted by a teacher forty years ago.
R. On summer afternoons, its shade keeps the gate so cool that the whole school waits there for the bus.
S. And all year, its branches are full of parrots, whose noise we hear even in class.
Closing: Without it, our school would be hotter, wetter and much quieter.

RQPSCorrect answerYour answerRPQSCorrect answerYour answerQRPSCorrect answerYour answerQSRPCorrect answerYour answer

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CorrectNot quiteAnswer C

Correct answer: C

After the opening sentence, Q brings in one tree: "take the neem tree".
R, P and S give its work in order: "its shade" in summer, "its roots" in the monsoon, and "all year" its branches. The closing sentence lists them in the same order: hotter, wetter, quieter.
So the order is QRPS.

Worth noting

RQPS opens with "its shade" before the neem tree has been named.

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