The opening and closing sentences are given. Arrange the sentences between them.
Opening: The town's last cinema hall was going to close.
P. People who had not been to the cinema in years came with their children, to show them what it had been like.
Q. The owner, an old man who had run it for forty years, put up a notice saying the last show would be on Sunday.
R. For years, fewer and fewer people had come, as everyone watched films on their phones.
S. Word spread, and on Sunday a queue stretched down the street.
Closing: The owner was so moved that he decided to open one day a week for as long as he could.

RSPQCorrect answerYour answerRQSPCorrect answerYour answerQPRSCorrect answerYour answerSRQPCorrect answerYour answer

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CorrectNot quiteAnswer B

Correct answer: B

After the opening sentence, R gives the reason: fewer people came.
Q is the owner's notice, S is "word spread" and the queue "on Sunday", and P says who came, which leads to the owner's decision in the closing sentence.
So the order is RQSP.

Worth noting

RSPQ has the queue form on Sunday before the owner has put up his notice.

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