The opening and closing sentences are given. Arrange the sentences between them.
Opening: The flood came at night, when the whole village was asleep.
P. By morning, the water had reached the tops of the doors.
Q. The villagers woke and climbed onto their roofs.
R. Boats from the town came and took everyone to a school on high ground.
S. A boy of twelve, woken by the sound of water, ran to the temple and rang its bell.
Closing: Not a single person was lost, and the boy who rang the bell was given an award by the state.

SPRQCorrect answerYour answerSQPRCorrect answerYour answerQSPRCorrect answerYour answerQSRPCorrect answerYour answer

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CorrectNot quiteAnswer B

Correct answer: B

After the opening sentence, S is the boy ringing the bell.
Q is the villagers waking, P is "by morning", and R is the boats, which leads to the award in the closing sentence.
So the order is SQPR.

Worth noting

SPRQ sends the boats before the villagers have even woken.

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