Given below are four jumbled sentences. Select the option that gives their correct order.
A. The guard escorted him to the front office.
B. There the warden handed Jimmy his pardon, which had been signed by the Governor that morning.
C. There Jimmy Valentine was carefully stitching the shoe uppers.
D. A guard came to the prison shoe shop.
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Correct answer: B
Explanation
The correct answer is Option 2 i.e DCAB.
The given question is an example of para jumbles.
Sentence D will be the introductory line as it gives the introduction about Jimmy.
Sentence C will follow D as the phrase "shoe uppers" relates to the shoe shop.
Sentence A will be following sentence C as "him" refers to Jimmy in sentence C.
Sentence B will be the last sentence as it concludes the para.
The correct sequence is:
D. A guard came to the prison shoe shop.
C. There Jimmy Valentine was carefully stitching the shoe uppers.
A. The guard escorted him to the front office.
B. There the warden handed Jimmy his pardon, which had been signed by the Governor that morning.