Given below are four jumbled sentences. Select the option that gives their correct order.
A. The boy, who was passionate about nature, knew that he had to walk away slowly not to alarm the animal.
B. Twelve-year-old Alessandro was wandering among the bushes looking for pine cones, when he appeared to be followed by a bear.
C. Alessandro’s mother panicked when she saw the bear; however, the boy told her to be silent.
D. When he had safely entered his house, the bear stopped following him and disappeared.
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Correct answer: C
Explanation
The correct answer is option 3 i.e. BACD
- The best way to approach such a question is by finding out its opening statement followed by pairs of sentences.
- The subject of the given sentence is Alessandro, which is mentioned in sentence B, making it our opening sentence.
- Sentence B is further connected by sentence A using the phrase 'the boy' referring to Alessandro specifying his nature.
- Sentence C talks about the animal which was mentioned in Sentence A, making it the third required sentence.
- Sentence D will be our closing sentence.
The correct sentence is-
Twelve-year-old Alessandro was wandering among the bushes looking for pine cones, when he appeared to be followed by a bear. The boy, who was passionate about nature, knew that he had to walk away slowly not to alarm the animal. Alessandro’s mother panicked when she saw the bear; however, the boy told her to be silent. When he had safely entered his house, the bear stopped following him and disappeared.