Given below are four sentences in jumbled order. Pick the option that gives their correct order.
A. However, Yusuf comforted himself by imagining the hotel food in store for him the next day.
B. First, Yusuf’s stomach was occupied by excitement.
C. It was difficult to eat dinner that night.
D. Secondly, mother was on one of her health trips and had prepared sprouted beans and yoghurt.
Show answer & explanation
Correct answer: B
Explanation
The correct answer is Option 2 i.e. CBDA.
While arranging the parts of the passage, we should find some grammatical or contextual connections between them. Also, the first sentence of a passage is usually independent and introduces a topic. The second one provides more information about it.
Steps to arrange the sentences in the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph:
- In the given question sentence C will be the first sentence because it is the starting of an incident.
- Sentence B and sentence D, 'First' and 'Second' are cardinals (those that indicate order or sequence of happenings). Therefore, sentence B will be the next sentence and sentence D will follow it.
- Lastly, sentence A will be used because it makes a contrasting conclusion.
- Thus, the correct order after rearrangement is option 2 i.e. CBDA.
The paragraph is: It was difficult to eat dinner that night. First, Yusuf's stomach was occupied by excitement. Secondly, mother was on one of her health trips and had prepared sprouted beans and yogurt. However, Yusuf comforted himself by imagining the hotel food in store for him the next day.
Hence, the correct answer is Option 2 i.e. CBDA.