Given below are four sentences in jumbled order. Pick the option that gives their correct order.
A. Mummy struggled to pull them apart and finally succeeded.
B. She tried to get them to make up but they did not listen.
C. It was a fierce fight, of course.
D. The two children scratched and hit each other
Show answer & explanation
Correct answer: D
Explanation
The correct answer is Option 4 i.e. CDAB.
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:
- Sentence C introduces us to the subject 'fight'. So, sentence C is the first sentence after rearrangement.
- Sentence D tells us about the two children and their spat. It will be put in second place.
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Sentence A tells us about the mother's successful intervention to end their quarrel. It will be put in third place.
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The last sentence is B as it mentions the mother's attempt at the reconciliation between her children.
- Thus, the correct order after rearrangement is option 4 i.e. CDAB.
The paragraph is: It was a fierce fight, of course. The two children scratched and hit each other. Mummy struggled to pull them apart and finally succeeded. She tried to get them to make up but they did not listen.
Hence, the correct answer is Option 4 i.e. CDAB.