Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the sentences in the right order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.
A. At length the olive tree's branches broke with the snow's weight , at once despoiling it of its beauty and killing the tree.
B. A shower of snow fell upon them and, finding the olive full of foliage, it settled upon its branches.
C. Finding the fig tree without leaves, the snow fell through the branches to the ground and did not injure it at all.
D. The olive tree ridiculed the fig tree because, while she was green all the year round, the fig tree changed its leaves with the seasons.
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Correct answer: C
Explanation
The correct answer is option 3 i.e. DBAC.
- Statement D is independent and defines the topic of the paragraph "the olive tree and the fig tree". Hence, it will be the opening statement.
- Statement B is the continuation of statement D.
- Statement A is the continuation of statement B since it gives us the reason for what happened to the olive tree's branch when the snow piled up on it.
- Finally, statement C will come at the end of the arrangement.
- Now we have the final arrangement i.e. DBAC.
The chosen option is the same as the final arrangement hence, it will be correct.