Sentences of a paragraph are given below. While the first and the last sentences (A and F) are in the correct order, the sentences in between are jumbled up. Arrange the sentences in the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.
A. When I had a house in Sri Lanka, my parents came out one winter to see me.
B. Originally, I had felt some qualms about encouraging their visit.
C. Any one of several things – the constant heat, the unaccustomed food and drinking water, even the presence of a leprosy clinic a quarter of a mile from the house – might easily have an adverse effect on them in one way or another.
D. They claimed not to mind the lack of running water in the bathrooms and regularly praised the curries prepared by Appuhamy, the resident cook.
E. But I had underestimated their resilience; they made a greater show of adaptability than I had thought possible and seemed entirely content with everything.
F. Both of them being in their seventies, they were not tempted by the more distant or inaccessible points of interest.
A. When I had a house in Sri Lanka, my parents came out one winter to see me.
B. Originally, I had felt some qualms about encouraging their visit.
C. Any one of several things – the constant heat, the unaccustomed food and drinking water, even the presence of a leprosy clinic a quarter of a mile from the house – might easily have an adverse effect on them in one way or another.
D. They claimed not to mind the lack of running water in the bathrooms and regularly praised the curries prepared by Appuhamy, the resident cook.
E. But I had underestimated their resilience; they made a greater show of adaptability than I had thought possible and seemed entirely content with everything.
F. Both of them being in their seventies, they were not tempted by the more distant or inaccessible points of interest.
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Correct answer: A
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