Sentences Rearrangement Questions and Answers

Answer: E

Correct answer: A

The FOURTH sentence of the rearranged paragraph is A.

Correct sequence: F – E – C – A – D – G – B

How the paragraph builds:

1. F makes the claim: citizens will have to learn a foreign language.
2. E begins the elimination - the reason is not trade, medical books or Homer.
3. C continues it with nor is it.
4. A continues again with it is not even.
5. D finally gives the real reason: one cannot understand one’s own language without studying another.
6. G explains why - the native speaker is immersed and never sees the structure.
7. B adds the last point with moreover.

The three negatives run in a fixed order set by their connectives - not… nor… not even - before it is because supplies the answer.

Answer: B

Correct answer: G

The SIXTH sentence of the rearranged paragraph is G.

Correct sequence: F – E – C – A – D – G – B

How the paragraph builds:

1. F makes the claim: citizens will have to learn a foreign language.
2. E begins the elimination - the reason is not trade, medical books or Homer.
3. C continues it with nor is it.
4. A continues again with it is not even.
5. D finally gives the real reason: one cannot understand one’s own language without studying another.
6. G explains why - the native speaker is immersed and never sees the structure.
7. B adds the last point with moreover.

The three negatives run in a fixed order set by their connectives - not… nor… not even - before it is because supplies the answer.

Answer: D

Correct answer: E

The SECOND sentence of the rearranged paragraph is E.

Correct sequence: C – E – A – D – B

How the paragraph builds:

1. C names the subject: poverty alleviation is a significant programme.
2. E supplies the yardstick - this programme refers back to C, and success is measured by the proportion below the poverty line.
3. A gives the reading on that yardstick: the percentage has been decreasing.
4. D qualifies it - this change is slow and gradual but consistent.
5. B draws the conclusion: a welcome sign, with a warning about population growth.

This change in D has no antecedent unless A comes before it, which fixes the second half of the order.

Answer: E

Correct answer: D

The FOURTH sentence of the rearranged paragraph is D.

Correct sequence: C – E – A – D – B

How the paragraph builds:

1. C names the subject: poverty alleviation is a significant programme.
2. E supplies the yardstick - this programme refers back to C, and success is measured by the proportion below the poverty line.
3. A gives the reading on that yardstick: the percentage has been decreasing.
4. D qualifies it - this change is slow and gradual but consistent.
5. B draws the conclusion: a welcome sign, with a warning about population growth.

This change in D has no antecedent unless A comes before it, which fixes the second half of the order.

Answer: A

Correct answer: B

The FIFTH sentence of the rearranged paragraph is B.

Correct sequence: C – E – A – D – B

How the paragraph builds:

1. C names the subject: poverty alleviation is a significant programme.
2. E supplies the yardstick - this programme refers back to C, and success is measured by the proportion below the poverty line.
3. A gives the reading on that yardstick: the percentage has been decreasing.
4. D qualifies it - this change is slow and gradual but consistent.
5. B draws the conclusion: a welcome sign, with a warning about population growth.

This change in D has no antecedent unless A comes before it, which fixes the second half of the order.

Answer: B

Correct answer: A

The THIRD sentence of the rearranged paragraph is A.

Correct sequence: C – E – A – D – B

How the paragraph builds:

1. C names the subject: poverty alleviation is a significant programme.
2. E supplies the yardstick - this programme refers back to C, and success is measured by the proportion below the poverty line.
3. A gives the reading on that yardstick: the percentage has been decreasing.
4. D qualifies it - this change is slow and gradual but consistent.
5. B draws the conclusion: a welcome sign, with a warning about population growth.

This change in D has no antecedent unless A comes before it, which fixes the second half of the order.

Answer: C

Correct answer: C

The FIRST sentence of the rearranged paragraph is C.

Correct sequence: C – E – A – D – B

How the paragraph builds:

1. C names the subject: poverty alleviation is a significant programme.
2. E supplies the yardstick - this programme refers back to C, and success is measured by the proportion below the poverty line.
3. A gives the reading on that yardstick: the percentage has been decreasing.
4. D qualifies it - this change is slow and gradual but consistent.
5. B draws the conclusion: a welcome sign, with a warning about population growth.

This change in D has no antecedent unless A comes before it, which fixes the second half of the order.

Answer: A

Correct answer: A

The SECOND sentence of the rearranged paragraph is A.

Correct sequence: D – A – B – C – E

How the paragraph builds:

1. D states the thesis: intelligence and creativity are two different things.
2. A offers the evidence - one evidence of this points back to that thesis.
3. B restates the evidence: in other words, replicating is easy, creating is hard.
4. C raises the complaint: these replicates are rated high and promoted over creators.
5. E answers the complaint - creators may be slow at absorbing, but in the long term they hold the upper edge.

These replicates in C needs B before it, and E’s closing clause about creators gaining the upper edge reads as the reply to C’s unfairness.

Answer: E

Correct answer: E

The FIFTH sentence of the rearranged paragraph is E.

Correct sequence: D – A – B – C – E

How the paragraph builds:

1. D states the thesis: intelligence and creativity are two different things.
2. A offers the evidence - one evidence of this points back to that thesis.
3. B restates the evidence: in other words, replicating is easy, creating is hard.
4. C raises the complaint: these replicates are rated high and promoted over creators.
5. E answers the complaint - creators may be slow at absorbing, but in the long term they hold the upper edge.

These replicates in C needs B before it, and E’s closing clause about creators gaining the upper edge reads as the reply to C’s unfairness.

Answer: B

Correct answer: C

The FOURTH sentence of the rearranged paragraph is C.

Correct sequence: D – A – B – C – E

How the paragraph builds:

1. D states the thesis: intelligence and creativity are two different things.
2. A offers the evidence - one evidence of this points back to that thesis.
3. B restates the evidence: in other words, replicating is easy, creating is hard.
4. C raises the complaint: these replicates are rated high and promoted over creators.
5. E answers the complaint - creators may be slow at absorbing, but in the long term they hold the upper edge.

These replicates in C needs B before it, and E’s closing clause about creators gaining the upper edge reads as the reply to C’s unfairness.