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A number of sentences are given below which, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. Choose the most logical order of sentences from among the given choices to construct a coherent paragraph.

(A) On one of our walks, three lads cycled past.
(B) I am short and stocky with grey hair and beard.
(C) My dog was also short and stocky and had grey hair.
(D) I heard one of them say, “That's a strange one."
(E) The second boy agreed, exclaiming, “Yes—It's all grey and fluffy."

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Important Questions on Paragraph Jumbles

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A number of sentences are given below which, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. Choose the most logical order of sentences from among the given choices to construct a coherent paragraph.

(A) Easy or not, etiquette is important.
(B) There's a reason for doing things the way we do them--we just have no idea what it is.
(C) I had to interrupt my cell phone call to tell him off.
(D) I was trying to explain this the other night to my children-Matt, 15, and Becky, 11-who, I'm ashamed to say, have been allowed to develop less-than-perfect manners, especially at the table.
(E) At this particular family dinner, I caught Matt buttering his baked potato with his finger.

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A number of sentences are given below which, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. Choose the most logical order of sentences from among the given choices to construct a coherent paragraph.

(A) Not a plastic tray or all-you-can-eat dessert bar in sight.
(B) Becky, whose idea of great dining is to graze the free sample aisle at cafes, immediately had questions.
(C) The restaurant was amazing.
(D) A distinguished-looking waiter with an elegant accent presented our menus.
(E) "How can they charge this much for food?"

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A number of sentences are given below which, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. Choose the most logical order of sentences from among the given choices to construct a coherent paragraph.

(A) A trainee was standing guard inside a room when he heard a pounding on the door and the order "Let men in!"
(B) Through the window, he saw the uniform of an officer and immediately opened the door.
(C) He quickly realized his mistake when the officer yelled,” Airman! Why didn't you check for my authority to enter?"
(D) Guards in air force basic training must check all IDs.
(E) Thinking fast, the airman replied, "Sir, you'd have got in anyway."

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A number of sentences are given below which, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. Choose the most logical order of sentences from among the given choices to construct a coherent paragraph.

(A) Peggy Conlon was 15 when her mum, dad and 14 siblings moved to a big house in Adelanto, a tiny town in California's high southern desert.
(B) School lunches were packed assembly-line style; baths taken in shifts in the bathroom-younger kids before bed, older kids in the morning.
(C) Life was all about directing traffic and as the oldest child, Peggy was the chief traffic monitor.
(D) In addition to the Conlon brood, there were cats, dogs, chickens, rabbits and a pony.
(E) Dinner was set on a 3.5 metre long dining table her father had made from a church door.

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(A) There in the soap-scented air and the glare of neon, they sorted, washed, dried, and folded up to 20 loads of clothes.
(B) That's when Mary would talk to her daughter about helping others and her dreams for the future.
(C) Every Friday night, from the time she was eight, Peggy and her mother, Mary, loaded the family station wagon with dirty clothes and drove to a Laundromat.
(D) When they were finally done at about 1 am, they'd head to an all-night coffee shop for hot fudge sundaes and a rare quiet time together.
(E) Diapers were always a big item.

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Directions: A number of sentences are given below which, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. Choose the most logical order of sentences from among the given choices to construct a coherent paragraph.

(A) I lived with my grandparents until I left home at 16.
(B) She worked and did very well, but she still needed the support her parents provided, and we lived with them in New York for many years.
(C) So all three of them, my mum, Ondrea Smith, and my grandparents Eugene and Ellen Griffith-raised me.
(D) Don't get me wrong, my mum was around too.
(E) But she was a single parent and had me when she was just 21.

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Directions: A number of sentences are given below which, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. Choose the most logical order of sentences from among the given choices to construct a coherent paragraph.

(A) He had been a paramedic in the army in World War II, and when I lived with him, he worked for the post office.
(B) He was from a West Indian family, and people from the West Indies are known for their frugality-like the work 300 jobs and spend no money.
(C) I'd see him leave every morning, go to work and come home at night.
(D) Then he'd do things like fixing his own car. And instead of relaxing, he'd be out patrolling the neighborhood, making sure it was safe for his family.
(E) My grandfather looked like a big Buddha, and his overall vibe was jolly, like Santa.

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Directions: A number of sentences are given below which, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. Choose the most logical order of sentences from among the given choices to construct a coherent paragraph.

(A) When I say tough, I mean she was the kind of person that didn't want to be kissed or hugged, but she would show you all the love in the world.
(B) My grandmother-she was generous, but she was tough.
(C) They let the employees have certain stuff, damaged goods.
(D) She used to bring little race cars and other toys home to me every day.
(E) Talk about a kid being blessed, and God has been looking out for me from the beginning: My grandmother worked in a toy factory!