Question
A. She was a tall woman and she carried a large
purse. B. Suddenly a boy ran up behind her and tried to snatch her purse. C. It was 11 p.m. and a woman was walking alone. D. It had a long strap, and she carried it slung across her shoulder. Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the sentences in the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.Solution
C is a general statement, hence the opening sentence. ‘She’ in A refers to the woman in the opening sentence. Statement D describes the purse mentioned in A. Statement B describes what happened to the woman carrying the purse.
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