Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the…
2025
Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the sentences in the
correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.
A. It includes some speaking, usually in the form of a recording, as input.
B. Such tests assess how effectively a person can understand spoken language in various
real-life situations.
C. They are usually authentic and set the context in which the learners have to listen and
comprehend the spoken message.
D. These inputs can be instructions, directions, announcements, conversations, talks,
lectures, descriptions, and so on.
E. A listening test is designed to evaluate how well-developed your listening skills are.
Answer: C. EADCB — ConceptA paragraph is coherent only when every sentence's pronouns and determiners resolve to a noun or idea that an earlier sentence in the sequence has…
- A.
CBAED
- B.
CDBAE
- C.
EADCB
- D.
BACDE
Attempted by 2 students.
Show answer & explanation
Correct answer: C
Concept
A paragraph is coherent only when every sentence's pronouns and determiners resolve to a noun or idea that an earlier sentence in the sequence has already introduced -- not necessarily the sentence directly before it. The opening sentence must introduce its subject on its own -- typically with an indefinite article or a fresh noun, never with a pronoun or determiner such as "it", "they", "such", or "these" that presupposes something already said.
Application
E opens the paragraph, introducing the subject with the indefinite article in "a listening test" -- it needs no earlier sentence to make sense, so it can stand first.
A follows E: the pronoun "It" in "It includes some speaking ... as input" resolves to "a listening test" from E, and A introduces the noun "input" for the first time.
D follows A: the phrase "these inputs" in D picks up the noun "input" that A has just introduced, then lists what such inputs can be (instructions, directions, announcements, and so on).
C follows D: the pronoun "They" in "They are usually authentic ..." resolves to "these inputs" from D, describing a further property of those inputs.
B closes the paragraph: "Such tests" in B generalises back to the listening test opened in E, summarising what such tests assess -- a fitting concluding sentence.
Cross-check
The order C-B-A-E-D opens on C, whose pronoun "They" has no noun established yet at that point in the sequence.
The order C-D-B-A-E also opens on C, so "They" is again left without an antecedent at the start.
The order B-A-C-D-E opens on B, whose determiner "Such tests" needs a prior mention of "tests" that is not yet available at that point.
Only the order E-A-D-C-B keeps every pronoun and determiner tied to a noun already introduced earlier in the same sequence, so EADCB is the coherent arrangement.