Re-order Paragraphs
Finding the opening sentence, then following the links.
15 minutes · A free lesson from Reading
Four or five sentences or short paragraphs appear in the wrong order. You score a mark for each pair of neighbours you place correctly, so even a partly correct order earns marks.
Lesson quiz
Check what you have learned. Choose an answer to see whether it is right, and why.
Quick check: Which sentence is most likely the opener?
- “However, it was not widely used until the 1940s.”
- “Penicillin was discovered by Alexander Fleming in 1928.”
- “This discovery changed medicine.”
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B: “Penicillin was discovered by Alexander Fleming in 1928.” — The opener makes sense on its own. However and This point back to something earlier.
Quick check: How are you marked?
- A mark for each correct pair of neighbours
- Only for a completely correct order
- Only for the first sentence
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A: A mark for each correct pair of neighbours — Find the pairs you are sure of first.
Quick check: Which word usually shows that a sentence is not the first?
- Scientists
- In 1928
- However
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C: However — However, This, These, Such, He and They almost never start the first sentence.
Marked as soon as you finish — free with an account.Practise now