Sentence Rearrangement for Upcoming Exams – Set 38

Directions(1-5): Rearrange the following FIVE sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; then answer the questions given below. A. Why dwell on the past?, they ask; we should look to the future. B. Always useful for muddying the waters, this claims that the money being spent on an investigation into the university’s past would be better spent on increasing Bame access to top UK universities. C. It’s not that discussing how Britain trafficked millions of Africans into slavery makes us uncomfortable, it’s just that it’s bad for you guys. D. First came a real golden oldie, that paper-thin, disingenuous line that claims that any discussion of slavery or colonialism traps 21st-century black Britons in a culture of victimhood. E. Then we had that ever-adaptable staple – the false dichotomy.

1. Which of the following sentences should be the FIFTH (LAST) after rearrangement?
   A
   B
   C
   D
   E
   Option A
   D-C-E-B-A
   
    



2. Which of the following sentences should be the FIRST after rearrangement?
   A
   B
   C
   D
   E
   Option D
   D-C-E-B-A
   
    



3. Which of the following sentences should be the FOURTH after rearrangement?
   A
   B
   C
   D
   E
   Option B
   D-C-E-B-A
   
    



4. Which of the following sentences should be the SECOND after rearrangement?
   A
   B
   C
   D
   E
   Option C
   D-C-E-B-A
   
    



5. Which of the following sentences should be the THIRD after rearrangement?
   A
   B
   C
   D
   E
   Option E
   D-C-E-B-A
   
    
Directions(6-10): Rearrange the following FIVE sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; then answer the questions given below. A. There is a debate to be had over these issues. B. What seems indisputable, though, is that some such regulations are required. C. These rules have been criticised from both sides. D. Whereas the IAAF’s hyperandrogenic rules are irrational and discriminatory, regulations allowing transgender athletes to compete under certain conditions do seem “necessary, reasonable and proportionate”. E. For some, they place too great a burden on transgender athletes; for others, they make it too easy for athletes not born as women to compete in women’s events.


6. Which of the following sentences should be the FIFTH (LAST) after rearrangement?
   A
   B
   C
   D
   E
   Option D
   C-E-A-B-D
   
    



7. Which of the following sentences should be the FIRST after rearrangement?
   A
   B
   C
   D
   E
   Option C
   C-E-A-B-D
   
    



8. Which of the following sentences should be the FOURTH after rearrangement?
   A
   B
   C
   D
   E
   Option B
   C-E-A-B-D
   
    



9. Which of the following sentences should be the SECOND after rearrangement?
   A
   B
   C
   D
   E
   Option E
   C-E-A-B-D
   
    



10. Which of the following sentences should be the THIRD after rearrangement?
    A
    B
    C
    D
    E
    Option A
    C-E-A-B-D