Arrange the following sentences in a logical order to form a coherent paragraph:
(A) Every February, the people of the forest villages in our district clear a strip of land along the edge of the forest.
(B) Over the next two weeks, this strip is swept clean of dry leaves and twigs and then lightly burnt under the watch of forest guards.
(C) With nothing left on the ground to burn, the flames die out at the strip instead of spreading into the trees.
(D) All this work pays off in April, when the hot summer winds carry sparks from fires lit carelessly by travellers.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → (A), (B), (D), (C)
Rearranged Parts:
(A) Every February, the people of the forest villages in our district clear a strip of land along the edge of the forest.
(B) Over the next two weeks, this strip is swept clean of dry leaves and twigs and then lightly burnt under the watch of forest guards.
(D) All this work pays off in April, when the hot summer winds carry sparks from fires lit carelessly by travellers.
(C) With nothing left on the ground to burn, the flames die out at the strip instead of spreading into the trees.
Complete paragraph: Every February, the people of the forest villages in our district clear a strip of land along the edge of the forest. Over the next two weeks, this strip is swept clean of dry leaves and twigs and then lightly burnt under the watch of forest guards. All this work pays off in April, when the hot summer winds carry sparks from fires lit carelessly by travellers. With nothing left on the ground to burn, the flames die out at the strip instead of spreading into the trees.