Given below are six sentences. A and F are the first and the last sentences. The rest of the sentences namely B, C, D and E are jumbled. Select the option that gives their correct order.
A. From a very early age I knew that when I grew up I would be writer.
B. For this or the other reasons, I was somewhat lonely.
C. I was the middle child among three.
D. And I barely saw my father, who was a soldier, till I was eight.
E. But there was a gap of five years on either side.
F. I had the lonely child’s habit of making up stories and holding conversations with imaginary persons.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) - ACEBDF
The correct order of the jumbled sentences is ACEBDF.
Here is the explanation:
- Sentence A is the introductory sentence, which tells us that the speaker knew from a very early age that they would be a writer.
- Sentence C tells us that the speaker was the middle child among three.
- Sentence E tells us that there was a gap of five years on either side.
- Sentence B tells us that for this or the other reasons, the speaker was somewhat lonely.
- Sentence D tells us that the speaker barely saw their father, who was a soldier, till they were eight.
- Sentence F is the concluding sentence, which tells us that the speaker had the lonely child's habit of making up stories and holding conversations with imaginary persons.