Rearrange the following sentences to form a meaningful paragraph:
(A) The tree still stands, though the lane beside it is as narrow as ever.
(B) Within a week, the residents had collected two hundred signatures and sent them to the municipal office.
(C) For years, nobody in our colony paid much attention to the old peepal tree at the corner of the lane.
(D) That changed one April morning, when a notice nailed to its trunk said it would be cut down to widen the lane.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → (C), (D), (B), (A)
Rearranged Parts:
(C) For years, nobody in our colony paid much attention to the old peepal tree at the corner of the lane.
(D) That changed one April morning, when a notice nailed to its trunk said it would be cut down to widen the lane.
(B) Within a week, the residents had collected two hundred signatures and sent them to the municipal office.
(A) The tree still stands, though the lane beside it is as narrow as ever.
Complete paragraph: For years, nobody in our colony paid much attention to the old peepal tree at the corner of the lane. That changed one April morning, when a notice nailed to its trunk said it would be cut down to widen the lane. Within a week, the residents had collected two hundred signatures and sent them to the municipal office. The tree still stands, though the lane beside it is as narrow as ever.