Arrange the following sentences in a logical order to form a coherent paragraph:
(A) For weeks the farmers of our village had watched the western sky, waiting for the clouds the weather office had promised by mid-June.
(B) It is this uncertainty, more than the heat, that makes every farmer here greet the monsoon with equal parts hope and fear.
(C) When the first heavy shower finally came in late June, children ran into the lanes and the old men stood still, faces turned upward.
(D) That relief, however, lasted barely a week, for the rain stopped as suddenly as it had begun and the sown fields cracked again.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → (A), (C), (D), (B)
Rearranged Parts:
(A) For weeks the farmers of our village had watched the western sky, waiting for the clouds the weather office had promised by mid-June.
(C) When the first heavy shower finally came in late June, children ran into the lanes and the old men stood still, faces turned upward.
(D) That relief, however, lasted barely a week, for the rain stopped as suddenly as it had begun and the sown fields cracked again.
(B) It is this uncertainty, more than the heat, that makes every farmer here greet the monsoon with equal parts hope and fear.
Complete paragraph: For weeks the farmers of our village had watched the western sky, waiting for the clouds the weather office had promised by mid-June. When the first heavy shower finally came in late June, children ran into the lanes and the old men stood still, faces turned upward. That relief, however, lasted barely a week, for the rain stopped as suddenly as it had begun and the sown fields cracked again. It is this uncertainty, more than the heat, that makes every farmer here greet the monsoon with equal parts hope and fear.