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The sentences given below, when properly sequenced, would yield a coherent paragraph. Decide on the proper sequencing of the order of the sentences and key in the sequence of the numbers as your answer.

  1. The woodland's canopy receives most of the sunlight that falls on the trees.
  2. Swifts do not confine themselves to woodlands, but hunt wherever there are insects in the air.
  3. With their streamlined bodies, swifts are agile flyers, ideally adapted to twisting and turning through the air as they chase flying insects the creatures that form their staple diet.
  4. Hundreds of thousands of insects fly in the sunshine up above the canopy, some falling prey to swifts and swallows.

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Solution

βœ… Correct Answer: 1432

From passage: "The woodland's canopy receives most of the sunlight" and "Hundreds of thousands of insects fly in the sunshine up above the canopy"

The key is finding the bridge between ideas -> sentence 1 talks about sunlight hitting canopy -> sentence 4 connects this by mentioning insects flying in that same sunshine -> then we get specific about swifts.


Step-by-step elimination process:

🟒 Sentence 1 -> perfect opener -> sets the scene (woodland canopy + sunlight)

🟒 Sentence 4 -> natural follow-up -> connects sunlight from sentence 1 to insects flying in that sunshine -> introduces "swifts" for first time

🟒 Sentence 3 -> logical next step -> now that swifts are introduced, this sentence describes them in detail (bodies, flying, diet)

🟒 Sentence 2 -> perfect closer -> expands the scope beyond just woodlands after we know what swifts are


Why other sequences fail:

Any sequence starting with sentence 2, 3, or 4 -> context-error -> mentions swifts without introducing the setting first

Any sequence with sentence 3 before sentence 4 -> reference-error -> describes swifts before they're even mentioned

Any sequence with sentence 2 before sentence 3 -> flow-error -> talks about hunting behavior before explaining what swifts actually are

Answer: 1432

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