CAT 1997VARC Question 34

Opening & Closing SentenceEasy

Direction: Arrange the sentences A, B, C and D in a proper sequence so as to make a coherent paragraph.

A. Perhaps the best known is the Bay Area Writing Project, founded by James Gray in 1974.
B. The decline in writing skills can be stopped.
C.Today's back-to-basics movement has already forced some schools to place renewed emphasis on writing skills.
D. Although the inability of some teachers to teach writing successfully remains a big stumbling block, a number of programmes have been developed to attack this problem.

Answer & solution

  • BCDA

  • B

    ADCB

  • C

    ACBD

  • D

    CABD

Solution

B introduces the idea of the possibility of stopping the decline in writing skills, C states how this is being done, D talks about a number of programmes being developed for the same and A gives the example of one such programme.

CAT 1997 VARC Q34: Direction: Arrange the sentences A, B, C and D in a proper sequence so as to make a coherent paragraph. A. Per — Solution | TheCATExam