Question

Identify the sentence (Q) that fits logically between sentences (P) and (R) form the options given below:

P. My sister and I have never seen a house on fire before.
Q. ____________________________________________
R. We rushed out and saw fire blazing in the distance.

a)We joined a large crowd of people who had gathered at the end of the street.
b)One evening when we heard fire engines rushing past my house.
c)What a terrible scene we saw that day.
d)We went out with everyone.

Answer 1

Hint: Find out the correct sequence in the series of the given sentences that is the most logical and fits the series narrative.

Complete step-by-step answer:

Let’s analyze which sentence is the correct answer:

First, the series starts with the protagonist saying that she/he had never seen a house on fire, and neither did his/her sister.
In the end, the protagonist says that they rushed out and saw the fire blazing in the distance.

The sentence R indicates that the protagonist and the sister were stationary at a place where they had not seen the fire yet.
The sentence P gives us a factual statement, and there is no experience in this statement. This indicates that the telling of the experience would start from the next sentence, where the protagonist would start with what happened.

Hence, option A and option D would not be correct as it is a sentence that does not indicate the start of an experience, instead, it seems like a sentence from the middle.
Option C sounds like the conclusion to the experience, as the protagonist remarks about the feelings for the whole experience.

On the other hand, option B sounds like the protagonist’s introductory line to the experience, and therefore it fits the series logically.

Note: Always try to gauge whether the sentence that is incomplete is the start, middle or end of the series and whether it fits the situation and narrative of the series logically.