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Practice Reading: Re-order Paragraphs ID: #249 Retired Engineer
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The text boxes in the left panel have been placed in a random order Restore the original order by dragging the text boxes from the left panel to the right panel.
* Move & order all paragraphs in the right field

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Yet whenever he was hungry he got up and propelled himself straight to the kitchen to get something to eat.
In 1992, a retired engineer in San Diego contracted a rare brain disease that wiped out his memory.
Studies of this man led scientists to a breakthrough: the part of our brains where habits are stored has nothing to do with memory or reason.
Every day he was asked where the kitchen was in his house, and every day he didn’t have the foggiest idea.
It offered proof of what the US psychologists William James noticed more than a century ago.

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First sentence: Why this is the first line? This paragraph is the first sentence because it introduces the main topic. It gives a clear overview of the situation. It does not use any words that need prior context. Why other lines are not chosen? The other paragraphs are not chosen because they do not stand alone. For example, Paragraph 2 starts with 'Every day,' which needs context. Paragraph 3 starts with 'Yet,' which shows a connection to something before it. Paragraph 4 uses 'Studies of this man,' which refers back to the engineer. Paragraph 5 starts with 'It offered proof,' which also needs earlier information.

Concluding sentence: Why this is the last line? This paragraph is the last sentence because it concludes the discussion. It summarizes the main point and shows the importance of the findings. It uses conclusive words like 'offered proof' to show that it wraps up the ideas.

Paragraph pairs:

  • Pair 1 (Paragraph 1 → Paragraph 2): Paragraph 2 connects to Paragraph 1 because it continues the story of the engineer. It shows the effects of the brain disease. This is a logical order because it explains what happened to him after he lost his memory.
  • Pair 2 (Paragraph 2 → Paragraph 3): Paragraph 3 connects to Paragraph 2 because it shows a different action of the engineer. It explains that even without memory, he still went to the kitchen when hungry. This shows a cause and effect relationship.
  • Pair 3 (Paragraph 3 → Paragraph 4): Paragraph 4 connects to Paragraph 3 because it explains why the engineer could go to the kitchen. It shows the scientific findings about habits and memory. This is a broader to specific strategy.
  • Pair 4 (Paragraph 4 → Paragraph 5): Paragraph 5 connects to Paragraph 4 because it summarizes the importance of the study. It shows that the findings support earlier ideas by William James. This is a logical order because it wraps up the discussion.

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