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Practice Reading: Re-order Paragraphs ID: #33574 Hand-axe
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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

Paragraph list

Eventually whole societies existed that seemed to do little else.
He (or very possibly she) took one stone and carefully used it to shape another.
It was so superior to existing tools that soon others were following the inventor's lead and making hand-axes of their own.
The result was a simple teardrop-shaped hand- axe, but it was the world's first piece of advanced technology.
Sometime about a million and a half years ago, some forgotten genius of the hominid world did an unexpected thing.

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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 talks about a specific time and a person who did something important. This makes it a good starting point. It does not use any words that need other sentences for meaning. Why other lines are not chosen? Paragraph 2 starts with 'He' which is a pronoun. This means it needs more information to understand. Paragraph 3 starts with 'The result' which uses 'the' and needs prior context. Paragraph 4 starts with 'It' which is also a pronoun. Paragraph 5 starts with 'Eventually' which is a connector word. All these reasons make them not independent.

Concluding sentence: Why this is the last line? This paragraph is the last sentence because it wraps up the ideas. It shows the final outcome of the invention. It gives a big picture of how the invention changed society.

Paragraph pairs:

  • Pair 1 (Paragraph 1 → Paragraph 2): This pair connects because Paragraph 2 explains what the genius did. It follows the logical order of events. The first sentence introduces the action, and the second sentence gives details about that action.
  • Pair 2 (Paragraph 2 → Paragraph 3): This pair connects because Paragraph 3 talks about the result of the action in Paragraph 2. It shows a cause and effect relationship. The shaping of the stone leads to the creation of the hand-axe.
  • Pair 3 (Paragraph 3 → Paragraph 4): This pair connects because Paragraph 4 explains why the hand-axe was important. It shows how the hand-axe was better than other tools. This is a logical order of ideas.
  • Pair 4 (Paragraph 4 → Paragraph 5): This pair connects because Paragraph 5 shows the result of the actions in Paragraph 4. It explains how the invention of the hand-axe led to whole societies focusing on making tools.

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