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Practice Reading: Re-order Paragraphs
ID: #48492
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Instructions
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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So, while some nomadic hunter-gatherers may occasionally bag more food than they can consume in a few days
, such a bonanza is of little use to them because they cannot protect it.
Hence nomadic hunter-gatherer societies have few or no such full-time specialists, who instead first appear in
sedentary societies.
A consequence of a settled existence is that it permits one to store food surpluses, since storage would be
pointless if one didn't remain nearby to guard the stored food.
But stored food is essential for feeding non-food-producing specialists, and certainly for supporting whole
towns of them.
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First sentence: This paragraph serves as the first sentence because it introduces the main topic of food storage in settled societies. It does not reference prior context, making it a clear starting point.
Concluding sentence: This paragraph concludes the sequence by summarizing the overall theme of the necessity of food storage in sedentary societies and the absence of specialists in nomadic societies, marked by the conclusive word 'Hence'.
Paragraph pairs:
- Pair 1 (Paragraph 1 → Paragraph 2): Paragraph 2 logically follows Paragraph 1 as it contrasts the ability to store food in settled societies with the limitations faced by nomadic hunter-gatherers, using the transitional word 'So' to indicate a consequence.
- Pair 2 (Paragraph 2 → Paragraph 3): Paragraph 3 connects to Paragraph 2 by introducing the importance of stored food, contrasting the previous point about nomadic lifestyles with the necessity of food storage for supporting specialists, indicated by the word 'But'.
- Pair 3 (Paragraph 3 → Paragraph 4): Paragraph 4 follows logically from Paragraph 3 as it explains the implications of stored food for the existence of specialists, using 'Hence' to show the conclusion drawn from the previous statement.
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