Brief Understanding of Reorder Paragraph
Reorder Paragraph is the third question of the Reading Module and its score is added only to the Reading module. The student is supposed to reorder a set of jumbled sentences in the right order. Usually, there are 2-3 Reorder Paragraph questions included in the exam.

Scoring Pattern

·         The score of Reorder Paragraph is only added the Reading module.

·         One point is awarded to each tight paired sentence.

·         Partial marks will be awarded as for each correct pair there is one point.

·         There is no negative marking for any incorrect pair.

 

Skills Assessed
Reading Skills:

·         Analyze the given topic, theme, or main idea by skimming all the sentences.

·         Go through the academic vocabulary, conjunctions, connectors, and pronouns to determine logical sequencing of all the sentences.

·         Identify direct and indirect meanings of the words, it will help you to rearrange the sentence.

·         Classify the information in chronological order to organize the information.

 

How to Answer a Reorder Paragraph?

·         Skim all the sentences which are on the LEFT side of the screen.

·         Find out the independent sentence, known as stand-alone and move it to the RIGHT side of the screen. Any sentence starting with the contradicting keywords such as however, whereas, but cannot be the standalone sentence.

·         While rearranging the sentences, the linking words (such as however, moreover), pronouns, dates, articles, or acronyms assist you to determine logical sequences.

·         While moving the right sequence to the right side keep dragging and dropping the sentences until a meaningful sequence is found.

·         Go through the final sequence and, if needed, correct sentence positions by moving up and down before proceeding to the next question.

Effective Strategies

✔ Utilize short sentences and substitute nouns with pronouns to determine independent and dependent sentences.
✔ Pay attention to sentence structures in journals, newspapers, and magazines, marking articles, linking words, and event sequences.
✔ Identify cohesive words in passages in practice.
✔ Keep a list of key words and transition signals that make sequencing easy.

Test Tips

·   Time Management: Take 1.5 to 2 minutes per Reorder Paragraph question.
·   Scan the passage to identify the topic and independent sentence instantly.
·   Work in pairs of sentences to make it easier. Look for signals such as conjunctions, pronouns, and sequences of events. Regular practice will be necessary to build familiarity and accuracy.
 

EXAMPLE:
TIME SEQUENCE APPROACH- The dates or the time mentioned in the sentences make the task easy as the arrangement of sentences using proper time sequence is not time consuming at all. In time sequence most of the time the sentence with the oldest date or time of the past comes FIRST then the later information in the sentences follow the sequence.

Before

After

Later

1. Then two astronomers—the German, Johannes Kepler, and the Italian, Galileo Galilei-started publicly to support the Copernican theory, despite the fact that the orbits it predicted did not quite match the ones observed.
2. His idea was that the sun was stationary at the center and that the earth and the planets move in circular orbits around the sun.
3. A simple model was proposed in 1514 by a Polish priest, Nicholas Copernicus.
4. Nearly a century passed before this idea was taken seriously.

SOLUTION EXPLANATION: the 3rd sentence will the independent sentence as it talks about the model introduced in 1514, then is the 2nd sentence as HIS IDEA means Nicholas Copernicus’s idea.  Then come 4th sentence as it talks about a century passed means after 100 years from 1514, finally is the first sentence which indicates that the TWO astronomers supported the idea of Copernicus.
 
Mastering the Reorder Paragraph exercise with these methods will significantly enhance your Reading score.

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