Rearrange the following sentences to form a coherent paragraph: 1. A central tenet of this approach is the concept of a "class," which acts as a blueprint for creating objects.2. Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) is a programming paradigm based on the concept of "objects," which can contain data and code.3. This allows a programmer to specify the structure and behavior of an object-oriented program.4. The key advantage of this approach is that it models real-world entities, making complex systems easier to manage and debug.
- (a)2, 1, 3, 4
- (b)4, 3, 2, 1
- (c)3, 1, 4, 2
- (d)1, 2, 3, 4
Answer
Why
Correct — A. Follow each reference back to what it points at.
Sentence 2 names and defines the topic, Object-Oriented Programming (OOP), so it opens.
Sentence 1's "this approach" needs that antecedent, and it introduces the "class."
Sentence 3's "This allows" refers to the class, the blueprint just named.
Sentence 4 closes with the key advantage → 2, 1, 3, 4, option (a).
Why the others are wrong
- (b)4, 3, 2, 1 — It opens with "this approach" before any approach has been named, and leaves the definition of OOP for third place.
- (c)3, 1, 4, 2 — It opens with "This allows", a pronoun with nothing before it to refer to, and ends on the definition that should introduce the topic.
- (d)1, 2, 3, 4 — It opens with "this approach", but the approach is not named until sentence 2, which defines OOP. A reference cannot come before what it refers to.
Concept
Para-jumbles like this turn on reference words: "this approach", "This allows", "the key advantage". Each points back, so each needs something before it.
Sentence 2 is the one that points back to nothing. It spells the term out with its abbreviation, Object-Oriented Programming (OOP), the way a topic is introduced.
From there each sentence hooks onto the last: approach → class → what the class allows → the advantage.
Key facts
- A sentence whose "this" points back to something not yet mentioned cannot open the paragraph.
- In OOP, a class is a blueprint for creating objects, and objects can contain data and code.
- An abbreviation is spelled out at its first use, as in Object-Oriented Programming (OOP), which marks where the topic enters.
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Common traps
- Starting with sentence 1 because a "central tenet" sounds like an opening: its "this approach" has nothing to refer to yet.
- Putting 4 before 3 because both use "this": sentence 3's "This" needs the class from sentence 1 right before it.
The same paragraph, renumbered, appears at 14 Sep 2025, 16:00, English Q.24 and 15 Sep 2025, 09:00, English Q.25.
There the class sentence reads "A central tenet of OOP" instead of "of this approach", and the key, 2, 3, 1, 4, gives the same definition → class → "This allows" → advantage order.
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