Question

DIRECTIONS for questions 33 to 36: Choose the option that correctly un-scrambles the paragraphs below.

1. You could try friendly competition, or set yourself tea targets and agree that you'll all go out for an evening together if you meet them.
2. Presumably your team members have the same problem, so perhaps you could find collective incentives.
3. Work towards targets of your own, or promise yourself a reward for certain achievements.
4. Or aim towards promotion or earning new responsibilities as an incentive to keep you enthusiastic.
5. Find ways to motivate yourself.
6. Or simply make a point of congratulating each other on good work, even if the boss doesn't join in.

• A. 1-4-2-6-3-5
• B. 5-2-1-4-3-6
• C. 1-4-6-3-2-5
• D. 5-3-6-2-1-4

Hint:

Notice that several sentences start with "Or", meaning they continue a list that already started, and "Presumably" marks the shift from individual to team-level advice.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is D

A quicker way into this jumble is to first pick the sentence that could only be the opening line, and then group the rest by whether they talk about "you" alone or about your "team".

1. Sentence 5: "Find ways to motivate yourself." This is a short, general instruction with nothing before it to refer back to, which is exactly what an opening sentence looks like.
2. Sentence 3: "Work towards targets of your own, or promise yourself a reward..." This gives the first specific, individual-level way to follow sentence 5's instruction.
3. Sentence 6: "Or simply make a point of congratulating each other..." The word "Or" shows this is a second option in the same list that sentence 3 started, so it follows sentence 3 directly.
4. Sentence 2: "Presumably your team members have the same problem..." This is the turning point, moving the advice from the individual to the team, so it comes right after the individual-level options are done.
5. Sentence 1: "You could try friendly competition, or set yourself tea targets..." This gives the actual team-level examples that sentence 2 promised.
6. Sentence 4: "Or aim towards promotion..." This closes the list with one final incentive, again linked by "Or" to what came before.

Putting the individual block (5, 3, 6) before the team block (2, 1, 4) gives the order 5-3-6-2-1-4.

Let's summarize:

• Sentences starting with "Or" always continue a list, so they cannot be the first sentence.
• "Presumably" signals a shift in the topic, here from individual motivation to team motivation.
• Group the sentences by theme first, individual advice versus team advice, before deciding the exact order within each group.

The correct order is 5-3-6-2-1-4, option 4.