Five jumbled up sentences (labelled 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5), related to a topic, are given below. Four of them can be put together to form a coherent paragraph. Identify the odd sentence and key in the number of that sentence as your answer
- In English, there is no systematic rule for the naming of numbers; after ten, we have "eleven" and "twelve" and then the teens: "thirteen", "fourteen", "fifteen" and so on.
- Even more confusingly, some English words invert the numbers they refer to: the word "fourteen" puts the four first, even though it appears last.
- It can take children a while to learn all these words, and understand that "fourteen" is different from "forty".
- For multiples of 10, English speakers switch to a different pattern: "twenty", "thirty", "forty" and so on.
- If you didn't know the word for "eleven", you would be unable to just guess it you might come up with something like "one-teen".
The Correct Option is C
Solution and Explanation
Sentence 3 stands out as it diverges from the main topic explored in the other sentences. While the rest of the sentences delve into the naming conventions of numbers in English, particularly highlighting the irregularities and variations within the system, sentence 3 shifts the focus to children's learning process and their comprehension of distinctions between numbers such as "fourteen" and "forty." The remaining sentences all contribute to the discourse on the complexities of English number naming, rendering sentence 3 somewhat disconnected from the central theme of the paragraph.
So, the correct option is (C): It can take children a while to learn all these words, and understand that "fourteen" is different from "forty".
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