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Question 19 : 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.
1. Self-care particularly links to loneliness, behavioural problems, and
negative academic outcomes.
2. "Latchkey children" refers to children who routinely return
home from school to empty homes and take care of themselves for extended periods of
time.
3. Although self-care generally points to negative outcomes, it is important to
consider that the bulk of research has yet to track long-term consequences.
4. In research
and practice, the phrase "children in self-care" has come to replace latchkey in an effort to
more accurately reflect the nature of their circumstances.
5. Although parents might
believe that self-care would be beneficial for development, recent research has found quite the
opposite.
Of the given sentences, only sentence 3 maintains that self-care may not
necessarily result in negative outcomes.
24 is a strong link. These sentences discuss
the main focus of the paragraph-children who routinely return home from school to empty homes
and take care of themselves for extended periods of time.
51 is also a strong link,
with 5 stating that self-care is not beneficial for development and 1 explaining why so.
2451 makes a cogent paragraph.
Sentence 3 is the odd one out.
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