Jumbled Sentences: Childhood Memories

CAT 2022 Slot 3 · VARC · Medium · Verbal Ability

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The four sentences (labelled 1, 2, 3 and 4) below, when properly sequenced, would yield a coherent paragraph. Decide on the proper sequencing of the order of the sentences and key in the sequence of the four numbers as your answer:

  1. If I wanted to sit indoors and read, or play Sonic the Hedgehog on a red-hot Sega Mega Drive, I would often be made to feel guilty about not going outside to "enjoy it while it lasts".
  2. My mum, quite reasonably, wanted me and my sister out of the house, in the sun.
  3. Tales of my mum's idyllic-sounding childhood in the Sussex countryside, where trees were climbed by 8 am and streams navigated by lunchtime, were passed down to us like folklore.
  4. To an introverted kid, that felt like a threat - and the feeling has stayed with me.
Answer

3214

Explanation

Sentence 3 introduces the folklore of the mother's outdoor childhood. Sentence 2 explains how she wanted her kids outside. Sentence 1 gives the author's contrasting indoor preference and feeling guilty. Sentence 4 concludes by stating that to an introverted kid, this expectation felt like a threat.

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