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.
- Over the past fortnight, one of its finest champions managed to pull off a similar impression.
- Wimbledon's greatest illusion is the sense of timelessness it evokes.
- At years and days, Roger Federer became the oldest man to win the singles title in the Open Era — a full years after he first claimed the title as a scruffy, pony-tailed upstart.
- Once he had survived the opening week, the second week witnessed the range of a rested Federer's genius.
- Given that his method isn't reliant on explosive athleticism or muscular ball-striking, both vulnerable to decay, there is cause to believe that Federer will continue to enchant for a while longer.
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.
- Over the past fortnight, one of its finest champions managed to pull off a similar impression.
- Wimbledon's greatest illusion is the sense of timelessness it evokes.
- At years and days, Roger Federer became the oldest man to win the singles title in the Open Era — a full years after he first claimed the title as a scruffy, pony-tailed upstart.
- Once he had survived the opening week, the second week witnessed the range of a rested Federer's genius.
- Given that his method isn't reliant on explosive athleticism or muscular ball-striking, both vulnerable to decay, there is cause to believe that Federer will continue to enchant for a while longer.
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Solution
From passage: "Wimbledon's greatest illusion is the sense of timelessness it evokes" and "Over the past fortnight, one of its finest champions managed to pull off a similar impression"
My thought process -> First, we look for connecting words and related ideas. Sentence 2 talks about Wimbledon's "sense of timelessness." Sentence 1 mentions "similar impression" -> this connects! The champion created the same timeless feeling.
Then sentence 3 tells us who this champion is -> Roger Federer (the "scruffy, pony-tailed upstart").
Sentence 5 explains why Federer can keep doing this -> his style doesn't depend on strength that gets weaker with age.
So the flow is: Wimbledon feels timeless -> Federer created this same feeling -> He's the former young champion -> He can keep doing this because his style ages well.
But sentence 4 talks about specific match details -> "opening week" and "second week" and "rested Federer's genius." This is about one particular tournament, not the general timeless quality the other sentences discuss.
🟢 Sentence 4 is the odd one out -> scope-error -> focuses on specific match timing instead of the broader theme about Federer's timeless appeal. The other sentences talk about his overall ability to create timelessness, but sentence 4 gets into tournament specifics that don't match this bigger picture.
Answer: 4