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.
- Much has been recently discovered about the development of songs in birds.
- Some species are restricted to a single song learned by all individuals, others have a range of songs.
- The most important auditory stimuli for the birds are the sounds of other birds.
- For all bird species there is a prescribed path to development of the final song,
- A bird begins with the subsong, passes through plastic song, until it achieves the species song.
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.
- Much has been recently discovered about the development of songs in birds.
- Some species are restricted to a single song learned by all individuals, others have a range of songs.
- The most important auditory stimuli for the birds are the sounds of other birds.
- For all bird species there is a prescribed path to development of the final song,
- A bird begins with the subsong, passes through plastic song, until it achieves the species song.
Entered answer:
Solution
Step-by-step process:
First, identify the common theme by reading all sentences -> Then spot which one talks about something different -> Finally, check if the remaining four sentences flow together logically.
From passage: "Much has been recently discovered about the development of songs in birds" and "A bird begins with the subsong, passes through plastic song, until it achieves the species song"
Thought process:
Sentence 1 introduces bird song development research -> Sentence 2 talks about different song patterns in species -> Sentence 4 mentions the prescribed development path -> Sentence 5 describes the specific stages of development -> These four create a coherent story about how bird songs develop
But sentence 3 talks about auditory stimuli (what birds hear) -> This is about input/influence rather than the development process itself
Why students get confused: All sentences mention birds and sounds, so they seem related. The key is finding the specific theme that four sentences share.
🟢 Sentence 3 is the odd one -> topic-shift -> While others discuss song development stages and patterns, this one talks about what birds hear (auditory stimuli) - a different aspect entirely
The remaining sentences 1,2,4,5 form a perfect paragraph about bird song development research - from general discoveries to specific developmental stages.