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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. The UK is a world leader in developing cultivated meat and the approval of a cultivated pet food is an important milestone.
  2. If we're to realise the full potential benefits of cultivated meat the government must invest in research and infrastructure.
  3. The first UK applications for cultivated meat produced for humans remain under assessment with the Food Standards Agency.
  4. The previous UK government had been looking at fast-tracking the approval of cultivated meat for human consumption.
  5. It underscores the potential for new innovation to help reduce the negative impacts of intensive animal agriculture.

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Solution

âś… Correct Answer: 4

Step 1: Find the main topic -> All sentences talk about cultivated meat in the UK, but we need to see which timeline and focus they follow.

Step 2: Look for logical flow -> A good paragraph moves from general to specific or follows a clear sequence.

Step 3: Check each sentence's timeline and context:

  • Sentences 1, 2, 3, 5 -> Present tense, current situation
  • Sentence 4 -> "previous UK government" -> Past tense, old situation

Thought process:

UK leadership (1) -> Why it matters (5) -> Current status (3) -> What's needed next (2)

This creates a smooth story. But sentence 4 talks about what the old government was doing, which breaks the flow of discussing current and future situations.


The answer is 4 because:

🟢 Sentence 4 is the odd one out -> context-shift -> Talks about "previous government" actions in the past, while other sentences focus on current achievements, present status, and future needs. This timeline mismatch makes it the odd sentence that breaks the logical flow.

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