Question

Five sentences related to a topic are given below. Four of them can be put together to form a meaningful and coherent short paragraph. Identify the odd one out. Choose its number as your answer and key it in.

• A. People who study children's language spend a lot of time watching how babies react to the speech they hear around them.
• B. They make films of adults and babies interacting, and examine them very carefully to see whether the babies show any signs of understanding what the adults say.
• C. They believe that babies begin to react to language from the very moment they are born.
• D. Sometimes the signs are very subtle - slight movements of the baby's eyes or the head or the hands.
• E. You'd never notice them if you were just sitting with the child, but by watching a recording over and over, you can spot them.

Answer 1

Answer: (C)

They believe that babies begin to react to language from the very moment they are born.

Answer 2

Statement 1 serves as the appropriate opening for the paragraph, as all other statements contain cross-references and wouldn't make sense as initial statements. Statement 2 follows, describing how individuals studying children's language create films and carefully examine them to determine whether infants exhibit any signs of understanding adult speech. Statement 4, which mentions that these signs can sometimes be subtle, is a natural continuation of statement 2. The paragraph concludes with statement 5, providing further elaboration on these subtle signs. Therefore, the sequence formed by statements 1, 2, 4, and 5 is coherent. However, statement 3, stating that babies begin to react to language from the moment they are born, does not fit into this sequence and can be considered the odd one out.