Reading Comprehension Success in 20 Minutes a Day, 3rd Edition

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S TA R T F R O M T H E B E G I N N I N G : C H R O N O L O G I C A L O R D E R
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Practice Passage 3
Read the following paragraph, which describes a local community event.
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S TA R T F R O M T H E B E G I N N I N G : C H R O N O L O G I C A L O R D E R
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The International Dinner raised $15,000 to renovate the Berkshire Park Com-
munity Center. Three-hundred and fifty people attended the dinner, which was
held in the ballroom of a local hotel. Tickets were sold in advance for $50 each.
The attendees left the event feeling very good about their community. The Berk-
shire Park Community Center was damaged in a fire six months ago. An ener-
getic committee of eight community members came up with the idea of the
International Dinner to raise funds to repair the damages. The plan was to cel-
ebrate the diversity of the Berkshire Park Neighborhood Association by serving
ethnic food that represents the various cultures in the neighborhood. The com-
mittee also organized a silent auction with prizes donated by local businesses to
take place during the dinner. The committee chairperson talked to a local news-
paper reporter at the dinner and stated that the goal was to raise $10,000. A
follow-up letter to community members thanked everyone for the huge success
of the fundraiser and outlined a schedule for the renovation.
Notice that this paragraph is not arranged in
chronological order. Take the ten different events that
make up the story and rearrange them so that they are
in chronological order.
Here’s the order of events as they are presented in
the story.
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The International Dinner raised $15,000 to reno-
vate the Berkshire Park Community Center.
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Three-hundred and fifty people attended the
dinner.
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Tickets were sold for $50 each.
■
The attendees left the event feeling very good
about their community.
■
The Community Center was damaged in a fire six
months ago.
■
A committee of eight community members came
up with the idea of the International Dinner to
raise funds for repairs.
■
The plan was to serve foods that represent the var-
ious cultures in the neighborhood.
■
The committee organized a silent auction to take
place during the dinner.
■
The chairperson talked to a local newspaper
reporter stating the goal was to raise $10,000.
■
A letter to community members thanked everyone
and outlined the schedule for renovation.

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Now put the events in chronological order.