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Practice Passage 3

Read the following paragraph, which describes a local community event.

–START FROM THE BEGINNING: CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER–

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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.

■ The International Dinner raised $15,000 to reno￾vate the Berkshire Park Community Center.

■ Three-hundred and fifty people attended the

dinner.

■ 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.