PTE Reading
Re-order Paragraphs
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Re-order Paragraphs
Arrange the sentences into the correct order.
Put the sentences in the correct order:
- That basic design proved so reliable that it remains, with only minor changes, the same match sold in stores around the world today.
- Within a few decades, safety matches were developed that would only ignite when struck against a specially treated surface on the box itself.
- His crude sticks worked, but they were unstable and prone to igniting unexpectedly, which sent inventors searching for a safer chemical formula.
- An English chemist eventually discovered that a stick tipped with a mixture of chemicals would burst into flame the instant it was scraped against a rough surface.
- Before the nineteenth century, lighting a fire required flint, steel, and a good deal of patience, since sparks had to land on dry tinder before any flame would catch.