The sentences given in the question, which, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. Each sentence is labelled with a letter. Choose the most logical order of sentences from among the given choices to construct a coherent paragraph. 

Outside their window there was a vine with attractive foliage, but it started shedding leaves one by one as summer passed through fall into winter.

A - Came dawn, when Johnsy looked out of the window from her sick bed, lo and behold, the leaf was still there and it continued to be there on the following days.

B - Finally, only one last leaf remained. Johnsy told Sue that when that leaf fell, her life would also go.

C - The girl regained her will to live and was fully recovered in a few days.

D - A concerned elderly artist friend of the girls, hearing this story, climbed outside the window in the bitterly cold night and painted a life-like leaf at the spot from where the last leaf had just fallen.

The correct answer is 'BDAC'.

Key Points

• While arranging the parts of the passage given in options, we have to find some grammatical or contextual connections between them, so let’s find out.
• The first statement in the sequence should be the one that best connect with given sentence.
• B follows statement Outside their window......... as it is talking about last leaf remained after leaves start shedding and when that last leaf fell, she would die.
• D follows B as it is talking about the leaf painted by artist friend after hearing the story.
• A follows D as it is talking about Jhonsy looked out of the window next day that the leaf was still there.
• C follows A as it is talking about that after looking at the leaf which was still there, she regained her will to live and was fully recovered in a few days.
• So, according to this explanation correct sequence should be- 
  • Outside their window there was a vine with attractive foliage, but it started shedding leaves one by one as summer passed through fall into winter.
  • B-  Finally, only one last leaf remained. Johnsy told Sue that when that leaf fell, her life would also go.
  • D-  A concerned elderly artist friend of the girls, hearing this story, climbed outside the window in the bitterly cold night and painted a life-like leaf at the spot from where the last leaf had just fallen.
  • A- Came dawn, when Johnsy looked out of the window from her sick bed, lo and behold, the leaf was still there and it continued to be there on the following days.
  • C- The girl regained her will to live and was fully recovered in a few days.

Therefore, the correct answer is- 'BDAC'.