Sentence Correction Drill #11

1. After carefully studying both of the articles, Dr. Rodriguez and Nurse Alba found that the only difference between them were their titles.

A. them were their titles
B. them were the titles
C. the articles were the titles
D. the articles was that of the titles
E. the articles was their titles

2. If every nation were completely self-sufficient and operated under a free-market economy, the world's food supply will be governed solely by the economics of supply and demand.

A. will be
B. would have been
C. was to be
D. was
E. would be

3. Gold leaf is pure gold that is hammered so thin for it to take 300,000 units to make a stack one inch high.

A. for it to take
B. so that it takes
C. so it takes
D. as for it to take
E. that it takes

4. By far the best-known work of poet Emma Lazarus is the sonnet "New Colossus," it was chosen to be the inscription for the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty in 1886.

A. it was chosen to be
B. choosing it to be
C. which they chose for
D. which was chosen as
E. they chose it as

5. The gong was believed to have originated in Western Asia, reached China in the sixth century, where it continues to be used for a wide range of purposes, including as a military signal, a rhythmic accompaniment for vocal performance, and a ritual instrument.

A. The gong was believed to have originated in Western Asia, reached
B. The gong, it is believed, originated in Western Asia, reached
C. The gong, believed to have originated in Western Asia, reached
D. The gong is believed to originate in Western Asia, and reaching
E. The gong, they believe, has originated in Western Asia, reaching

6. Galileo was probably the first to discover Saturn's rings, although his telescope was so small, he could not see the rings properly and assumed that they were satellites.

A. although
B. but because
C. since
D. and
E. nevertheless

7. The Olmec people, widely regarded as the creators of the first civilization in Mesoamerica, the area encompassing much of Mexico and Central America.

A. people, widely
B. people, which are widely
C. people, they are widely
D. people will be widely
E. people are widely

8. Although their language and people that are not of European origin, Finland is generally considered part of Scandinavia, which also includes Norway, Sweden, and Denmark.

A. their language and people that are
B. it has a language and people that are
C. they have languages and people
D. its language and people are
E. there are languages and people that are

9. Unlike the hollow body of an acoustic guitar, which acts as a sound box to project sound, the solid-body electric guitar is almost soundless without the aid of an amplification system.

A. the hollow body of an acoustic guitar, which acts
B. the hollow body that an acoustic guitar has, it acts
C. an acoustic guitar's hollow body, acting
D. an acoustic guitar, whose hollow body acts
E. an acoustic guitar and its hollow body, acting

10. Fireflies, or lightning bugs, are actually soft-bodied beetles, most of whom producing light in special organs located in the undersides of their abdomens.

A. of whom producing
B. of which produce
C. of them produce
D. produce
E. to produce

11. To satisfy the curious, to protect their market, and it discouraged competitors when the earliest spice traders spread fantastic tales of spices growing in shallow lakes guarded by winged animals and in deep glens infested with poisonous snakes.

A. it discouraged competitors when
B. it discouraged competitors,
C. discouraging competitors made
D. to discourage competitors, when
E. to discourage competitors,

12. The most notorious quick-draw gunman of the Texas frontier, John Wesley Hardin's exploits were written about in an autobiography published posthumously, The Life of John Wesley Hardin as Written by Himself.

A. John Wesley Hardin's exploits were written about
B. John Wesley Hardin's exploits are recorded
C. John Wesley Hardin wrote about his exploits
D. the exploits of John Wesley Hardin were written about
E. the exploits of John Wesley Hardin are recorded

13. With one of the most successful African American businesses in history, the Motown Record Corporatiowas founded in 1959 in Detroit by Berry Gordy, Jr.

A. With one
B. It was one
C. Being one
D. One
E. As one