Sentence Correction Drill #19

1. After the book was published, the author has been criticized for plagiarizing passages from other books.

A. author has been criticized for plagiarizing
B. author was criticized for plagiarizing
C. author will be criticized for plagiarizing
D. author would have been criticized for plagiarizing
E. author, being criticized for plagiarizing

2. The new nuclear desalinization plant, being built on the river bank, and is costing far more than expected.

A. plant, being built on the river bank, and is costing far more than expected
B. plant is costing far more than expected, it is being built on the river bank
C. plant being built on the river bank is costing far more than expected
D. plant is costing far more than expected being built on the river bank
E. plant to be built on the river bank and to cost far more than expected

3. At five years old, my father took me to get a haircut for the very first time.

A. At five years old, my father took me to get a haircut for the very first time
B. At five years old, my father took me to get my first haircut
C. My father took me at five years old to get a haircut for the very first time
D. When I was five, my father took me for my first haircut
E. At age five I was taken by my father to get my first haircut, something I had never had before

4. Less than a month following Lance Armstrong’s victory in the Tour de France bicycle race, doctors diagnosed his cancer.

A. doctors diagnosed his cancer
B. when doctors diagnosed his cancer
C. his cancer had been diagnosed by his doctors
D. when cancer was diagnosed for him by doctors
E. he had cancer diagnosed by his doctors

5. Claude Monet studied the light and color of the French countryside, and these are the impressions that he incorporated in many of his paintings.

A. these are the impressions that he incorporated
B. the incorporation of these impressions were
C. these impressions having been incorporated
D. his incorporation of these impressions
E. incorporated his impressions

6. In this article it characterizes Collins as being brilliant, ruthless, and likely to resign soon.

A. In this article it characterizes Collins as being brilliant, ruthless, and likely to resign soon
B. Collins, characterized in this article as being brilliant, ruthless, and likely to resign soon
C. In this article, Collins is characterized as brilliant, ruthless, and he is likely to resign soon
D. This article, which characterizes Collins as brilliant and ruthless, says that he is likely to resign soon
E. This article, in which Collins is characterized as being brilliant, ruthless and likely to resign soon

7. Therefore, I admire any organization that speaks up for democratic principles, even when they are for selfish aims.

A. even when they are for selfish aims
B. even if its motive is selfish
C. even if their motive is to be for its own selfish aims
D. whether or not it is for their own selfish aims
E. even whether or not their motive is for their own selfish aims

8. The book is filled with color photographs that offer vivid reminders to both veterans and civilians of the horrors of the war in Iraq.

A. photographs that offer vivid reminders to both veterans and
B. photographs, which offers vivid reminders to both veterans and
C. photographs, which offer both vivid reminders to veterans plus
D. photographs; it offers vivid reminders to both veterans as well as
E. photographs; this offers vivid reminders both to veterans and

9. One of the great literary figures of the twentieth century, Maxwell Perkins, an editor at Scribners, helping Hemingway, Fitzgerald, and Thomas Wolfe break into print.

A. Maxwell Perkins, an editor at Scribners, helping
B. Maxwell Perkins who worked as an editor and helped
C. Maxwell Perkins edited at Scribners who helped
D. Maxwell Perkins, an editor at Scribners, helped
E. the editor, Maxwell Perkins, helped at Scribners

10. Still being bought for its appearance and charm, teddy bears rank among the most popular toys ever invented.

A. Still being bought for its
B. Still having been bought for its
C. They are consistently bought for their
D. Because they were bought for their
E. Consistently bought for their

11. Twenty years ago Peterson took a job with the federal Bureau of Land Management, and he has been responsible for maintaining public lands ever since.

A. and he has been responsible for maintaining public lands ever since
B. since then his responsibility has been maintaining public lands
C. wherever since he is responsible for maintaining public land
D. he has been responsible for maintaining public lands since then
E. and since then is responsible for maintaining public lands

12. Flowing through sand, rocks, and silt, variations in the speed of underground water are many.

A. variations in the speed of underground water are many
B. underground water travels at various speeds
C. the speed of underground water varies
D. underground water speeds vary
E. running underground water vary in speed