Sentence Correction Drill #23

1. During this decade, paying for a college education is more difficult for the average family than it was in the past.

A. than it was in the past
B. than for past families
C. than the past
D. than families in the past
E. than it used to be in the past

2. Gwen Harper, one of the most popular students in the school, winning the election for class president three years in a row.

A. school, winning the election for class president three years in a row
B. school, winning the election for class president, which she won three years in a row
C. school, and she won the election for class president three years in a row
D. school, won the election for class president three years in a row
E. school, three years in a row she won the election for class president.

3. The novel as we know it today came into being early in the seventeenth century with Don Quixote by Miguel Cervantes, and Cervantes was clearly ahead of his time.

A. Cervantes, and Cervantes was clearly ahead of his time
B. Cervantes, who was clearly ahead of his time
C. Cervantes, being clearly ahead of his time
D. Cervantes, which novel was clearly ahead of its time
E. Cervantes, Cervantes was clearly ahead of his time

4. Not all athletes who have high motivation or are significantly talented in a sport can be assured of a place on an Olympic team.

A. have high motivation or are significantly talented
B. have either high motivation or else talent in significant amounts
C. are highly motivated or who have significant talent instead
D. are highly motivated or significantly talented
E. have high motivation or else significant amounts of talent

5. Although she dislikes city living and has never been east of the Mississippi, Sarah intends to move to New York or Boston after she graduates from college.

A. she dislikes city living and has never been east of the Mississippi
B. she is without liking for city living nor having been east of the Mississippi
C. she dislikes city living nor has she visited there
D. she does not like city living and has never been a visitor
E. it is without a liking for city living nor having visited there

6. When you visit a foreign country, we can almost always find someone who speaks English.

A. When you visit a foreign country, we can
B. When visiting a foreign country, one can
C. When we visit a foreign country, one can
D. While you are on a visit to a foreign country, one can
E. During our visiting of a foreign country, we

7. Having Kelly Collins as our talented coordinator and the enthusiastic support of the community and the Chamber of Commerce helped to make the town’s Octoberfest a rousing success.

A. Having Kelly Collins as our talented coordinator
B. The having of the coordinating talent of Kelly Collins
C. Kelly Collins as our talented coordinator
D. To be coordinated by talented Kelly Collins
E. The coordination talents of Kelly Collins

8. When Beethoven’s music was introduced to the public for the first time, they found it difficult to understand and unpleasant to listen to.

A. When Beethoven's music was introduced to the public for the first time, they found it
B. When it was introduced to the public for the first time, they found Beethoven's music
C. When the music of Beethoven was introduced, the public found it
D. When they were introduced to Beethoven's music, the public had found it
E. Introducing Beethoven's music for the first time, the public found it

9. Two Coast Guard crews were dispatched to check an anonymous informant’s warning, and he had observed a boatload of undocumented immigrants approaching Florida’s west coast.

A. an anonymous informant's warning, and he
B. the warning of an anonymous informant that he
C. that an anonymous warning of an informant he
D. the anonymous informant's warning saying he
E. information anonymously warning that he

10. Therefore, I admire organizations that speak up for fairness and democratic principles, even if it is motivated by selfishness.

A. even if it is motivated by selfishness
B. even when their motives are selfish
C. even when the motive is to be for its own selfish aims
D. whether or not it's for their own selfish aims
E. whether their motive is for selfish aims or not for selfish aims

11. If you wish to study transcendental meditation, which is when a person completely relaxes their mind and body, you will find several relevant books on the shelf.

A. which is when a person completely relaxes their mind and body
B. which is when a person completely relaxes his mind and body
C. which is when someone completely relax their mind and body
D. the complete relaxation of the mind and body
E. which completely relaxes their mind and body

12. Women in a hunter-gatherer society led demanding lives, the reason was that they collected plant food for the family while protecting herself and her children from wild beasts.

A. lives, the reason was that they collected plant food for the family while protecting herself and her children
B. lives, it was that she had to collect plant food for the family while also protecting herself and her children
C. lives; collecting plant food for the family while protecting herself and her children
D. lives because its responsibilities included collecting plant food for the family while protecting themselves and their children
E. lives because they not only collected plant food for the family but also protected themselves and their children

13. Nursing homes that violate regulations have become an important statewide problem, and it has become a hot political issue.

A. an important statewide problem, and it has become
B. a problem of statewide importance, that is
C. a problem of statewide importance; it was, therefore
D. an important statewide problem that is
E. an important statewide problem, which they have become