Sentence Correction Drill #26

1) Being the oldest team member, we chose Joe to be our captain.

A. Being the oldest team member, we chose Joe
B. As the oldest team member, we chose Joe
C. Since Joe was the oldest team member, we chose him
D. Because of being the oldest team member, we chose Joe
E. In being the oldest team member, Joe was chosen by us

2) The dramatic flying buttresses of the cathedral are designed not as decorative elements, but they provide essential support to the structure.

A. they provide essential support to
B. as essential supports to
C. for providing essential support to
D. they support essentially
E. as providing essential support to

3) The reason I am late is because my plane was delayed by the weather.

A. because my plane was delayed
B. because of my plane being delayed
C. for my plane's being delayed
D. that my plane was delayed
E. the delaying of my plane

4) Although Bowler composed many advertising jingles, he never considered them to be worthy of his musical talents.

A. he never considered them
B. never considering them
C. never having considered them
D. they were never considered
E. never being considered

5) Many physicists were skeptical of Heisenberg's theory because they believed that if you could conduct the right experiments to determine them, every characteristic of a particle could be determined theoretically to any degree of accuracy.

A. if you could conduct the right experiments to determine them, every characteristic of a particle could be determined theoretically
B. in conducting the right experiments, they could determine theoretically every characteristic of a particle
C. experiments could theoretically be conducted to determine every characteristic of a particle
D. experiments, if conducted to determine them, would determine theoretically every characteristic of a particle
E. if you conduct the right experiments, you could theoretically determine every characteristic of a particle

6) The attention that the media have given to the topic of health care is far less than the war.

A. the war
B. the war's attention
C. the attention they have given to the war
D. that in the war
E. that compared to the war's attention

7) Students too often become preoccupied with grades, they therefore forget to examine their knowledge critically.

A. grades, they therefore forget
B. grades in therefore forgetting
C. grades; forgetting
D. grades, and so forget
E. grades; so they forget

8) We knew that Professor Ferril-Smith was a published author, but we did not know that she was also a distinguished speaker and that she had won several prizes.

A. a distinguished speaker and that she had won several prizes
B. distinguished as a speaker and also won several prizes
C. a distinguished speaker and she had also won several prizes
D. distinguished as a speaker and winning several prizes
E. a distinguished speaker and the winner of several prizes

9) Although Liman has used grand cinematographic methods in previous films, a more intimate camera technique has been employed by him in his most recent works.

A. a more intimate camera technique has been employed by him
B. employing a more intimate camera technique
C. he had been employing a more intimate camera technique
D. his employment of a more intimate camera technique was used
E. he has employed a more intimate camera technique

10) When presenting a verbal argument, only one point should be articulated at a time by the lawyer, so as not to confuse the jury.

A. only one point should be articulated at a time by the lawyer
B. it is the lawyer who should articulate only one point at a time
C. the lawyer should articulate only one point at a time
D. articulating only one point at a time is what the lawyer should do
E. the lawyer should have articulated only one point at a time

11) Driving for ten consecutive hours, Diane decided that she should look for a motel in which to spend the night.

A. Driving for ten consecutive hours
B. Having driven for ten consecutive hours
C. Having driven consecutively for ten hours
D. In driving for ten consecutive hours
E. Being that she drove for ten consecutive hours