Sentence Correction Drill #28

1. The story begins with the birth of Trepiste, follows him through his difficult childhood and painful marriage, and ends with his tragic death in Paris.

A. follows him through his difficult childhood and painful marriage, and ends
B. starts following him through his difficult childhood and painful marriage, and ending
C. then following him through his difficult childhood and painful marriage, then ends
D. then he is followed through his difficult childhood and painful marriage, and it ends
E. following him through his difficult childhood and painful marriage, and it ends

2. Many professional baseball players are as fit, if not more so, than professional basketball players.

A. fit, if not more so, than
B. fit, if not fitter, than
C. fit, if not more fit, than
D. fit or even more so, than
E. fit as, if not fitter than,

3. Perhaps the greatest resource in the world's rain forests are the bounty of natural medicines they produce.

A. are the bounty of natural medicines they produce
B. are the production of a bounty of natural medicines
C. is the bounty of natural medicines they produce
D. is the medicines that they produce in bountiful quantities
E. are the bounty of medicines that are produced there

4. By this time next week, if all goes according to plan, we will have completed the first project and begun the second.

A. will have completed the first project and begun
B. will complete the first project and beginning
C. would have completed the first project and be beginning
D. will be completing the first project, beginning
E. will have been completing the first project upon beginning

5. Being that we were all seated, the coach began analyzing the effectiveness of our game plan.

A. Being that we were all seated
B. Being seated
C. Once we were all seated
D. In being all seated
E. Having been seated

6. Not until she started her first game as a pitcher did Julia truly feel like a part of the team.

A. did Julia truly feel like a part of the team
B. Julia truly felt like a part of the team
C. was it that Julia truly felt like a part of the team
D. was Julia feeling like a true part of the team
E. Julia was truly feeling like a part of the team

7. Scientists have defined many standard lengths in terms of the speed of light in a vacuum being a remarkably stable quantity.

A. being a remarkably stable quantity
B. as a remarkably stable quantity
C. having remarkable stability as a quantity
D. because this quantity is remarkably stable
E. for its remarkable stability as a quantity

8. Too few readers understand that their task includes not only understanding the story, but also should consider the manner in which the author chooses to reveal that story.

A. should consider the manner in which the author chooses to reveal
B. considering the author's manner by which choosing to reveal
C. to consider the manner in which the author chooses to reveal
D. to consider the manner of the author's choosing to reveal
E. considering the manner in which the author chooses to reveal

9. A comprehensive program to protect the environment, often difficult for developing countries to implement because they lack sufficient governmental funds.

A. environment, often difficult for developing countries to implement because
B. environment, often difficult for developing countries to implement and
C. environment is often difficult for developing countries to implement because
D. environment, often difficult for developing countries to implement where
E. environment is often difficult for developing countries to implement so

10. The wrestlers, enduring weeks of practice, they were well prepared for their first match.

A. The wrestlers, enduring weeks of practice, they
B. They, having endured weeks of practice, the wrestlers
C. To endure weeks of practice, the wrestlers
D. In enduring weeks of practice, the wrestlers
E. Having endured weeks of practice, the wrestlers

11. Driving in light rain can sometimes be as treacherous as that of snow.

A. that of
B. it is in
C. being in
D. for
E. for that of