Sentence Correction Drill #30

1. It was clear to Theo and I that our plan had not worked as we had hoped.

A. to Theo and I that our plan had not worked as we had hoped
B. to Theo and I that our plan had not worked as we would have hoped
C. to Theo and me that our plan had not worked as we had hoped
D. for Theo and me that our plan had not worked as we had hoped
E. to Theo and me that our plan had not worked as we would have hoped

2. The membership of the club had dropped to only three people, this situation being indicative of the fact that we would need to recruit new members.

A. people, this situation being indicative of the fact that we would need to recruit new members
B. people, which meant that we would need to recruit new members
C. people, so we would have needed to recruit new members
D. people, so we needed to recruit new members
E. people, this indicating the fact that we would have needed to recruit new members

3. Even the counselor's speech about safety could not convince the campers from jumping off the rocks.

A. from jumping off
B. to stop jumping off
C. instead of jumping off of
D. against jumping off
E. to fail to jump off of

4. Mount Denali is part of the 600-mile-long Alaska range and rises 18,000 feet from its base, it is taller from base to peak than even Mount Everest.

A. Mount Denali is part of the 600-mile-long Alaska range and rises 18,000 feet from its base, it is
B. Mount Denali is part of the 600-mile-long Alaska range, rises 18,000 feet from its base, making it
C. Mount Denali, being part of the 600-mile-long Alaska range, rises 18,000 feet from its base, it is therefore
D. Mount Denali, part of the 600-mile-long Alaska range, rises 18,000 feet from its base, and so is
E. Mount Denali is part of the 600-mile-long Alaska range, rises 18,000 feet from its base, and is made

5. The newly designed engine was not only more fuel efficient but also it was far lighter than its predecessor.

A. it was far lighter than its predecessor
B. being far lighter than its predecessor
C. its predecessor was not nearly as light
D. far lighter than its predecessor
E. far more light than its predecessor

6. Most so-called news programs should present fewer partisan shouting matches and more analyses of the problems our country faces.

A. fewer partisan shouting matches and more
B. less partisan shouting matches than
C. less partisan shouting matches and more
D. fewer partisan shouting matches but more
E. not so much partisan shouting matches as

7. Many politicians are not courageous enough to ask their constituents to sacrifice now for better security in the future, consequently they cannot make the right decisions for our country.

A. future, consequently they cannot make
B. future; and so cannot make
C. future, unable to make
D. future, and so cannot make
E. future, not making

8. The new film is at once stimulating because of its tight plot but it entertains also because the dialogue is engaging.

A. but it entertains also because the dialogue is engaging
B. although entertaining because of the engaging dialogue
C. and it is entertaining because its dialogue is engaging
D. while being entertaining because of its engaging dialogue
E. and entertaining because of its engaging dialogue

9. Richard Feynman, a Nobel Prize-winning physicist, whose reputation as a teacher and raconteur rivals his reputation as a scientific thinker.

A. Richard Feynman, a Nobel Prize-winning physicist, whose reputation as
B. Richard Feynman was a Nobel Prize-winning physicist whose reputation as
C. Richard Feynman, who was a Nobel Prize-winning physicist and whose reputation as
D. As a Nobel Prize-winning physicist, Richard Feynman, whose reputation as
E. Richard Feynman, a Nobel Prize-winning physicist, having a reputation as

10. Although its being even more expensive than the original proposal, the new budget was unanimously approved by the committee.

A. Although its being even more expensive than
B. Despite being even more expensive than
C. Whereas having a greater expense than
D. In having a greater expense compared to
E. Even with its being even more expensive than

11. Most ancient theories of biology were simply extensions of religious myths, which ascribed most life functions to spirits.

A. myths, which ascribed most life functions
B. myths in ascribing most life functions
C. myths for the ascribing of most life functions
D. myths; most life functions being ascribed
E. myths; and these ascribed most life functions

12. Neither the noise from the crowds nor there being many obstacles in the street seemed to slow the racers down.

A. nor there being many obstacles in the street
B. and the many obstacles in the street
C. or even the many obstacles in the street
D. nor the street having many obstacles
E. nor the many obstacles in the street