Sentence Structuring

  1. Choose the correct sentence:
    A. Rarely had the committee encountered such a meticulously argued proposal.
    B. Rarely the committee had encountered such a meticulously argued proposal.
    C. Rarely had encountered the committee such a meticulously argued proposal.
    D. Rarely the committee encountered such a meticulously argued proposal.
    Answer: A
  2. Identify the correct structure:
    A. Only after the assumptions were tested the model was considered reliable.
    B. Only after the assumptions were tested did the model become considered reliable.
    C. Only after the assumptions were tested was the model considered reliable.
    D. Only after the assumptions were tested considered the model reliable.
    Answer: C
  3. Choose the correct sentence:
    A. The more judiciously resources are allocated, the greater efficiency is achieved.
    B. The more judiciously resources are allocated, greater efficiency is achieved.
    C. More judiciously resources are allocated, the greater efficiency is achieved.
    D. The more judiciously resources are allocated, the efficiency achieved is greater.
    Answer: A
  4. Select the correct option:
    A. She is so eloquent that even her critics listen attentively.
    B. She is such eloquent that even her critics listen attentively.
    C. She is eloquent so that even her critics listen attentively.
    D. She is very eloquent that even her critics listen attentively.
    Answer: A
  5. Choose the correct sentence:
    A. I wish I would have reviewed the evidence more carefully.
    B. I wish I had reviewed the evidence more carefully.
    C. I wish I reviewed the evidence more carefully now.
    D. I wish I have reviewed the evidence more carefully.
    Answer: B
  6. Identify the correct structure:
    A. Had the warning been heeded, the losses would be minimized.
    B. Had the warning been heeded, the losses would have been minimized.
    C. Had the warning be heeded, the losses would have been minimized.
    D. Had the warning been heeded, the losses will have been minimized.
    Answer: B
  7. Choose the correct sentence:
    A. Scarcely had the session begun than the disagreement surfaced.
    B. Scarcely the session had begun when the disagreement surfaced.
    C. Scarcely had the session begun when the disagreement surfaced.
    D. Scarcely had begun the session when the disagreement surfaced.
    Answer: C
  8. Select the correct option:
    A. The issue is too intricate for the public to fully grasp it.
    B. The issue is too intricate for the public fully to grasp.
    C. The issue is too intricate for the public to grasp fully.
    D. The issue is so intricate for the public to grasp it fully.
    Answer: C
  9. Choose the correct sentence:
    A. He is one of the few ministers who has publicly opposed the measure.
    B. He is one of the few ministers who have publicly opposed the measure.
    C. He is one of the few ministers who is publicly opposed the measure.
    D. He is one of the few ministers who was publicly opposed the measure.
    Answer: B
  10. Identify the correct structure:
    A. It was not until the revised draft that the ambiguity was removed.
    B. It was not until the revised draft when the ambiguity was removed.
    C. It was not until the revised draft did the ambiguity was removed.
    D. It was not until the revised draft the ambiguity was removed.
    Answer: A
  11. Choose the correct sentence:
    A. Little did the editors realize how controversial the article would prove to be.
    B. Little the editors did realize how controversial the article would prove to be.
    C. Little did the editors realized how controversial the article would prove to be.
    D. Little realized the editors how controversial the article would prove to be.
    Answer: A
  12. Select the correct option:
    A. She denied to have leaked the information.
    B. She denied having leaked the information.
    C. She denied have leaked the information.
    D. She denied having leak the information.
    Answer: B
  13. Choose the correct sentence:
    A. I would rather you don’t interfere in the proceedings.
    B. I would rather you did not interfere in the proceedings.
    C. I would rather you had not interfered in the proceedings yesterday.
    D. I would rather you will not interfere in the proceedings.
    Answer: B
  14. Identify the correct structure:
    A. It is high time the agency introduces stricter safeguards.
    B. It is high time the agency has introduced stricter safeguards.
    C. It is high time the agency introduce stricter safeguards.
    D. It is high time the agency introduced stricter safeguards.
    Answer: D
  15. Choose the correct sentence:
    A. So persuasive was his defense that several critics revised their positions.
    B. So was his defense persuasive that several critics revised their positions.
    C. So persuasive his defense was that several critics revised their positions.
    D. So the defense was persuasive that several critics revised their positions.
    Answer: A
  16. Select the correct option:
    A. He speaks as though he is answerable to no one.
    B. He speaks as though he were answerable to no one.
    C. He speaks as though he be answerable to no one.
    D. He speaks as though he has been answerable to no one.
    Answer: B
  17. Choose the correct sentence:
    A. No sooner had the declaration been issued than objections began to multiply.
    B. No sooner had the declaration been issued when objections began to multiply.
    C. No sooner the declaration had been issued than objections began to multiply.
    D. No sooner had the declaration issue than objections began to multiply.
    Answer: A
  18. Identify the correct structure:
    A. The more systematically the evidence is catalogued, the easier cross-reference becomes.
    B. The more systematically the evidence is catalogued, easier cross-reference becomes.
    C. More systematically the evidence is catalogued, the easier cross-reference becomes.
    D. The more systematically the evidence is catalogued, the easier becomes cross-reference.
    Answer: A
  19. Choose the correct sentence:
    A. He is such prudent that he rarely commits himself prematurely.
    B. He is prudent so that he rarely commits himself prematurely.
    C. He is so prudent that he rarely commits himself prematurely.
    D. He is very prudent that he rarely commits himself prematurely.
    Answer: C
  20. Select the correct option:
    A. Had I had the authority, I would suspend the process immediately.
    B. Had I the authority, I would suspend the process immediately.
    C. If I have the authority, I would suspend the process immediately.
    D. If I had the authority, I would have suspended the process immediately.
    Answer: B
  21. Choose the correct sentence:
    A. The chair insisted that the motion be reconsidered before the vote.
    B. The chair insisted that the motion is reconsidered before the vote.
    C. The chair insisted the motion to be reconsidered before the vote.
    D. The chair insisted that the motion should reconsider before the vote.
    Answer: A
  22. Identify the correct structure:
    A. She was so exhausted that she could scarcely respond coherently.
    B. She was such exhausted that she could scarcely respond coherently.
    C. She was exhausted so that she could scarcely respond coherently.
    D. She was very exhausted that she could scarcely respond coherently.
    Answer: A
  23. Choose the correct sentence:
    A. I remember to have studied a comparable case in graduate school.
    B. I remember having studied a comparable case in graduate school.
    C. I remember had studied a comparable case in graduate school.
    D. I remember having study a comparable case in graduate school.
    Answer: B
  24. Select the correct option:
    A. It is essential that every witness is examined separately.
    B. It is essential that every witness was examined separately.
    C. It is essential that every witness be examined separately.
    D. It is essential that every witness being examined separately.
    Answer: C
  25. Choose the correct sentence:
    A. Hardly had the panel reached a consensus when fresh evidence emerged.
    B. Hardly had the panel reached a consensus than fresh evidence emerged.
    C. Hardly the panel had reached a consensus when fresh evidence emerged.
    D. Hardly had reached the panel a consensus when fresh evidence emerged.
    Answer: A
  26. Identify the correct structure:
    A. The sooner the discrepancy is disclosed, the easier remediation will be.
    B. The sooner the discrepancy is disclosed, easier remediation will be.
    C. Sooner the discrepancy is disclosed, the easier remediation will be.
    D. The sooner the discrepancy is disclosed, the easy remediation will be.
    Answer: A
  27. Choose the correct sentence:
    A. He suggested that the provision is deleted as redundant.
    B. He suggested the provision to be deleted as redundant.
    C. He suggested that the provision be deleted as redundant.
    D. He suggested the provision deleting as redundant.
    Answer: C
  28. Select the correct option:
    A. The manuscript was too obscure for the reviewers to interpret it uniformly.
    B. The manuscript was too obscure for the reviewers uniformly to interpret.
    C. The manuscript was too obscure for the reviewers to interpret uniformly.
    D. The manuscript was so obscure for the reviewers to interpret it uniformly.
    Answer: C
  29. Choose the correct sentence:
    A. Had I anticipated the backlash, I would have framed the announcement differently.
    B. Had I anticipate the backlash, I would have framed the announcement differently.
    C. Had I anticipated the backlash, I would frame the announcement differently.
    D. Had I anticipated the backlash, I will have framed the announcement differently.
    Answer: A
  30. Identify the correct structure:
    A. Not until the preliminary report was challenged did the auditors revisit their assumptions.
    B. Not until the preliminary report was challenged the auditors revisited their assumptions.
    C. Not until the preliminary report was challenged did revisit the auditors their assumptions.
    D. Not until the preliminary report was challenged revisited the auditors their assumptions.
    Answer: A
  31. Choose the correct sentence:
    A. Rarely have legal scholars debated a doctrine with such intensity.
    B. Rarely legal scholars have debated a doctrine with such intensity.
    C. Rarely have legal scholars debate a doctrine with such intensity.
    D. Rarely did legal scholars debated a doctrine with such intensity.
    Answer: A
  32. Select the correct option:
    A. So elusive was the pattern that it evaded detection for years.
    B. So was the pattern elusive that it evaded detection for years.
    C. So elusive the pattern was that it evaded detection for years.
    D. So the pattern was elusive that it evaded detection for years.
    Answer: A
  33. Choose the correct sentence:
    A. He would rather abandon the claim than defend an untenable position.
    B. He would rather to abandon the claim than defend an untenable position.
    C. He would rather abandon the claim than to defend an untenable position.
    D. He would rather abandoning the claim than defend an untenable position.
    Answer: A
  34. Identify the correct structure:
    A. I cannot help but to admire the precision of the argument.
    B. I cannot help but admire the precision of the argument.
    C. I cannot help but admiring the precision of the argument.
    D. I cannot help but admired the precision of the argument.
    Answer: B
  35. Choose the correct sentence:
    A. He speaks as if he was entrusted with the full details.
    B. He speaks as if he were entrusted with the full details.
    C. He speaks as if he be entrusted with the full details.
    D. He speaks as if he has been entrusted with the full details.
    Answer: B
  36. Select the correct option:
    A. It is necessary that all statements be verified independently.
    B. It is necessary that all statements are verified independently.
    C. It is necessary that all statements were verified independently.
    D. It is necessary that all statements being verified independently.
    Answer: A
  37. Choose the correct sentence:
    A. Only when the archive was reopened did the missing correspondence come to light.
    B. Only when the archive was reopened the missing correspondence came to light.
    C. Only when the archive was reopened did come to light the missing correspondence.
    D. Only when the archive was reopened came to light the missing correspondence.
    Answer: A
  38. Identify the correct structure:
    A. She is one of the few researchers who understands the full methodological implications.
    B. She is one of the few researchers who understand the full methodological implications.
    C. She is one of the few researchers who has understood the full methodological implications.
    D. She is one of the few researchers who is understanding the full methodological implications.
    Answer: B
  39. Choose the correct sentence:
    A. So intricate was the chain of reasoning that even specialists required repeated clarification.
    B. So was the chain of reasoning intricate that even specialists required repeated clarification.
    C. So intricate the chain of reasoning was that even specialists required repeated clarification.
    D. So the chain of reasoning was intricate that even specialists required repeated clarification.
    Answer: A
  40. Select the correct option:
    A. Unless the premises are explicitly stated, the conclusion remains vulnerable to challenge.
    B. Unless the premises are not explicitly stated, the conclusion remains vulnerable to challenge.
    C. Unless the premises explicitly stated, the conclusion remains vulnerable to challenge.
    D. Unless being explicitly stated the premises, the conclusion remains vulnerable to challenge.
    Answer: A
  41. Choose the correct sentence:
    A. He behaves as though he were immune from accountability.
    B. He behaves as though he is immune from accountability.
    C. He behaves as though he be immune from accountability.
    D. He behaves as though he has been immune from accountability.
    Answer: A
  42. Identify the correct structure:
    A. Only after the entire file had been digitized did the researchers detect the omission.
    B. Only after the entire file had been digitized the researchers detected the omission.
    C. Only after the entire file had been digitized did detect the researchers the omission.
    D. Only after the entire file had been digitized detected the researchers the omission.
    Answer: A
  43. Choose the correct sentence:
    A. No sooner had the testimony concluded than the cross-examination intensified.
    B. No sooner had the testimony concluded when the cross-examination intensified.
    C. No sooner the testimony had concluded than the cross-examination intensified.
    D. No sooner had the testimony conclude than the cross-examination intensified.
    Answer: A
  44. Select the correct option:
    A. The more scrupulously the records are maintained, the less likely disputes become.
    B. The more scrupulously the records are maintained, less likely disputes become.
    C. More scrupulously the records are maintained, the less likely disputes become.
    D. The more scrupulously the records are maintained, the less likely become disputes.
    Answer: A
  45. Choose the correct sentence:
    A. The matter is too sensitive for the press to report it without verification.
    B. The matter is too sensitive for the press without verification to report.
    C. The matter is too sensitive for the press to report without verification.
    D. The matter is so sensitive for the press to report it without verification.
    Answer: C
  46. Identify the correct structure:
    A. Had I scrutinized the figures more carefully, I might have detected the anomaly sooner.
    B. Had I scrutinize the figures more carefully, I might have detected the anomaly sooner.
    C. Had I scrutinized the figures more carefully, I might detect the anomaly sooner.
    D. Had I scrutinized the figures more carefully, I will have detected the anomaly sooner.
    Answer: A
  47. Choose the correct sentence:
    A. It was she who first challenged the prevailing interpretation.
    B. It was her who first challenged the prevailing interpretation.
    C. It was she whom first challenged the prevailing interpretation.
    D. It was her whom first challenged the prevailing interpretation.
    Answer: A
  48. Select the correct option:
    A. So decisive was the intervention that the crisis was contained within hours.
    B. So was the intervention decisive that the crisis was contained within hours.
    C. So decisive the intervention was that the crisis was contained within hours.
    D. So the intervention was decisive that the crisis was contained within hours.
    Answer: A
  49. Choose the correct sentence:
    A. I wish I had not dismissed the preliminary findings so quickly.
    B. I wish I did not dismiss the preliminary findings so quickly.
    C. I wish I have not dismissed the preliminary findings so quickly.
    D. I wish I dismiss not the preliminary findings so quickly.
    Answer: A
  50. Identify the correct structure:
    A. It is high time the institution adopted a clearer framework for review.
    B. It is high time the institution adopt a clearer framework for review.
    C. It is high time the institution has adopted a clearer framework for review.
    D. It is high time the institution adopting a clearer framework for review.
    Answer: A

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