Sentence Structuring

  1. Choose the correct sentence:
    A. Rarely had the commission confronted such an ambiguous mandate.
    B. Rarely the commission had confronted such an ambiguous mandate.
    C. Rarely had confronted the commission such an ambiguous mandate.
    D. Rarely the commission confronted such an ambiguous mandate.
    Answer: A
  2. Identify the correct structure:
    A. Only after the inconsistencies were explained the reviewers softened their objections.
    B. Only after the inconsistencies were explained did the reviewers soften their objections.
    C. Only after the inconsistencies were explained did soften the reviewers their objections.
    D. Only after the inconsistencies were explained softened the reviewers their objections.
    Answer: B
  3. Choose the correct sentence:
    A. The more rigorously the premises are examined, the more defensible the conclusion becomes.
    B. The more rigorously the premises are examined, more defensible the conclusion becomes.
    C. More rigorously the premises are examined, the more defensible the conclusion becomes.
    D. The more rigorously the premises are examined, the defensible the conclusion becomes more.
    Answer: A
  4. Select the correct option:
    A. She is such perceptive that she detects inconsistencies immediately.
    B. She is very perceptive that she detects inconsistencies immediately.
    C. She is perceptive so that she detects inconsistencies immediately.
    D. She is so perceptive that she detects inconsistencies immediately.
    Answer: D
  5. Choose the correct sentence:
    A. I wish I would have documented the procedure more carefully.
    B. I wish I had documented the procedure more carefully.
    C. I wish I document the procedure more carefully now.
    D. I wish I have documented the procedure more carefully.
    Answer: B
  6. Identify the correct structure:
    A. Had the variables been isolated, the interference would be minimized.
    B. Had the variables been isolated, the interference would have been minimized.
    C. Had the variables be isolated, the interference would have been minimized.
    D. Had the variables been isolated, the interference will have been minimized.
    Answer: B
  7. Choose the correct sentence:
    A. Scarcely had the testimony ended than the objections resumed.
    B. Scarcely the testimony had ended when the objections resumed.
    C. Scarcely had the testimony ended when the objections resumed.
    D. Scarcely had ended the testimony when the objections resumed.
    Answer: C
  8. Select the correct option:
    A. The proposition is too abstract for students to comprehend it fully.
    B. The proposition is too abstract for students fully to comprehend.
    C. The proposition is too abstract for students to comprehend fully.
    D. The proposition is so abstract for students to comprehend it fully.
    Answer: C
  9. Choose the correct sentence:
    A. He is one of the few legislators who has consistently resisted partisan pressure.
    B. He is one of the few legislators who have consistently resisted partisan pressure.
    C. He is one of the few legislators who is consistently resisted partisan pressure.
    D. He is one of the few legislators who was consistently resisted partisan pressure.
    Answer: B
  10. Identify the correct structure:
    A. It was not until the annexure was released that the omission was noticed.
    B. It was not until the annexure was released when the omission was noticed.
    C. It was not until the annexure was released did the omission was noticed.
    D. It was not until the annexure was released the omission was noticed.
    Answer: A
  11. Choose the correct sentence:
    A. Little did the delegates anticipate how divisive the proposal would become.
    B. Little the delegates did anticipate how divisive the proposal would become.
    C. Little did the delegates anticipated how divisive the proposal would become.
    D. Little anticipated the delegates how divisive the proposal would become.
    Answer: A
  12. Select the correct option:
    A. He denied to have misrepresented the facts.
    B. He denied having misrepresented the facts.
    C. He denied have misrepresented the facts.
    D. He denied having misrepresent the facts.
    Answer: B
  13. Choose the correct sentence:
    A. I would rather you do not disclose the interim findings.
    B. I would rather you did not disclose the interim findings.
    C. I would rather you will not disclose the interim findings.
    D. I would rather you not to disclose the interim findings.
    Answer: B
  14. Identify the correct structure:
    A. It is high time the ministry address the funding imbalance.
    B. It is high time the ministry has addressed the funding imbalance.
    C. It is high time the ministry addressed the funding imbalance.
    D. It is high time the ministry addressing the funding imbalance.
    Answer: C
  15. Choose the correct sentence:
    A. So intricate was the sequence of events that reconstruction proved difficult.
    B. So was the sequence of events intricate that reconstruction proved difficult.
    C. So intricate the sequence of events was that reconstruction proved difficult.
    D. So the sequence of events was intricate that reconstruction proved difficult.
    Answer: A
  16. Select the correct option:
    A. He speaks as though he is exempt from procedural constraints.
    B. He speaks as though he were exempt from procedural constraints.
    C. He speaks as though he be exempt from procedural constraints.
    D. He speaks as though he has been exempt from procedural constraints.
    Answer: B
  17. Choose the correct sentence:
    A. No sooner had the interim order been passed when objections were filed.
    B. No sooner had the interim order been passed than objections were filed.
    C. No sooner the interim order had been passed than objections were filed.
    D. No sooner had the interim order pass than objections were filed.
    Answer: B
  18. Identify the correct structure:
    A. The more precisely the categories are defined, the less room there is for dispute.
    B. The more precisely the categories are defined, less room there is for dispute.
    C. More precisely the categories are defined, the less room there is for dispute.
    D. The more precisely the categories are defined, the less there is room for dispute.
    Answer: A
  19. Choose the correct sentence:
    A. He is such adaptable that he thrives in uncertain conditions.
    B. He is very adaptable that he thrives in uncertain conditions.
    C. He is adaptable so that he thrives in uncertain conditions.
    D. He is so adaptable that he thrives in uncertain conditions.
    Answer: D
  20. Select the correct option:
    A. Had I the necessary authorization, I would inspect the sealed records.
    B. Had I had the necessary authorization, I would inspect the sealed records.
    C. If I have the necessary authorization, I would inspect the sealed records.
    D. If I had the necessary authorization, I would have inspected the sealed records.
    Answer: A
  21. Choose the correct sentence:
    A. The committee insisted that the appendix be revised for accuracy.
    B. The committee insisted that the appendix is revised for accuracy.
    C. The committee insisted the appendix to be revised for accuracy.
    D. The committee insisted that the appendix should revised for accuracy.
    Answer: A
  22. Identify the correct structure:
    A. She was so bewildered that she failed to grasp the central claim.
    B. She was such bewildered that she failed to grasp the central claim.
    C. She was bewildered so that she failed to grasp the central claim.
    D. She was very bewildered that she failed to grasp the central claim.
    Answer: A
  23. Choose the correct sentence:
    A. I remember to have reviewed a similar framework in another study.
    B. I remember having reviewed a similar framework in another study.
    C. I remember had reviewed a similar framework in another study.
    D. I remember having review a similar framework in another study.
    Answer: B
  24. Select the correct option:
    A. It is essential that every inference be supported by adequate evidence.
    B. It is essential that every inference is supported by adequate evidence.
    C. It is essential that every inference was supported by adequate evidence.
    D. It is essential that every inference being supported by adequate evidence.
    Answer: A
  25. Choose the correct sentence:
    A. Hardly had the clarification been issued when further doubts emerged.
    B. Hardly had the clarification been issued than further doubts emerged.
    C. Hardly the clarification had been issued when further doubts emerged.
    D. Hardly had issued the clarification when further doubts emerged.
    Answer: A
  26. Identify the correct structure:
    A. The sooner the assumptions are questioned, the more robust the model becomes.
    B. The sooner the assumptions are questioned, more robust the model becomes.
    C. Sooner the assumptions are questioned, the more robust the model becomes.
    D. The sooner the assumptions are questioned, the robust the model becomes more.
    Answer: A
  27. Choose the correct sentence:
    A. He suggested that the wording is modified to avoid redundancy.
    B. He suggested the wording to be modified to avoid redundancy.
    C. He suggested that the wording be modified to avoid redundancy.
    D. He suggested the wording modifying to avoid redundancy.
    Answer: C
  28. Select the correct option:
    A. The concept was too nuanced for beginners to apply it effectively.
    B. The concept was too nuanced for beginners effectively to apply.
    C. The concept was too nuanced for beginners to apply effectively.
    D. The concept was so nuanced for beginners to apply it effectively.
    Answer: C
  29. Choose the correct sentence:
    A. Had I examined the context more closely, I might have interpreted the remark differently.
    B. Had I examine the context more closely, I might have interpreted the remark differently.
    C. Had I examined the context more closely, I might interpret the remark differently.
    D. Had I examined the context more closely, I will have interpreted the remark differently.
    Answer: A
  30. Identify the correct structure:
    A. Not until the revised figures were disclosed did the discrepancy become undeniable.
    B. Not until the revised figures were disclosed the discrepancy became undeniable.
    C. Not until the revised figures were disclosed did become the discrepancy undeniable.
    D. Not until the revised figures were disclosed became the discrepancy undeniable.
    Answer: A
  31. Choose the correct sentence:
    A. Rarely have biographers agreed so fully on the motives of a public figure.
    B. Rarely biographers have agreed so fully on the motives of a public figure.
    C. Rarely have biographers agree so fully on the motives of a public figure.
    D. Rarely did biographers agreed so fully on the motives of a public figure.
    Answer: A
  32. Select the correct option:
    A. So elusive was the anomaly that it escaped notice for several cycles.
    B. So was the anomaly elusive that it escaped notice for several cycles.
    C. So elusive the anomaly was that it escaped notice for several cycles.
    D. So the anomaly was elusive that it escaped notice for several cycles.
    Answer: A
  33. Choose the correct sentence:
    A. He would rather retract the statement than defend an indefensible claim.
    B. He would rather to retract the statement than defend an indefensible claim.
    C. He would rather retract the statement than to defend an indefensible claim.
    D. He would rather retracting the statement than defend an indefensible claim.
    Answer: A
  34. Identify the correct structure:
    A. I cannot help but to admire the discipline of the argument.
    B. I cannot help but admire the discipline of the argument.
    C. I cannot help but admiring the discipline of the argument.
    D. I cannot help but admired the discipline of the argument.
    Answer: B
  35. Choose the correct sentence:
    A. He speaks as if he was informed of every internal development.
    B. He speaks as if he were informed of every internal development.
    C. He speaks as if he be informed of every internal development.
    D. He speaks as if he has been informed of every internal development.
    Answer: B
  36. Select the correct option:
    A. It is necessary that all references be checked against primary sources.
    B. It is necessary that all references are checked against primary sources.
    C. It is necessary that all references were checked against primary sources.
    D. It is necessary that all references being checked against primary sources.
    Answer: A
  37. Choose the correct sentence:
    A. Only when the chronology was reconstructed did the contradiction become visible.
    B. Only when the chronology was reconstructed the contradiction became visible.
    C. Only when the chronology was reconstructed did become the contradiction visible.
    D. Only when the chronology was reconstructed became the contradiction visible.
    Answer: A
  38. Identify the correct structure:
    A. She is one of the few scholars who understands the conceptual stakes involved.
    B. She is one of the few scholars who understand the conceptual stakes involved.
    C. She is one of the few scholars who has understood the conceptual stakes involved.
    D. She is one of the few scholars who is understanding the conceptual stakes involved.
    Answer: B
  39. Choose the correct sentence:
    A. So profound was the shift in emphasis that it altered the entire interpretation.
    B. So was the shift in emphasis profound that it altered the entire interpretation.
    C. So profound the shift in emphasis was that it altered the entire interpretation.
    D. So the shift in emphasis was profound that it altered the entire interpretation.
    Answer: A
  40. Select the correct option:
    A. Unless the parameters are adjusted, the projection remains unstable.
    B. Unless the parameters are not adjusted, the projection remains unstable.
    C. Unless the parameters adjusted, the projection remains unstable.
    D. Unless being adjusted the parameters, the projection remains unstable.
    Answer: A
  41. Choose the correct sentence:
    A. He behaves as though he were untouched by institutional pressures.
    B. He behaves as though he is untouched by institutional pressures.
    C. He behaves as though he be untouched by institutional pressures.
    D. He behaves as though he has been untouched by institutional pressures.
    Answer: A
  42. Identify the correct structure:
    A. Only after the final dataset had been normalized did the comparison become meaningful.
    B. Only after the final dataset had been normalized the comparison became meaningful.
    C. Only after the final dataset had been normalized did become the comparison meaningful.
    D. Only after the final dataset had been normalized became the comparison meaningful.
    Answer: A
  43. Choose the correct sentence:
    A. No sooner had the communiqué been released than rebuttals began to appear.
    B. No sooner had the communiqué been released when rebuttals began to appear.
    C. No sooner the communiqué had been released than rebuttals began to appear.
    D. No sooner had the communiqué release than rebuttals began to appear.
    Answer: A
  44. Select the correct option:
    A. The more carefully the testimonies are compared, the clearer the inconsistency becomes.
    B. The more carefully the testimonies are compared, clearer the inconsistency becomes.
    C. More carefully the testimonies are compared, the clearer the inconsistency becomes.
    D. The more carefully the testimonies are compared, the inconsistency becomes clearer.
    Answer: A
  45. Choose the correct sentence:
    A. The issue is too delicate for it to be resolved through public confrontation.
    B. The issue is too delicate to be resolved through public confrontation.
    C. The issue is so delicate to be resolved through public confrontation.
    D. The issue is very delicate to be resolved through public confrontation.
    Answer: B
  46. Identify the correct structure:
    A. Had I reviewed the earlier drafts, I might have detected the inconsistency sooner.
    B. Had I review the earlier drafts, I might have detected the inconsistency sooner.
    C. Had I reviewed the earlier drafts, I might detect the inconsistency sooner.
    D. Had I reviewed the earlier drafts, I will have detected the inconsistency sooner.
    Answer: A
  47. Choose the correct sentence:
    A. It was she who first articulated the distinction with precision.
    B. It was her who first articulated the distinction with precision.
    C. It was she whom first articulated the distinction with precision.
    D. It was her whom first articulated the distinction with precision.
    Answer: A
  48. Select the correct option:
    A. So decisive was the intervention that the negotiations resumed within hours.
    B. So was the intervention decisive that the negotiations resumed within hours.
    C. So decisive the intervention was that the negotiations resumed within hours.
    D. So the intervention was decisive that the negotiations resumed within hours.
    Answer: A
  49. Choose the correct sentence:
    A. I wish I had not ignored the preliminary indicators.
    B. I wish I did not ignore the preliminary indicators.
    C. I wish I have not ignored the preliminary indicators.
    D. I wish I ignore not the preliminary indicators.
    Answer: A
  50. Identify the correct structure:
    A. It is high time the institution adopted a more coherent admissions policy.
    B. It is high time the institution adopt a more coherent admissions policy.
    C. It is high time the institution has adopted a more coherent admissions policy.
    D. It is high time the institution adopting a more coherent admissions policy.
    Answer: A

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