97Answer Key:- (B)
- (C)
- (C)
- (E)
- (C)
6. (C)
7. (C)
8. (D)
9. (E)
10. (D)
11. (E)
12. (D)
13. (E)
14. (C)
15. (E)
Answers and Explanations .............................................................
If you read the sentence in its entirety you will hopefully hear the Sentence Fragment error created by the
awkward “ing” (becoming) in answer choice (B). Let’s check each of the underlined portions one by one.
(A) “while working” - We have a gerund, so let’s check to see if we should make it an infinitive
(to work). Nope. That would change the meaning and grammatically wouldn’t work with the
rest of the sentence. I would also make sure the “while” isn’t setting up a misplaced modifier.
The phrase modifies Jane Goodall, so all is well.
(B) “becoming” is a gerund, so let’s check to see if we should make it an infinitive (to become).
That doesn’t work grammatically, so let’s change the tense to simple past (became). Now that
works MUCH better and corrects the sentence fragment error. She BECAME while she was
working.
(C) “to observe” is an infinitive so we should check to see if it should be a gerund (observing).
Nope. That would make the sentence fragment error even worse.
(D) “with her.” Let’s first check the preposition “with.” Can you observe with? Sure! After all, you
can observe the stars with a telescope. Now let’s check the pronoun “her.” “Her” is a
possessive pronoun and the discovery belongs to her, so that checks fine.
16. (B)
17. (A)
18. (E)
19. (B)
20. (D)
21. (D)
22. (C)
23. (D)
24. (D)
25. (D)
While working in Tanzania studying chimpanzees,
A
Jane Goodall becoming one of the first primatologists
B
to observe the aggressive nature of these primates
C
with her discovery that some female chimps kill and
D
sometimes eat the young of other females to asserttheir dominance. No error
E