高等英语考试中攻克句子改错题,最全的语法详解

might fix the original mistake, but in the process add a new error to the mix. Suppose you weren’t certain that E matched your prepared answer closely enough. In that case, you would read through the answer choices and try to determine if they repeated the first mistake or contained a new one. Answer choice B has a problem similar to that of the original sentence. It says, the reason being, which is a wordy phrase. Meanwhile, C creates a new problem: the word participating is a gerund but should be a noun. D repeats the originalmistake, repeating the phrase but for her being; it also introduces a new problem by using the strange phrase participation-willing. Only E neither repeats the original problem nor contains a new one.

Step 6: If still stumped, reach into your bag of tricks.

Since you’ve already got E as a pretty solid answer from step 5, there’s no needto delve into the bag of Improving Sentences tricks just yet. So we’re going toskip step 6 for now and go right to step 7. At the end of the chapter is a sectionon which tricks to use to beat Improving Sentences questions when you’re in apinch.

Step 7: Plug your answer back into the sentence to check it.

Plug the answer back into the sentence to check how well it works.

Jenna was awarded the medal not for her academic success or her skill

on the soccer field, but for her participation in gym class.

Sounds good. Sounds right.

Step 8: If you’re still stumped—cut, guess, and run.

If you can’t decide on an answer choice to improve the sentence’s error, you’vegot two choices. First, if you’re able to cut at least one answer choice, you should always guess. If you’ve got a strong hunch that the sentence contains anerror but you just can’t pinpoint it, cut A and guess. The guess odds tip in yourfavor if you can eliminate at least one choice, so don’t worry about choosing randomly from among the four remaining choices: B, C, D, or E. If you don’t know for sure if the sentence contains an error and you’ve got no clue which