15PD202 – VERBAL APTITUDECLASS WORKSHEET ISENTENCE CORRECTIONDirection: In each of the following sentences, some part of the sentence or the entire sentunderlined. Beneath each sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined partfirst of these is a repetition of the original; the other four are different. If you think the origthe best of these answer choices, choose answer A; otherwise, choose one of the others.In choosing answers, follow the requirements of standard written English; that is, pay atteto grammar, choice of words, and sentence construction. Choose the answer that producemost effective sentence; this answer should be clear and exact, without awkwardness, amredundancy, or grammatical error.1. Seeking to spur science education, elementary and secondary schools will receive $25million over thenextten years from the National Science Foundation. To promotescience,(A) Elementary and secondary schools will receive $25 million over the next ten yearsfrom the National Science Foundation to promote science(B) $25 million will be spent by the National Science Foundation over the next ten yearsto promote science in elementary and secondary schools(C) over the next ten years $25 million will be spent on elementary and secondaryschools by the National Science Foundation for promoting science(D) the National Science Foundation is to spend $25 million over the next ten years forpromoting science in elementary and secondary schools(E) the National Science Foundation will spend $25 million over the next ten years topromote science in elementary and secondary schools2. Consumer confidence levels, which many economists consider an early indication ofthe economy's direction, sagged as the stock market tumbled. but not dramaticallyenough for giving a clear picture of new spending patterns.(A) tumbled, but not dramatically enough for giving(B) tumbled, but not dramatically enough to give(C) tumbled, and not so dramatically as to have given(D) has tumbled, and not dramatically enough to give(E) has tumbled, but not so dramatically as to give
3. Although no proof yet exists of electromagnetic fields generated by householdappliances posing any health threat, mounting scientific evidence has convinced manyexperts that there is cause for concern.
