The following sentences form a paragraph. Select the correct verb for each blank.
Almost every major city in the world has a subway system. Underground trains speed through complex networks of tunnels and __________ millions of passengers every day.
A) carry B) carried
Ques. 2The following sentences form a paragraph. Proofread them for inconsistent tense and faulty parallelism. Identify the type of each error in each sentence, or select correct if the sentence is free of errors.
As many as seven thousand people died in the flash flood, and there were thousands more left homeless.
A) correct B) inconsistent tense C) faulty parallelism
Ques. 3The following sentences form a paragraph. Proofread them for inconsistent tense and faulty parallelism. Identify the type of each error in each sentence, or select correct if the sentence is free of errors.
The brick buildings of Johnstown, the largest town in the area, were also battered down
as panicky citizens fight to get to higher ground.
A) correct B) inconsistent tense C) faulty parallelism
Ques. 4The following sentences form a paragraph. Proofread them for inconsistent tense and faulty parallelism. Identify the type of each error in each sentence, or select correct if the sentence is free of errors.
People held on to pieces of drifting wood or were sitting on top of their houses as they were swept along at a terrifying speed.
A) correct B) inconsistent tense C) faulty parallelism
Ques. 5The following sentences form a paragraph. Proofread them for inconsistent tense and faulty parallelism. Identify the type of each error in each sentence, or select correct if the sentence is free of errors.
Wooden houses were toppled, smashed, and they were demolished within seconds.
A) correct B) inconsistent tense C) faulty parallelism
Ques. 6The following sentences form a paragraph. Proofread them for inconsistent tense and faulty parallelism. Identify the type of each error in each sentence, or select correct if the sentence is free of errors.
The flash flood starts at 3 p.m. on May 31 when the South Fork Dam burst, spilling out
more than 20 million tons of water and destroys six Pennsylvania towns.
A) correct B) inconsistent tense C) faulty parallelism
Ques. 7The following sentences form a paragraph. Proofread them for inconsistent tense and faulty parallelism. Identify the type of each error in each sentence, or select correct if the sentence is free of errors.
The Johnstown flood of 1889 was perhaps the worst flood disaster in the United States in
the nineteenth century.
A) correct B) inconsistent tense C) faulty parallelism
Ques. 8The following sentences form a paragraph. Proofread them for inconsistent person and faulty parallelism. Identify the type of each error in each sentence, or select correct if the sentence is free of errors.
Today, they remain the most popular cookie in America.
A) correct B) inconsistent person C) faulty parallelism
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