Multiple choice

Directions: This question presents a sentence, all or part of which is underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part. The first of these repeats the original; the other four are different. If you think the original is best, choose the first answer; otherwise choose one of the others.

The free individual, as opposed to the serf bound to the landlord's land, was as necessary for capitalism, create the mobile labour force required for capitalist industrialisation, as the individual right to property was.

  1. create the mobile labour force required for capitalist industrialisation, as the individual right to property was

  2. to create the mobile labour force required for capitalist industrialisation, as the individual right to property was

  3. creating the mobile labour force required for capitalist industrialisation, as the individual right to property was

  4. which created the mobile labour force required for capitalist industrialisation, as the individual right to property was

  5. and creating the mobile labour force required for capitalist industrialisation, as the individual right to property was

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The original sentence uses the indicative verb in place of the infinitive. This option corrects the error.