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 psychological consultant told the team that crippling fear of failure was holding them back.

  1. that crippling fear of failure was

  2. that the crippling fear of failure was what was

  3. that crippling the fear of failure was

  4. that the fear of failure was crippling and was

  5. the crippling failure was causing fear and was
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D Correct answer
Explanation

The option is unambiguous and is parallel in structure. What is crippling is the fear of failure.

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