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.

As a possible solution to the crisis of high cost drugs it has been proposed that the Administration should move toward approval guidelines which are more in line with other modern industrialized nations in the world.

  1. As a possible solution to the crisis of high cost drugs it has been proposed that the Administration should move toward

  2. As a possible solution to the crisis of high cost drugs it has been proposed that the Administration should move towards

  3. As a possible solution to the crisis of high cost drugs it has been proposed that the Administration move toward

  4. As a possible solution to the crisis of high cost drugs it has been proposed that the Administration moves toward

  5. As a possible solution to the crisis of high cost drugs it has been proposed that the Administration moves towards

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

Where the modifying clause emphasises the importance of an action in the modified clause, the latter does not take the auxiliary. This option removes the redundant 'should'.