Multiple choice

Direction: The following sentence tests correctness and effectiveness of expression. Part of each sentence or the entire sentence is underlined; beneath each sentence are five ways of phrasing the underlined material. Choice A repeats the original phrasing; the other four choices are different. If you think the original phrasing produces a better sentence than any of the alternatives, select choice A; if not, select one of the other choices.

Sonia plays badminton well, but table tennis, she plays even better.

  1. table tennis, she plays even better.

  2. table tennis is played even better by her.

  3. she plays table tennis even better.

  4. table tennis is being played by her even better.

  5. table-tennis is played by her even better.
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C Correct answer
Explanation

(C): Avoid unnecessary shifts from an active to a passive verb. The first clause is in the active voice, so the second will be also in the active voice.

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