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.

A whole chapter has been added to Egyptian history by the discovery of the Neolithic culture of the primitive Egyptians, while the recent excavations at Susa are revealing a hitherto totally unsuspected epoch of Proto-Elamite civilization.

  1. while the recent excavations at Susa are revealing a hitherto totally unsuspected epoch of Proto-Elamite civilization

  2. while the recent excavations at Susa have been revealing a hitherto totally unsuspected epoch of Proto-Elamite civilization

  3. while the recent excavations at Susa have revealed a hitherto totally unsuspected epoch of Proto-Elamite civilization

  4. while the recent excavations at Susa had revealed a hitherto totally unsuspected epoch of Proto-Elamite civilization

  5. while the recent excavations at Susa reveal a hitherto totally unsuspected epoch of Proto-Elamite civilization

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E Correct answer
Explanation

The use of verb form: 'are revealing' is inappropriate here. This option corrects the error by using simple verb form 'reveal'.