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 government needs to focus on increasing the size of the cake rather than to worry about size of the piece that each citizen gets.

  1. rather than to worry about size of the piece that each citizen gets

  2. rather to worry about size of the piece that each citizen gets

  3. rather than to worry about size of the piece that every citizen gets

  4. rather than worrying about size of the piece that each citizen gets

  5. rather than to worry for size of the piece that each citizen gets

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

The sentence has error of parallelism. The gerund form 'increasing' and the infinitive form 'to worry' cannot come together. This option rectifies the error of parallelism (increasing and worrying). Hence, it is the correct answer.