Multiple choice

Directions: Look at the underlined part of the sentence. Below the sentence is given three possible substitutions for the underlined part. If one of the possible substitutions is better than the underlined part, indicate it as your answer. If none of the substitutions improves the sentence, indicate (4) as your answer.

She hurt her arm as well as breaking her leg.

  1. had broken

  2. broke

  3. break

  4. No improvement needed
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Case of parallelism under past indefinite tense. 'Hurt' is a verb, and needs to be followed with another verb. So, we need to replace 'breaking' (a gerund form) with 'broke' (past of break).

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