Multiple choice

Direction: The following sentence test 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.

Of all the literary forms, the book review is the one most widely cultivated and less often esteemed.

  1. the book review is the one most widely cultivated and less often esteemed

  2. the book review is the one of the most widely cultivated and less often esteemed

  3. the book review is the one which is the most widely cultivated and is often esteemed the least

  4. the book reviews the one most widely cultivated and least often esteemed

  5. the book review is the one most widely cultivated and least often esteemed

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

(E): The comparison is made amongst all the literary forms. So superlative degree will be used. Options (A) and (B) are wrong because they do not use superlative degree. (C) is unnecessarily verbose and (D) option completely changes the meaning of the sentence by using the verb 'reviews'.