Multiple choice

Directions: The following question presents a sentence, part of which or all 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.

This fall two out of five households in the United States will harvest some of their own food from a vegetable garden in backyards and city lots.

  1. their own food from a vegetable garden in backyards and city lots

  2. its own food from a vegetable garden in backyards and city lots

  3. their own food from vegetable gardens in a backyard or a city lot

  4. their own food from vegetable gardens in backyards or city lots

  5. its own food from a vegetable garden in a backyard or a city lot
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D Correct answer
Explanation

The sentence discusses multiple households, requiring plural pronouns and plural nouns to match. 'Households' is plural, so we need 'their' and 'vegetable gardens.' Options A, B, and E incorrectly use singular forms ('a vegetable garden,' 'its'). Option C changes 'backyards and city lots' to singular forms, but the original has two distinct location types. Option D correctly uses 'their' and 'vegetable gardens' to match the plural subject.

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