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.

Optional equipment on a car can add greatly to it's resale value when you trade it in.

  1. Optional equipment on a car can add greatly to it's resale value when you trade it in.

  2. Optional equipments on a car can add great value to it's resale value when you trade in it.

  3. Optional equipments on a car can add greatly to their resale values when you trade them in.

  4. Optional equipment on a car can add great value to resale value when one trades it in.

  5. Optional equipment on a car can add greatly to its resale value when you trade it in.

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

Explanation for (1): It's with an apostrophe is not a possessive form, but the shortened form of 'it is'.

Explanation for (2): This option fails to rectify the error of apostrophe.

Explanation for (3): It's with an apostrophe is not a possessive form, but the shortened form of 'it is'. (3) is incorrect as it uses a plural pronoun 'their' for singular object equipment.
Explanation for (4): This option omits the pronoun altogether and also commits the error of shift of the other pronoun 'you' and changes adverb 'greatly' to adjective 'great'. Justification for (5): It's with an apostrophe is not a possessive form, but the shortened form of 'it is'. The error is rectified in (5) only.