Multiple choice

Directions: The sentence below or part thereof has been underlined. The underlined part may have an error of grammar or diction. Select the option that best corrects the error.

Based on accounts of various ancient writers, scholars have painted a sketchy picture of the activities of an all-female cult that, perhaps as early as the sixth century B.C, worshipped a goddess known in Latin as Bona Dea, “the good goddess”.

  1. Based on accounts of various ancient writers

  2. Basing it on various ancient writers accounts

  3. With accounts of various ancient writers used for a basis

  4. Using accounts of various ancient writers

  5. Using base as accounts of various ancient writers

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A Correct answer
Explanation

The rest of the sentence is in a past tense and is using ‘ed’ form, both ‘ing’ and ‘ed’ formations cannot be used together so options (B), (D) and (E) can be eliminated directly; option (C) uses an incorrect phrasing, 'used for a basic’, i.e. article ‘a’ is incorrectly used, so option (A) is the correct answer.

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