Multiple choice

Directions: A sentence/part of the sentence is underlined. Choose from the alternatives (1), (2) and (3), the one that best improves the underlined sentence/part of the sentence. In case no alternative is needed, your answer is (4).

Shelly who broke the chair, she was reprimanded.

  1. Shelly, who broke the chair, was reprimanded.

  2. Shelly, who had broken the chair, was reprimanded.

  3. Shelly, who broke the chair, had been reprimanded.

  4. No improvement
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Obviously the ‘breaking’ had happened before she was reprimanded.

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