<p>1) Only after reading it carefully several times (was the poem beginning to make sense to me)</p>
<p>A) As it is
B) did the poem begin making sense to me
C) did I begin to make sense of the poem</p>
<p>I felt that C is a bit awkward and ended up choosing B, but C turned out to be the correct answer. Is C more right because it's not passive ?</p>
<p>2) One of the (most visible) symbols of (increased) European unity (is) the Channel, a 31 mile-tunnel beneath the English Channel that took six years (to complete).</p>
<p>The answer key says it's E, but I thought of it this way... Shouldn't (To complete) be (to be completed) since the channel did not do the action itself, but the action was done to it. So shouldn't the verb be in the passive voice ?</p>
<p>3) Interest (to revive) the ancient Olympic Games as an international event grew when the ruins of the ancient city Olympia were uncovered by German archaeologists in the mid nineteenth century .</p>
<p>"To revive" is the error. Any one knows why ?</p>
<p>4) No one knows why the carved stone head in column in Istanbul's Basilica Cistern is upside down, but (they believe it that it was placed that way deliberately)</p>
<p>A) it is believed to have been placed that way deliberately
B) placing it that way is believed to be deliberately done</p>
<p>Got confused between those 2 answer choices. A is the correct choice. But why is B wrong ?</p>
<p>5) What was most apparent at the science convention was the industry's continuing (emphasizing on) health promoting ingredients</p>
<p>Should it be emphasize instead of emphasizing ? if yes, why ?</p>
<p>1) This is an example of passive voice. The only choice that makes the sentence active is C. </p>
<p>The poem is beginning to make sense to me. (Passive) vs. I am beginning to make sense of the poem. (Active)</p>
<p>2) No. It’s E. Think of a similar sentence. “The test took two hours to complete.” No problem, right? Right.</p>
<p>3) Not sure about this one but I suspect “interest to” is incorrect. Probably should be “interest in reviving.” Also, can infinitive verbs be adjectives? This one is definitely tricky.</p>
<p>4) Again, option B is suuuper passive. Though A employs some awkward pronouns, it is the better choice.</p>
<p>5) Should be “emphasis.” You’re looking for a noun, not a verb.</p>
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<li><p>To me this looks like a modifier issue. If you look at it, “Only after reading it carefully several times” is a modifier. Who read it? We don’t know from this alone. It’s tricky because of the way it has “did I” rather than I. This sentence would have been easier if it had been “Only after reading it carefully several times, I was able to make sense of the poem.” So that’s why if you have choice B “did the poem…” then it’s a misplaced modifier because the poem didn’t read itself carefully several times.</p></li>
<li><p>Agree with teteatete. With identifying errors, you gotta just make sure it’s not wrong. Sure you might find other ways to say the same thing, but you’re only looking for flat out incorrect things.</p></li>
<li><p>Agree with teteatete. This is an idiom issue. It’s interest IN something.</p></li>
<li><p>This is tricky too because i think a lot of tips will say avoid passive voice choices. But this question is more an issue of style, i.e. B sounds a lot more awkward than A, even though A is in passive voice.</p></li>
<li><p>You’re looking for a noun here and also think about the sentence’s meaning. It’s saying that someTHING was most apparent at the convention. It was that emphasis that was apparent.</p></li>
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<p>Thanks guys, I really appreciate it</p>