<p>Below are five writing questions from the BB practice tests. Most of the questions I got right, but I’m not sure the reasons behind it. </p>
<p>Anyone who can explain these, that’d be great.</p>
<li>Growing up in a family where music was a daily part of live, Steve and Rick shared a determination TO BECOMING SINGING DUOS known nationwide.</li>
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<p>A) to become singing duos
B) to become a singing duo <<<<-----Answer
C) of becoming singing duos
D) that they would become singing duos
E) of becoming a singing duo</p>
<li><p>The labor union (A) IS NEGOTIATING a contract with the hospital (B)THAT (C) WILL SATISFY the demands of the workers and (D) BE ACCEPTABLE TO all levels of management. (E) No Error <<----Answer</p></li>
<li><p>In (A) THOSE CITIES (B) IN WHICH public transportation is adequate, fewer traffic problems occur and pedestrians (C) ARE RARELY (D) INVOLVED IN accidents. (E) No Error <<----Answer</p></li>
<li><p>Although the politican was (A) INITIALLY very sensitive to (B) BE CRITICIZED by the press, he (C) QUICKLY BECAME more confident about (D) RESPONDING TO reports’ sometimes pointed questions. (E) No Error.</p></li>
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<p>Answer is B.</p>
<li>Few issues of public policy (A) ARE as (B) LIKELY to provoke widespread interest as (C) THAT involving possible (D) DANGER TO the health or safety of children.</li>
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<p>12) well the first answer is incorrect, since a duo (pair of guys/gals) is singular. Duos means multiples pairs of singers. That means C, & D are also incorrect since they use a plural duos.</p>
<p>So, between B & E...it comes down to an idiom, I think. You dream of becoming a singer. Or, you are determined to become a singer.</p>
<p>12) B b/c duo is plural. Duos refers to multiple duos. It has to be "to become" because of "shared a determination," so you can eliminate C,D,E. You can also eliminate A because "to becoming" is not infinitive.
13) When the answers is no error how do you explain "why" lol.
19) ^
22) "To be criticized" is wrong. Instead it should be "being criticized"
15) "Danger to" is obviously an idiom error. I'm not to sure on this one tbh.</p>
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<li><p>"Duo" is actually a singular noun. It's tricky, since there are two people in a duo.</p></li>
<li><p>(A) is fine because "the labor union" is a singular noun. It may have many people in it, but by itself, it is a noun.</p>
<p>(B) "that" is the correct relative pronoun to use in this sentence. It links the two clauses together.</p>
<p>(C) "will satisfy" refers to the contract, which is a singular noun. The future tense is also correct here.</p>
<p>(D) "be acceptable to" is in the future tense.</p></li>
<li><p>(A) Grammar comes naturally to me so I really can't explain why, precisely, it works. "Those cities" is the subject of the sentence. "Those" specifies which cities are being referenced in the sentence. That's all I can explain, really.</p>
<p>(B) "In which" is the proper preposition + relative pronoun construction. Grammatically, sentences like "What state is Town X in?" etc. are incorrect. No dangling prepositions!</p>
<p>(C) "Are rarely" is fine because the subject of the sentence, "cities," is plural.</p>
<p>(D) I think this one is fairly obvious...</p></li>
<li><p>The reason by (B) is incorrect is because the verb is in its infinitive form. The correct way to say that would be "Although the politician was initially very sensitive to BEING CRITICIZED..."</p></li>
<li><p>I know that this is wrong, but I can't think of the name for it. I'll think about it some more and post back if I can job my memory.</p></li>
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