REALLY easy writing questions

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<p>I found out that questions I got wrong were both level 1 questions -_-
feel so ashamed :( anyways </p>

<p>Several of the forest fires that occured last summer [which were because people are careless]</p>

<p>(A) which were because people are careless
(B) were caused by human carelessness
(C) because people are careless
(D) are because of human carelessness
(E) happened from people being careless </p>

<p>Well the answer is (B)... (B) does make sense but why can't E be the answer
is it because of wordiness? awkwardness? how is it awkward? I need specific explanation</p>

<p>There is many challenges associated with starting one's own business
(A) is many challenges associated
(B) is many challenges to associate
(C) is many challenges associating
(D) are many challenges associated
(E) are many challenges which associate </p>

<p>(D) is the answer.... (D) does make sense but why can't E be the answer </p>

<p>btw both these questions are from BB2 so questions are pretty reliable
thank u all :)</p>

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<p>Q1: Not exactly sure but “happened from” just sounds odd. Probably “idiomatically incorrect”.</p>

<p>Q2: The challenges themselves do not associate with anything. They are associated by something else.</p>

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<p>Q1.escape the passive tense every time you have better options</p>

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<p>Overachiever, that would apply in general, but the answer for Q1 is B which has passive tense. I consider E wrong because “carelessness” is the cause for the fires rather than the people (which choice E implies). Furthermore, you want to avoid as many gerunds/participles as you can (such as “being” in choice E). For Q2, the challenges themselves do not associate with anything like Gerontius said. Shorter answers also tend to be correct more times than not in these cases (4 words in D vs. 5 words in E).</p>

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<p>For Q1, E is incorrect because it has ‘being.’
CollegeBoard hates the word ‘being.’
I learned that any choice with ‘being’ is 99% avoid, unless ALL choices have ‘being.’</p>

<p>And, I think that “people being careless” should rather be “people’s being careless.”</p>

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<p>“And, I think that ‘people being careless’ should rather be ‘people’s being careless.’”</p>

<p>Indeed.</p>

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<p>^that’s true.</p>

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<p>another question</p>

<p>In the 100 year relay our team impressed the crowd, with each [of the members shaving] several seconds off her own best time. </p>

<p>(A) same
(E) who shaved </p>

<p>why can’t E be the answer? btw the answer is A</p>

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<p>“In the 100 year relay our team impressed the crowd, with each who saved several seconds off her own best time” is ungrammatical.</p>

<p>The phrase beginning with “with each” needs to have a participal. In choice (A), “shaving” is the participial; in (E), there is none.</p>