Practice Quiz

SAT Writing

Category - Improving Sentences

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Choose the answer which best rewords the italicized portion. If you think the original wording is best, choose option A.

In the past, residents used the wood for cooking and heating, but recently, they have began to sell it in order to support their livelihoods.
  1. heating, but recently, they have began to sell it
  2. heating. But they had recently began to sell it
  3. heating. Recently, they have begun selling it
  4. and they were selling it
Explanation
Answer: C - The best choice is “heating. Recently, they have begun selling it”

“Began” is a past tense form of “begin.” “Begun” is the past particle form of the verb. Joined with the auxiliary verb “have,” it indicates something has happened for an unspecified time before the present and will continue to happen.
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