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Health Occupations Readiness Test Prep

Category - English and Language Usage

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

Along with gold, silver, and platinum, palladium is a precious metal owned and traded by investors.

  1. palladium is a precious metal
  2. palladium and they are precious metals.
  3. palladium are a precious metal
  4. palladium are precious metals
Explanation

Answer: A - The best choice is "palladium is a precious metal"

The opening part of the original sentence is an introductory clause. Palladium is the subject of the sentence. Therefore, "is" is the proper verb for this sentence.

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