Social Media Influencers Draw New Attention to Unassisted Home Birth

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Question formats

Fill in the blank (dropdown), Single choice

How to approach this practice

Read the complete sentence and notice the subject, verb form, time reference and word order before answering.

1. Question 1 · Fill in the blank (dropdown)

   Choose the correct option for each blank.

   The article suggests that personal accounts ___ medical proof.

   Choices for blank 1

   1. does not amount to
   2. do not amount to
   3. not amount to
   4. are not amount
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   Blank 1

   do not amount to

   The plural subject “accounts” requires the plural present verb “do.”

2. Question 2 · Fill in the blank (dropdown)

   Choose the correct option for each blank.

   Choose the correct completion: Influencers can make the practice more visible without ___ its safety.

   Choices for blank 1

   1. establish
   2. to establish
   3. establishing
   4. established
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   Blank 1

   establishing

   The preposition “without” requires a gerund, making “establishing” grammatical.

3. Question 3 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   Which sentence correctly uses an inverted conditional?

   1. Should complications arise, qualified assistance may become necessary.
   2. Should complications arose, qualified assistance may become necessary.
   3. Should complications arising, qualified assistance may become necessary.
   4. Should complications to arise, qualified assistance may become necessary.
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   Answer

   Should complications arise, qualified assistance may become necessary.

   Formal inversion uses “should” followed by the subject and base verb.

4. Question 4 · Fill in the blank (dropdown)

   Choose the correct option for each blank.

   Choose the correct completion: The more often audiences encounter a claim, ___.

   Choices for blank 1

   1. the more readily they may accept it
   2. more readily they may accept it
   3. the most readily they may accept it
   4. the readily more they may accept it
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   Blank 1

   the more readily they may accept it

   The correlative construction requires “the more readily” to express proportional change.

5. Question 5 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   Which sentence correctly uses a concessive clause?

   1. Although the story is engaging, it cannot establish universal safety.
   2. Although the story engaging, it cannot establish universal safety.
   3. Although the story is engaging, but it cannot establish universal safety.
   4. Although the story to be engaging, it cannot establish universal safety.
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   Answer

   Although the story is engaging, it cannot establish universal safety.

   “Although” introduces a subordinate contrast clause followed by an independent clause.

6. Question 6 · Fill in the blank (dropdown)

   Choose the correct option for each blank.

   Choose the correct completion: Influencers occupy a position ___ their reach gives personal accounts unusual influence.

   Choices for blank 1

   1. which
   2. where
   3. what
   4. whose
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   Blank 1

   where

   The relative adverb “where” appropriately describes a position or situation.

7. Question 7 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   Which sentence correctly uses a participial clause?

   1. Distinguishing testimony from evidence, audiences can evaluate claims more carefully.
   2. Distinguishing testimony from evidence, claims can be evaluated more carefully by audiences.
   3. Distinguished testimony from evidence, audiences can evaluate claims more carefully.
   4. To distinguishing testimony from evidence, audiences can evaluate claims more carefully.
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   Answer

   Distinguishing testimony from evidence, audiences can evaluate claims more carefully.

   The participial phrase logically shares the main clause’s subject, “audiences.”

What to review next

After checking an answer, explain the rule in your own words and write a new sentence using the same pattern. Revisit any rules you could not explain.

A focused practice result shows how you did on these tasks. Use several activities across skills to decide what to study next; one practice score does not certify an overall CEFR level.