Gloria Steinem, a Defining Voice of the Modern Women’s Movement, Dies at 92

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

1. Question 1 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   Which revision best preserves the article’s meaning and uses a reduced relative clause correctly?

   1. Her public work, reshaping debate, was widely remembered.
   2. Her public work, having helped reshape debate, was widely remembered.
   3. Her public work, helped reshape debate, was widely remembered.
   4. Her public work, that helped reshaping debate, was widely remembered.
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   Answer

   Her public work, having helped reshape debate, was widely remembered.

   The participial phrase correctly modifies Steinem’s public work.

2. Question 2 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   Choose the sentence with the most precise concessive structure.

   1. Although prominent, her influence extended beyond celebrity.
   2. Despite she was prominent, her influence extended beyond celebrity.
   3. Even prominent, her influence extending beyond celebrity.
   4. Being although prominent, her influence extended beyond celebrity.
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   Although prominent, her influence extended beyond celebrity.

   “Although” correctly introduces a contrast between prominence and limited scope.

3. Question 3 · Single choice

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   Which sentence correctly uses inversion for emphasis?

   1. Rarely Steinem accepted that private hardship was merely personal.
   2. Rarely did Steinem accept that private hardship was merely personal.
   3. Rarely accepted did Steinem that private hardship was merely personal.
   4. Rarely had Steinem accepted that private hardship merely was personal.
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   Answer

   Rarely did Steinem accept that private hardship was merely personal.

   Negative-fronted inversion requires auxiliary “did” before the subject.

4. Question 4 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   Choose the grammatically correct mixed conditional.

   1. If Steinem had avoided public debate, equality would be less visible today.
   2. If Steinem avoided public debate, equality would have been less visible today.
   3. If Steinem would avoid public debate, equality were less visible today.
   4. If Steinem had avoided public debate, equality will be less visible today.
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   If Steinem had avoided public debate, equality would be less visible today.

   The sentence links a past condition with a present consequence.

5. Question 5 · Single choice

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   Which sentence best uses a nominalization in formal analytical prose?

   1. Steinem translated concerns into demands, which was collective.
   2. The translation of concerns into collective demands broadened their political force.
   3. Translating concerns, their political force was broadened collectively.
   4. Concerns were translation into demands of broader political force.
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   The translation of concerns into collective demands broadened their political force.

   “The translation of concerns” appropriately condenses the analytical process.

6. Question 6 · Single choice

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   Choose the sentence with correct mandative subjunctive usage.

   1. She insisted that women fully belonged in public life.
   2. She insisted that women fully belong in public life.
   3. She insisted that women fully belonging in public life.
   4. She insisted that women should fully belonging in public life.
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   Answer

   She insisted that women fully belong in public life.

   Formal American English permits the base verb after “insisted that.”

7. Question 7 · Single choice

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   Which sentence correctly uses a cleft construction for focus?

   1. What gave her work unusual reach was combining reporting and organizing.
   2. What gave her work unusual reach were reporting and organizing combined.
   3. It was reporting and organizing what gave her work unusual reach.
   4. Reporting and organizing was what gave her work unusual reach were.
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   What gave her work unusual reach was combining reporting and organizing.

   The cleft construction correctly foregrounds the combination of roles.

8. Question 8 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   Choose the sentence with the correct perfect participle construction.

   1. Having challenged stereotypes for decades, Steinem altered public debate.
   2. Having challenge stereotypes for decades, Steinem altered public debate.
   3. Having been challenged stereotypes for decades, Steinem altered public debate.
   4. Having challenging stereotypes for decades, Steinem altered public debate.
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   Answer

   Having challenged stereotypes for decades, Steinem altered public debate.

   “Having challenged” marks an earlier action before the main result.

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