Scope, Reference and Parallelism
About this practice test
Practise C2 Use of English through sentence editing. Build accuracy with scope and reference and complex clause editing.
What you’ll practice
Grammar and vocabulary
Choose forms and words that work together.
Meaning in context
Follow meaning across sentences and texts.
Accurate expression
Use natural phrases and sentence patterns.
What to expect:
12 questions with explanations to review after submission.
Study the questions and tasks
Work through the material below, or start the interactive practice above to complete an attempt. Try the exercises before opening any answer or transcript sections, then use them to review your work.
- Practice level
- C2. Try this level if you can follow the instructions and understand most of the language; choose an earlier level if you need more support.
- Question formats
- Error correction
How to approach this practice
Read the complete context. Check both the meaning and the grammar, including word forms, collocations and links between sentences.
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Question 1 · Error correction
Rewrite the sentence, correcting the grammatical error.
Correct the one language error. Write the complete corrected sentence. The conclusion concerns not the data itself but how was it selected.
Check answers and explanations
- Accepted answers
- The conclusion concerns not the data itself but how it was selected.
The embedded how-clause requires statement order.
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Question 2 · Error correction
Rewrite the sentence, correcting the grammatical error.
Correct the one language error. Write the complete corrected sentence. The report, the conclusions of that remain disputed, is widely cited.
Check answers and explanations
- Accepted answers
- The report, the conclusions of which remain disputed, is widely cited.
A fronted of-relative in a non-defining clause requires which, not that.
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Question 3 · Error correction
Rewrite the sentence, correcting the grammatical error.
Correct the one language error. Write the complete corrected sentence. What the finding establishes are the possibility of an effect.
Check answers and explanations
- Accepted answers
- What the finding establishes is the possibility of an effect.
The singular complement possibility takes is in this pseudo-cleft.
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Question 4 · Error correction
Rewrite the sentence, correcting the grammatical error.
Correct the one language error. Write the complete corrected sentence. The committee examined whether the claim was coherent and was it supported.
Check answers and explanations
- Accepted answers
- The committee examined whether the claim was coherent and whether it was supported. / The committee examined whether the claim was coherent and it was supported.
Parallel embedded questions use statement order and may share whether.
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Question 5 · Error correction
Rewrite the sentence, correcting the grammatical error.
Correct the one language error. Write the complete corrected sentence. The revised account is more precise, not because it is longer but because its terms defining carefully.
Check answers and explanations
- Accepted answers
- The revised account is more precise, not because it is longer but because its terms are defined carefully.
The passive clause needs are defined.
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Question 6 · Error correction
Rewrite the sentence, correcting the grammatical error.
Correct the one language error. Write the complete corrected sentence. The objection relates to an assumption on which validity depends of the argument.
Check answers and explanations
- Accepted answers
- The objection relates to an assumption on which the validity of the argument depends.
The noun phrase the validity of the argument must stay together as the clause's subject.
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Question 7 · Error correction
Rewrite the sentence, correcting the grammatical error.
Correct the one language error. Write the complete corrected sentence. The inference holds only to the extent which the assumptions are justified.
Check answers and explanations
- Accepted answers
- The inference holds only to the extent that the assumptions are justified. / The inference holds only to the extent to which the assumptions are justified.
To the extent that or to the extent to which supplies the required relation.
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Question 8 · Error correction
Rewrite the sentence, correcting the grammatical error.
Correct the one language error. Write the complete corrected sentence. Having been qualified by several caveats, readers should interpret the claim cautiously.
Check answers and explanations
- Accepted answers
- Having been qualified by several caveats, the claim should be interpreted cautiously.
The opening passive participle must modify the claim, not readers.
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Question 9 · Error correction
Rewrite the sentence, correcting the grammatical error.
Correct the one language error. Write the complete corrected sentence. The author distinguishes between what is conceivable and what can be establishes.
Check answers and explanations
- Accepted answers
- The author distinguishes between what is conceivable and what can be established.
The passive after can requires be plus the past participle established.
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Question 10 · Error correction
Rewrite the sentence, correcting the grammatical error.
Correct the one language error. Write the complete corrected sentence. The evidence supports neither a universal claim or a categorical denial.
Check answers and explanations
- Accepted answers
- The evidence supports neither a universal claim nor a categorical denial.
Neither pairs with nor.
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Question 11 · Error correction
Rewrite the sentence, correcting the grammatical error.
Correct the one language error. Write the complete corrected sentence. The claim, however plausible it may appears, remains unverified.
Check answers and explanations
- Accepted answers
- The claim, however plausible it may appear, remains unverified.
May takes base-form appear.
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Question 12 · Error correction
Rewrite the sentence, correcting the grammatical error.
Correct the one language error. Write the complete corrected sentence. The exception is limited to cases for whose no alternative exists.
Check answers and explanations
- Accepted answers
- The exception is limited to cases for which no alternative exists.
The relative refers to cases after for, so use which.
What to review next
Explain why each answer fits the meaning and structure. Record useful phrases and write a new example using each pattern you found difficult.
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.